 | (last updated 7:11 PM) |  |
|
|
Wally Jardine, third from left, a protester who was laid off of work at the Sydney Tar Ponds Agency ... » |
|
|
Local tradespeople halt work at tar ponds site  47
SYDNEY — Unemployed local tradespeople halted construction on a barrier wall at the Sydney tar ponds site, Tuesday, claiming that workers had been brought in from Alberta to work on the project.
About 75 out-of-work labourers and equipment operators were stationed near the Sydney Port Access Road at the former Sydney steel plant site Tuesday morning.
They prevented construction on a segment of the $400-million tar ponds cleanup after hearing the contractor had brought in skilled workers from Alberta. (more)
18/11/08 11:50 PM
|
 |
|
Freddie Mabalot, in this March 18 file photo, holds a letter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada... » |
|
|
Freddie Mabalot to be granted permanent residence status 27
SYDNEY — Freddie Mabalot couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present.
Mabalot, a local musician and native of the Philippines, found out Tuesday that his application for permanent residence status had been approved. The news came one day after his 49th birthday and he says he couldn’t be happier.
“I’m very excited,” said Mabalot, who has already gotten a job at a Tim Hortons in Sydney River. “I was checking my e-mail and there was a message from my lawyer with the good news.” (more)
18/11/08 11:50 PM
|
Former Canadian champ fighting tougher battle now 9
By Greg MacVicar
Cape Breton Post
SYDNEY — Four hundred of Rocky MacDougall’s friends are gathering at the Bicentennial Gym on Saturday night in a show of support for the former Canadian featherweight champion as he battles cancer.
“He’s got the biggest fight of his life right now,” said Blair Joseph, co-chair of the committee organizing the testimonial event, adding that he and MacDougall, whose given name is Francis, became close friends when they began sparring together decades ago.
(more)
18/11/08 11:52 PM
|
|
Francis Gillies, senior business facilitator with the Strait-Highlands Regional Development Agency, ... » |
|
|
Development agency and Frances Gillies win Terance Coughlan Award 1
PORT HAWKESBURY — The Strait-Highlands Regional Development Agency and one of its senior staff members has received an award for making a significant contribution to industrial mineral developme... (more)
18/11/08 11:50 PM
|
|
Percy Dunphy, who began building model ships while in grade school, still enjoys building fishing an... » |
|
|
Model ship builder learned ropes aboard three-mast ship
FLORENCE — At 85 years of age, Percy Dunphy of Florence still has a pretty steady hand when it comes to building model ships and fashioning fine knots.
A veteran of the Second World War, ... (more)
18/11/08 11:50 PM
|
Market drives Ottawa greening
If you wish to understand why the Harper government suddenly sounds like it’s got religion on climate change policy, think trees. This week the Nova Scotia Federation of Woodland Owners is unvei... (more)
18/11/08 11:50 PM
|
|
|
The Trews, from left, John Angus MacDonald, Colin MacDonald, Sean Dalton and Jack
Syperek will perf... » |
|
|
Canadian rockers The Trews perform Thursday in Membertou
MEMBERTOU — The Trews continue to make a name for themselves everywhere they go. And they’ve been going lots of places.
The Toronto-based band with roots in Antigonish, N.S. have just arrived back from doing an international showcase event in Japan and will do some touring in Ontario to close out 2008 before heading south of the border in the new year in support of their latest album, “No Time For Later,” released earlier this year in Canada. They’ve also toured extensively throughout Canada and in Europe in the past year.
Their first performance back on Canadian soil will be at the Membertou Trade & Convention Centre, Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Tickets for The Trews, with opening act Paper Lions, are $20 in advance, $25 day of show and are available at the Membertou Trade & Convention Centre box office or by calling 539-2300. This show is restricted to ages 19 and over. Doors open at 7 p.m. (more)
18/11/08 11:50 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
