The fires forced more than 20,000 Nova Scotians to evacuate, and more than 60,000 acres have burned. No one has died in the fires, whose cause is being investigated by provincial authorities.
At $2.10 a litre in the Sydney, N.S., area, and higher in some more remote parts of Cape Breton Island, gas prices continue to flummox people as often as they fluctuate.
The final leg of the Cabot Trail Relay Race is now named in Steve Dunn s honour after he collapsed during the race in 2012. This weekend, his daughter Ashley MacDonald is heading to the Cape Breton Highlands to finally finish the race her father started.