There are some local implications of a new bill passed in the House of Commons recently that modernizes the Official Languages Act. Bill C-13 also recognizes that French is the only official language in Canada that is under threat and needs protection in federal work places. Cape Breton-Canso MP Mike Kelloway…
Somehow, the driver of an 18-wheeler on the Cabot Trail walked away with only minor injuries after the legendary les suêtes winds near Cheticamp, N.S., knocked the big rig off the road.
Some Cape Breton fishermen say if the federal government had followed its own rules and waited a week to open the snow crab season, icebreakers would not have been needed to get boats in and out of the harbour in Cheticamp, N.S.