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'Orthodontics has come full circle': New Galway clinic using digital approach to help predict outcomes, reduce treatment time
St. John's resident Dennis Budden, 43, got his braces off 20 years ago. But in February 2023, he started to notice a gap between his teeth. Budden believed the gap came from not wearing a retainer, so he decided to go to his dentist, who suggested ...
IN PHOTOS: Canadian Army Reserves open doors in Cape Breton for job fair
SYDNEY — As part of a nationwide recruiting campaign by the Canadian Army Reserve, the Cape Breton Highlanders infantry regiment welcomed potential recruits to a job fair in Sydney on Saturday. More than a dozen stations were set up at the regiment's ...
‘This is our dream’: New Louisbourg bistro blends global and local
While Michael Mondor and Rhonda Scott have more than 50 years of combined experience in the restaurant business, the couple credits their dog with convincing them to finally open their own eatery. The owners of Bistro Phare 756 (bistrophare756.ca), ...
Port of Halifax had a ‘solid year’ in 2023
Calls at Halifax in 2023 by 107 ultra-class container vessels of 10,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) meant that specific type of traffic more than doubled from the previous year, said a statement by Port of Halifax senior vice-president Paul ...
Cape Breton company moving offshore wind parts internationally from Sydney
Not only are cruise ships returning to the Sydney Harbour this spring, but water watchers may have noticed some big boats — in some cases much larger than the cruise liners — coasting through. Most likely, they were heading for a berth in the north ...
A multimillion-dollar question: Should the lobster carapace size be increased in southwestern Nova Scotia?
Lobster licence holders in Atlantic Canada’s Lobster Fishing Areas (LFAs) have a lot to consider when it comes to whether or not they follow suit with their American counterparts and increase the minimum lobster carapace size effective Jan. 1, ...
'A more sociable thing': St. John's business Tee Box Indoor Golf moves locations, adds mini-golf and bar area
When Danny Fellingham opened Tee Box Indoor Golf four years ago on Stavanger Drive, he was surprised a business like this one didn't already exist. "When I lived in Edmonton, I used to play indoor golf, and when I moved I noticed there wasn’t any, ...
Union, processors recommend DFO increase N.L. capelin quota amid calls for temporarily halting the fishery
While they may have been at odds for snow crab pricing, harvesters and processors have put up a united front when it comes to capelin — both recommend an increase in the capelin quota. Things were heated between FFAW-Unifor, the union that represents ...
Cape Breton tenants ordered to vacate rental due to fire code violations
Tenants of a Sydney rental unit were ordered to vacate immediately after a fire marshal inspection on April 3 found violations of the Nova Scotia Fire Safety Act. A source who knows the property and tenants told the Cape Breton Post eight Cape Breton ...
Charlotte Street businesses brace for final round of downtown Sydney redevelopment
It’s time for the final group of shops, bars and restaurants on Charlotte Street to endure several weeks of construction in front of their storefronts. Some will have to deal with the problem of drawing downtown visitors to an uninviting-looking ...