Live explosive found in downtown Sydney, police evacuating areaWednesday, 07, January, 2026  Cape Breton Regional Police are evacuating an area of downtown Sydney following the discovery of a live explosive device this morning.
| Former bookkeeper handed house arrest for $225K Catholic parish fraudWednesday, 07, January, 2026  A 52-year-old former bookkeeper won’t be headed to jail for defrauding two Roman Catholic parishes on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore of more than $225,000 through hundreds of individual transactions over the course of a decade.
| Politicians say long-dormant Cape Breton rail line could be revitalized soonWednesday, 07, January, 2026  It's been a decade since trains stopped running on the line between Point Tupper and Sydney, N.S., but several ideas are under discussion that could lead to renewal of the tracks.
| ‘Just and reasonable’ or ‘unmanageable burden’? Nova Scotia Power rate hike goes before public hearingWednesday, 07, January, 2026  Nova Scotia Power says its proposal to raise rates over the next year by more than eight per cent for most customers is “just and reasonable,” as it heads into a public hearing that will determine whether the changes can go ahead. But critics say the ask is too much for households already struggling with the high cost of living.
| Halifax asks court to scrap provincial conditions for Dartmouth Cove infill rulesWednesday, 07, January, 2026  Halifax has asked the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia to declare that municipal rules limiting infilling in Dartmouth Cove are officially in effect, without provincial conditions the municipality says are “unreasonable.”
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