SaltWire on MSN10d
Cheticamp area inches closer to new electoral district
The Acadian region of Cheticamp in northwestern Cape Breton is moving nearer to becoming an electoral district. The ...
PNI Atlantic News on MSN14d
Province eyes appointing special electoral boundaries commission for Chéticamp
But in its 2019 report, the electoral boundaries commission rejected a proposed Chéticamp electoral district on the grounds that the population base in the area wasn’t large enough — this despite half ...
The Canadian Press on MSN10d
N.S. bill for protected Acadian riding fails to address voter parity: business group
A bill that would allow the Nova Scotia government to carve out a protected riding for the Acadian region of Chéticamp has ...
Construction industry reps say delayed Cape Breton projects not cause for concern
Nova Scotia contractor and union reps say it's not true that construction is more expensive on the island than it is elsewhere. They say the cost of labour, especially, has been stable thanks to a ...
Halifax business community says city deserves three more seats in N.S. Legislature
Chéticamp is one step closer to becoming the fourth Acadian community to get its own protected electoral riding. But the ...
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Cape Breton
The names of the communities in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, hint at the French, aboriginal, Scottish, Irish, and English origins of the people who live here: Baddeck, Margaree, Chéticamp ...