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The mid-summer event has special meaning for a longtime volunteer from Eskasoni who now serves as a Catholic Deacon.

Ceremonies that would normally take place on Canada Day and during Pride Month had a different atmosphere this year.

Canada Day celebrations were scuttled in several areas to provide time to reflect on residential school victims.

One year after the first-ever Strait Area Pride Rally, LGTBQIA activist Taylor Linloff takes a different approach.

A local Mi'kmaq activist, a First Nations leader and a town mayor united to honour residential school victims.

The balanced budget, including increases in residential and commercial taxes, was approved 3-1 by county councillors.

Cape Breton-Canso's MP calls for more rural COVID-19 testing and predicts the new budget will make an local impact.

The head of public schools in the Strait area and the Warden of Richmond County discuss the pandemic's local impact.

A Port Hawkesbury park that has been cordoned off from the public since 2018 may soon be open for business again.

The region is experiencing school-based cases and multiple exposure sites for the first time since the pandemic began.

Brenda Chisholm-Beaton feels Port Hawkesbury's contribution to Strait Area Transit lines up with the town's needs.

While COVID-19 has impacted Cape Breton's tourism and small-business sectors, there is hope for 2021 and beyond.