Maritimes

Brenda Chisholm-Beaton says the Cape Breton town "quickly came together" to address social-distancing restrictions.

A Cape Breton municipality has tasked its top non-elected official with solving a long-running governance issue.

"Back to school" has a whole new meaning for Jacinta Samson-Sullivan, the principal of Ecole Beau-Port in Arichat.

The returning officer for Mulgrave is confident that paper ballots and traditional polling days will do the job.

The new president of Port Hawkesbury's Rotary Club worries that social-distancing rules may impact club activities.

With its vehicles off the road since mid-March, Strait Area Transit grapples with an uncertain future.

The head of Cape Breton's tourism umbrella lobby group is warning that some operators may not survive the coming year.

Brenda Chisholm-Beaton says the COVID-19 pandemic and social-distancing rules have changed the town's operations.

With traditional proms and graduation ceremonies on hold, local parents and their MLA saluted their grads in a new way.

Port Hawkesbury will offer e-voting and phone voting options, as well as paper ballots, in the 2020 municipal elections.