Applications are now open for NSCC programs – and if you enroll in Sydney – you’ll be a part of the first ever classes to attend the new waterfront campus. We talk about how the experience will differ from the Marconi Campus.
An announcement of over 9 million in funding for Membertou First Nation from the third round of the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI).
Newcomers and Nova Scotians now have more access to training and certification in construction trades.
From Daily Commercial News: Billed as a grand effort to aid downtown revitalization in a city of 31,000, the new Marconi campus on Sydney, N.S.’s waterfront will, when finished, be a spectacular splash in a town that has seen little major urban renewal.
More skilled trades workers can seek certification in Nova Scotia with changes the Province is making to apprenticeship training requirements.
From Saltwire: The next steps in the transformation of downtown Sydney may be loud and messy but Charlotte Street shopkeepers say the temporary inconvenience will be worth it when completed.
From Saltwire: A section of Charlotte Street is expected to be closed to vehicular traffic until October due to construction work on the $9-million downtown Sydney redevelopment project.
From CTV – Downtown Sydney, N.S., was bustling with activity on Tuesday, but the sounds of both vehicle and foot traffic will soon be replaced with the sounds of heavy machinery as part of a redevelopment project.
From Saltwire Network – The project manager overseeing the redevelopment of health-care facilities in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality said Friday he couldn’t be happier with how the project is proceeding.
From Saltwire – Retired New Waterford physician Dr. Peter Littlejohn remembers how vibrant the former coal mining community was when he arrived in Cape Breton almost 50 years ago.