From Healthcare Redevelopment – New Waterford was buzzing on Sept. 4, as the new Gary McDonald Recreation Complex officially reopened. The event featured Cape Breton University’s men’s and women’s soccer teams squaring off and a ceremony that celebrated several sports legacies from New Waterford.
Women are being encouraged to take advantage of construction and trades opportunities right now in the CBRM. Maggie Budden is the project co-ordinator for the Office to Advance Women Apprentices CB. She talks about a networking event her organization is hosting tonight in Sydney.
From Saltwire Network – Two areas in Glace Bay Hospital will get some freshening up as part of a three-month-long upgrade project.
From Saltwire – Carpentry student Megan MacAulay, left, and architectural sheet metal student Tera Cormier, centre, chat with Maggie Budden, Cape Breton project co-ordinator with the Office to Advance Women Apprentices, during a networking luncheon Tuesday at the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion in Sydney.
From Saltwire – Tucked off a forested side road near the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, you could be forgiven for thinking you had arrived at an exclusive spa.
(Richmond County, NS) – The Cape Breton Partnership, together with our partners at the Nova Scotia Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration, and the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia was pleased to recognize two industry recipients of the eighth annual Safety First in Cape Breton Awards at two small in-person ceremonies which took place in late August.
From Saltwire Network – Driving up Eighth Street, it may seem like a normal area of New Waterford. Homes are lined up on both sides of the street while what seems like endless stop signs stand at each intersection from Plummer Avenue to Warren Avenue.
From the Cape Breton Post – Workers continue to plug away at building the new Nova Scotia Community College Marconi Campus on the Esplanade.
From the Cape Breton Post: The transformation of Senator’s Corner in the heart of downtown Glace Bay is symbolic of an increasing positivity in the economically-beleaguered former coal mining town, says a longtime community booster.
From CBC Mainstreet Cape Breton – There is a lot of work happening in Cape Breton. Seasonal road work, construction of a new Marconi NSCC Campus, upgrades and expansions to local hospitals. The Cape Breton Partnership wants to build on these existing infrastructure projects to ensure businesses capitalize on the spin off and potential employees are connected to jobs.