From Infrastructure Canada – Investing in recreational infrastructure brings communities together. The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia recognize that strategic investments in public infrastructure play a key role in supporting healthy communities while growing the economy and creating good jobs that support the younger generations.
From Saltwire – Work is currently taking place in the area as part of the New Waterford community hub project, which will see a new health centre, long-term care home and school built.
From Saltwire – A group of students crowded around Cole MacDougall as he navigated the steering wheel in front of him. Sitting in Centre 200 in Sydney, MacDougall was using the heavy vehicle operator simulator and the Glace Bay High School student was concentrating hard on the screen.
On December 13, 2021, the Cape Breton Partnership hosted Community Engagement Sessions at Breton Education Centre for the surrounding community on the ongoing New Waterford Community Hub Project. Each session included representatives who shared updates and details on this significant project from architects and designers, as well as team members from CBRM Health Care Redevelopment, Nova Scotia Lands, Nova Scotia Public Works, Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, and Nova Scotia Construction Sector Council.
On Dec. 16, 2021, rain was falling instead of snow, but attention was on something else. Nova Scotia was celebrating its rising population – surpassing one million people.
From Saltwire: SYDNEY, N.S. — Motorists trying to find their way into the Cape Breton Regional Hospital will soon have another option when it comes to navigating entry into the sprawling health care complex.
Staff, patients and visitors will soon have improved access to Cape Breton Regional Hospital with the construction of a second main access road.
The government is investing $105 million to improve infrastructure, foster research and enhance healthcare and training at the province’s rural universities.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-24-information-morning-cape-breton/clip/15903228-big-build-downtown-update-nscc-marconi-campus Carla Arsenault, the new principal of NSCC Marconi Campus, offers an update on the construction of its n ...
From CBC: Prime real estate that used to be home to the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club on Sydney’s waterfront has languished for years.