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 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.
The government is investing $105 million to improve infrastructure, foster research and enhance healthcare and training at the province’s rural universities.
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.
On February 24, 2022, the Cape Breton Partnership, through the Building Tomorrow Campaign, hosted Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services and Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC) for an informative virtual session, via zoom, exploring the topic of procurement and selling to both the Provincial and Federal Governments.
Join Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services, Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC), and the Cape Breton Partnership for an informational webinar for local businesses who are interested in learning the procurement process and how local businesses can sell to government
From CBC Information Morning – Year in and year out, the way you receive healthcare is always an important story. With that in mind, we hear what’s happened so far with healthcare redevelopment in the CBRM, two of the key people involved in the project are: Mark LeCouter is the senior director for the project, Roy MacDonald is head of Project Management Services with the Department of Public Works.
From NS Government Release – Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses across the province have had to adapt to new ways of doing things to stay open and keep Nova Scotians safe.
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.
(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.