Nicole Sullivan

Nova Scotia

Reporter at Cape Breton Post

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Articles

Innovative Cape Breton housing complex almost tenant ready

2 days ago | saltwire.com | Nicole Sullivan

Advertisement 1 • Article contentEleanor’s Court is almost ready for tenants to move in and its tenants will be housing secure for the first time in months or even years. The 25-unit apartment complex in downtown Sydney provides deeply affordable one-bedroom rentals and supports like counselling, peer support and a managed alcohol program. Two of the units are for couples and two of the 23 single tenant units are accessible.
Remembering Mallory: Scholarship started in memory of Cape Breton woman who died in car accident

2 days ago | saltwire.com | Nicole Sullivan

Advertisement oopSkip to ContentAdvertisement 1 • Article contentThe family of a Cape Breton woman killed in a car accident have started a memorial scholarship to lift people up as she did. Mallory Gillis, 19, was a passenger in a single-vehicle accident in Howie Centre on Nov. 10, 2024 – not far from her home. Thrown from the vehicle, along with another passenger, Mallory’s injuries were fatal and the driver is facing criminal charges.
Two shootings on one small street leave Cape Breton residents concerned

1 week ago | saltwire.com | Nicole Sullivan

Advertisement 1 • Article contentNeighbours on a usually quiet Sydney Mines street aren’t feeling safe these days. That’s because there were two drive-by shootings on Cottage Street, where they live, in March – about two weeks apart. “I’ve lived on this street for 25 years now and it’s the first time we’ve had something like this happen,” said one neighbour, who asked not to be named. “I’ve often said if I win the lotto I’m not moving off my street because I love my street so much.
Skills Trade Competition at NSCC Sydney Waterfront Campus 2025

1 week ago | saltwire.com | Nicole Sullivan

Advertisement oopSkip to ContentAdvertisement 1 • Article contentHundreds of high school students, Nova Scotia Community College students and professionals attended the 2025 Skills Competition in Sydney on Friday. The skills competition for people working in trades like plumbing, carpentry, welding and photography was hosted at the NSCC Sydney Waterfront Campus and hosted events throughout the facility.
Strategy, protests and loyalty: What's influencing some Cape Breton federal votes

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Nicole Sullivan

Advertisement 1 • Article contentFormer provincial NDP candidate, Madonna Doucette, is voting Liberal for the 2025 election, a strategic choice to try and ensure the federal Conservative party under Pierre Poilievre doesn’t win. “I have never been overly concerned about party leadership and always thought more about regional representation. However, this election, it’s very much about party leadership and in my opinion, Canada’s sovereignty,” Doucette said.
'Aim high,' Cape Breton's Nobel Prize winner tells Sydney students

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Nicole Sullivan

Advertisement 1 • Article contentIt’s not every day you get to meet a Nobel Prize winner and students at Sydney Academy took advantage of the opportunity. Astrophysicist Arthur ‘Art’ McDonald, a Sydney Academy class of 1960 graduate, was at the school on Monday to speak about his work in physics, which led to his winning the coveted Nobel Prize in physics in 2015. He also shared his advice on how to succeed with the roughly 300 students in attendance.
Clinical trial for heart failure prevention drug underway in Cape Breton

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Nicole Sullivan

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentDr. Paul MacDonald and the team of researchers he leads at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital have enrolled the ‘first subject in’ (FSI) for a heart failure prevention medication trial. The clinical trial for the AstraZeneca drug, which was created to prevent heart failure in at-risk patients, is being conducted globally and the Cape Breton team was chosen to enrol the first patient out of 34 other countries.
One person dead after fatal house fire in Cape Breton

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Nicole Sullivan

Advertisement 1 • Article contentOne person has died in a house fire in Victoria County. Victoria County District RCMP, supported by the Nova Scotia Fire Marshal’s Office and Medical Examiner Service, are investigating the blaze in Big Harbour. RCMP said officers and fire services responded to a call about a structure fire at 2:30 p.m. It was at a property on Big Harbour Road. The home was fully engulfed in flames when fire services arrived. An occupant of the house was found deceased.
'The Death Coast' TV series follows Cape Breton shipwreck hunter

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Nicole Sullivan

Advertisement 1 • Article contentOne of Captain Jeff MacKinnon’s earliest memories of hunting for shipwrecks was his dad coming out of the water. He was a boy under 10, learning from his father – retired shipwreck hunter and author Robert MacKinnon – something he would become the subject of in the docuseries “Death Coast.”“Seeing my father come up, you know, fully clad in scuba gear, I think that was a real treat … for a little boy.
Figure skater shines at Cape Breton recital

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Nicole Sullivan

• Article contentA photo captured by Clint MacKenzie during a figure skating event on March 29, is one that makes a mother proud. “I did not take the photo,” said Savannah MacArthur, mother of 11-year-old Lily MacArthur-Holloway. “It is a fantastic photo, if I do say so myself.” From Dominion, MacArthur-Holloway began figure skating in 2021 and hopes to start competing in the future.