Cape Breton Post

15 hours ago | saltwire.com | Jason Simmonds

Advertisement 1Charlottetown also holds two second-round selections in Quebec City  •   •  Article contentFor only the second time in seven years, the Charlottetown Islanders hold a top-10 pick in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) Entry Draft. The Islanders are scheduled to pick seventh overall in Quebec City on June 6. The 12-round draft takes place over two days, with Rounds 2 through 12 taking place on June 7.

1 day ago | saltwire.com | Jason Simmonds

Advertisement 1Summerside acquires MHL rights to versatile forward with major-junior experience  •  Article contentThe Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals have traded for a player head coach and assistant general manager Billy McGuigan describes as versatile. The Capitals acquired the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) playing rights of forward Coen Miller from the Berwick, N.S.-based Valley Wildcats recently.

1 day ago | saltwire.com | Sylvain Charlebois

Advertisement 1Data shows prices are way up, and Canadians are reacting by eating less red meat  •   •  Article contentWith summer weather finally settling in, Canadians are returning to a familiar ritual — firing up the barbecue. But as they approach the meat counter in search of steaks and burgers, many are encountering a far less familiar reality: shockingly high prices. This year, the meat aisle has become a case study in supply-side economics and market dysfunction.

1 day ago | saltwire.com | Willy Palov

Advertisement 1  •   •  Article contentSoccer, family and Nova Scotia dominate the top of Jacob Shaffelburg’s priority list. The 25-year-old from Port Williams is a breakout star with the Canadian men’s soccer team and is also a new father. He was in Halifax for a few days this week for a training sojourn with the national program and got to indulge in his three primary pillars all at once, but not nearly to the extent he would’ve liked.

1 day ago | saltwire.com | Christopher Connors

Advertisement 1  •   •  Article contentA Cape Breton man who is serving time for shooting multiple people will have to pay for his own lawyer in his appeal. Raymond Shawn Daniel LeRoy, 48, had filed a motion asking Justice Anne Derrick of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal to appoint state-funded counsel for his appeal of five convictions stemming from a Dec. 22, 2019, shooting that injured three people inside a Sydney Mines apartment.