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CBRM Council: Staff’s advice to council to sell 1K acres to a mining company was dropped from last night’s agenda. But we’re still going to talk about it. #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023/08/23/cbr… via @CBSpectator

CBRM Council: Artist grants, wetland protection, marketing levies, burn bans, municipal deficits and fast cars: CBRM council covered ground last night. #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023/08/23/cbr… via @CBSpectator

Gardening Tips: Gardening contributor Michelle Smith offers some tips on storing root vegetables and maintaining fruit trees. #gardening capebretonspectator.com/2023/08/23/roo… via @CBSpectator

The Spectator's interest in trees has really taken root this summer. Its interest in bad puns also remains strong. #trees capebretonspectator.com/2023/08/23/tre… via @CBSpectator

Each day I attempt to see a physician through the Maple app provided to Nova Scotians who do not have a family physician (I have been a list for 2.5 years), and each day I get this message. It's demoralizing and humiliating that this is acceptable in a G7 country. @TimHoustonNS

Relying on religious charities to do this work is 'normal?'

It's the summer of a film about the inventor of the Atomic Bomb but Sean Howard's August column honors its Japanese victims. #Hiroshima #Hibakusha #ICAN capebretonspectator.com/2023/08/09/hir… via @CBSpectator

The Spectator returns to a CBRM subdivision in an (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt to tie up a loose end. #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023/08/09/hap… via @CBSpectator

In which the Spectator salutes alt-weeklies, green hydrogen skeptics and well-fitting suits because...why not? #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023/08/09/the… via @CBSpectator

Gardening Tips: This week, Michelle Smith is both starting to harvest some crops (hello garlic) while planning a second planting of others. #gardening #garlic capebretonspectator.com/2023/08/09/gar… via @CBSpectator

The Spectator interrupts its scheduled vacation for an update on the new Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law. #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023/07/19/cbr… via @CBSpectator

Work halted once again after the second roof fall in a week at Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

.@GeoffMacLellan's twitter still says he's an MLA, so he's prob not checking this. But if anyone happens to catch him at the water cooler at Kameron Coal, ask him what his line is going to be when the thing we all know is going to happen finally happens. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

Fast & Curious: Car dealer clout, small city elites, dubious jackpots and the summer publishing schedule: the Spectator ends on a suitably random note. #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023/06/30/nad… via @CBSpectator

CBRM Council: Raising taxes, selling schools, expanding schools, upping the marketing levy and saying adieu to the clerk: Council was busy yesterday. #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023/06/28/cbr… via @CBSpectator

Swarmio, a gaming tech company on the receiving end of millions in public money, has run out of runway, as the tech bros say. #swarmio #Innovacorp capebretonspectator.com/2023/06/28/swa… via @CBSpectator

As opposition leader, Tim Houston was all for giving the province's privacy commissioner more power. As premier, not so much. #nspoli #cbpoli capebretonspectator.com/2023/06/28/ns-… via @CBSpectator

Gardening Tips: Water, water—but not everywhere. Try to get it to your plants' roots, says Michelle Smith, in her summer guide to moisture management. #gardening capebretonspectator.com/2023/06/28/moi… via @CBSpectator

@CBSpectator @SaltWireNews @capebretonpost @RCL_DC @CanadianArmy. I'm really excited to announce that the "Blue Beret Concert Series" is a GO at the Legion on George street in Sydney, NS. The series is seeking to mingle performances from CBRM's local & international communities!

It might be a good day to revisit this story by @CBSpectator on Island Employment. If you don't subscribe, here's one reason you should. The Strange Case of Island Employment capebretonspectator.com/2022/01/05/isl… via @CBSpectator