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The company owned 23 daily and weekly newspapers in Atlantic Canada including The Chronicle Herald in Halifax, the Cape Breton Post in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and the The Telegram in St. John's, Newfoundland. In March 2024, Saltwire went into bankruptcy protection, and was bought by the Toronto-based Postmedia Network in August of
The Cape Breton Post is the only daily newspaper published on Cape Breton Island.Founded in Sydney, Nova Scotia, in 1901, [3] it specializes in local coverage of news, events, and sports from communities in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and the counties of Inverness, Richmond and Victoria.
William Davis (June 3, 1887 – June 11, 1925) was a coal miner from Cape Breton Island.He was born in Gloucestershire, England and died in New Waterford, Nova Scotia. [1] His name is well-remembered in Nova Scotia due to the annual observance of William Davis Miners' Memorial Day in recognition of Davis and also of all miners killed in the province's coal mines.
He represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1820 to 1830. His first name also appears as Lawrence and his surname as Cavanagh in some sources. He is the father of Laurence Kavanagh Jr. He was born on Cape Breton Island, probably at Louisbourg, the son of Laurence Kavanagh, an immigrant from Ireland, and
The Chronicle Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, owned by SaltWire Network of Halifax. On July 26, 2024, Postmedia entered an agreement to purchase SaltWire. [2]
First published on June 24, 1852, by John Boyd, [2] [3] the paper was eventually acquired by Casket Printing and Publishing Company. [4]Brace Publishing Limited, a division of the Halifax newspaper The Chronicle Herald, acquired the newspaper in 2012 before being subsumed into the Chronicle Herald's expanded SaltWire Network in 2017.
[12] [13] On October 25, 2007, MacLeod was elected Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. [14] MacLeod was re-elected in the 2009, [15] [16] 2013 [17] and 2017 elections. [18] On May 14, 2019, MacLeod announced he was seeking the Conservative nomination in Cape Breton—Canso for the 2019 federal election. [19] He was named the candidate ...
Clarence (Clarie) Gillis (October 3, 1895 – December 17, 1960) was a Canadian social democratic politician and trade unionist from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. He was born on Nova Scotia's mainland but grew up in Cape Breton. He worked in the island's underground coal mines operated by the British Empire Steel and Coal Company (BESCO).