Traffic Notice: Buckingham Drive closed on April 20

April 19, 2021

Buckingham Drive in Sydney will be closed on Tuesday, April 20 for road repair. Access is available for local traffic only. Transit Cape Breton Route 10 bus will be detoured turning left onto Moxham Drive and then right on Newlands Ave.

Great Cape Breton Clean Up - Saturday, May 1st - Register Now

Join the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on May 1, 2021 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm for the Fifth Annual* Great Cape Breton Clean Up.

This litter clean-up will take place in all communities across the CBRM.

We’re encouraging families, companies, organizations and all community members to come out and take part in keeping CBRM clean. We’d like to see as many people get involved in a BIG way, while challenging others to do the same.

Local CBRM Fire Departments will have gloves and bags for you. Register now!  REGISTRATION

Community Engagement Launched for Economic Development and Municipal Planning Strategy

April 9, 2021

SYDNEY, NS – The Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) and the Cape Breton Partnership are pleased to announce CBRM Forward, a new and collaborative approach to Economic Development and Municipal Planning.

CBRM Forward is a three phased, two year process. An Economic Development Strategy and Growth Management Strategy will be developed in the first phase, with the second phase providing an update to the Municipal Planning Strategy, and the third phase undertaking updates to enabling by-laws including the Land Use (Zoning) and Subdivision By-laws. 

This set of strategies presents an important opportunity to develop a unified vision for the future of the community. 

“A meaningful consultation and outreach and a really thoughtful process will be undertaken over a good time span of two years,” said Mayor Amanda McDougall. “I’m looking forward to the creative collaboration process and the outcomes that will come from it.” 

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