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CTV News
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Sydney Mines Heritage Festival brings hundreds to Main Street
Hundreds of people gathered in Sydney Mines, N.S., for the community's annual heritage festival. (Ryan MacDonald/CTV News) Hundreds of people filled the main street of Sydney Mines, N.S., over the weekend for the community's annual heritage festival. This year marked the fourth year for the Sydney Mines Heritage Festival, previously know as the Johnny Miles Festival until 2022. In recent years, the festival has been organized by New Deal Holdings of Sydney Mines. A section of Main Street was closed to traffic for the weekend, where vendors sold their goods and musicians performed on stage. Organizers said this year's attendance was the best with many people coming from others parts of the region. 'There's also a sense of pride when the folks come from away', said Dave Julian, a festival organizer and president & CEO of New Deal Holdings. 'They're home for the summer and they see this on the main street, and they say 'You know what? This is the way it was when I was growing up.' That's kind of what we're trying to do again.' Julian added that next year's festival will be a special one, as it will mark the 100th anniversary of Sydney Mines native Johnny Miles' first victory at the Boston Marathon in 1926 (he also won in 1929). He said plans are already in the works to make next year's heritage festival bigger and better, and to further incorporate Miles' memory and his accomplishments as an athlete and a citizen. The three-day event wrapped up on Sunday evening. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
CTV News
25-06-2025
- CTV News
Two people arrested after two men injured in Sydney Mines shooting
Two men are in custody after two other men were injured in a shooting in Sydney Mines, N.S., Tuesday night. Cape Breton Regional Police received a report around 11:30 p.m. that two men in a vehicle on Cook Street had been struck by a bullet fired from another vehicle. The victims identified the suspects and their vehicle, which police found on Ocean Street. Police say the vehicle was on fire when they found it. Members of the Emergency Response Team and a K9 unit tracked the two suspects to a trailer at a nearby home on Ocean Street, where they were arrested. The two victims were taken to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries to their legs. The Sydney Mines Volunteer Fire Department attended the scene and extinguished the fire at the vehicle, which police seized. Police say the four people involved in the shooting are all known to one another and investigators are treating it as an isolated incident. Police say charges are pending against the two men in custody. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
CTV News
17-06-2025
- CTV News
Cape Breton man arrested for impaired driving after fatal collision
One man is dead and another has been arrested for impaired driving after two vehicles collided in Cape Breton over the weekend. Police and emergency crews responded to the collision on Highway 105 in Groves Point, N.S., around 7 a.m. Saturday. The RCMP says a sedan and Harley Davidson motorcycle collided and the car then fled the area. The motorcyclist was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police say the 40-year-old Bras D'Or man died in hospital the next day. Officers found the car involved in the collision on Brady Drive in Groves Point and arrested the driver, who they say appeared to be impaired. The 42-year-old Sydney Mines man was taken to the North Sydney RCMP detachment, where police say he provided breath samples that registered 90mg%. The man was released and is due to appear in Sydney provincial court at a later date. Police say criminal charges are expected in the case. The highway was closed for several hours but has since reopened. The RCMP is asking anyone with information about the incident to contact the Northeast Traffic Services – Cape Breton at 902-794-5800 or Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
CBC
17-06-2025
- CBC
Cape Breton RCMP say impaired driving suspected in fatal hit-and-run
Social Sharing A Cape Breton man is expected to face criminal charges after a fatal hit-and-run on the TransCanada Highway in Bras d'Or, N.S., on Saturday morning. RCMP said a 42-year-old man from Sydney Mines was driving a sedan and struck a 40-year-old motorcyclist from Bras d'Or, who suffered life-threatening injuries and died in hospital the next day. The driver of the car fled, but was found nearby on Brady Drive in Groves Point exhibiting signs of impairment, according to the RCMP. Police said he was taken to the North Sydney RCMP detachment, where his blood alcohol level registered .09, which is .01 over the legal limit for driving. The collision remains under investigation, but criminal charges are expected, RCMP said. The driver was eventually released and is expected to appear in Sydney Provincial Court at a later date. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call RCMP's Northeast Traffic Services at 902-794-5800, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477.
