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  Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cape Breton Regional Municipality(46°09′N 60°10′W, AST), or CBRM as it is commonly known, is a regional municipality in the province of Nova Scotia.
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality Council is composed of a Mayor elected at-large and 16 Councillors, each of whom are elected to represent a separate district.
Municipal governments in Nova Scotia are elected every four years, and the next round of elections is scheduled in October 2008.
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 MSN Encarta - Search View - Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island is separated from the peninsula by the Strait of Canso.
Nova Scotia is renowned for its varied scenery, from the lush orchard country of Annapolis Valley to the rocky shores of Peggy’s Cove on the Atlantic Coast.
Nova Scotia is represented in the Canadian Parliament by 11 elected representatives in the House of Commons and by 10 senators, appointed by the federal government, in the Senate.
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 Regional Municipality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A Regional Municipality, or region, is a Canadian level of government, constituting a federation of the local municipalities within its boundaries.
Regional municipalities are often referred to as "upper tier" municipalities.
Regional municipalities are similar to counties, except that regions tend to be an agglomeration of highly urbanized towns and cities, whereas counties tend to be more rural in nature.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Regional_Municipality.html   (186 words)

  
 Nova Scotia real estate, Canada Real Estate Directory
Nova Scotia is consisting of a mainland peninsula, Cape Breton Island, and numerous small islands.
Yarmouth is the regional centre for South Western Nova Scotia and a gateway to the Lighthouse Route and the Evangeline Trail.
Nova Scotia is one of the six areas in the world where wild blueberries are grown commercially.
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 CBRM Coat of Arms
In the case of the Regional Municipality's Coat of Arms the shield has a green background with a Cape Breton Sloop in gold and silver (the sails are white).
As well, the Cape Breton Sloop appeared on the Coats of Arms of the City of Sydney and the Town of North Sydney, both of which had petitioned for, and were granted, official Coats of Arms.
The location of the municipality in relation to the ocean is portrayed by the blue and white wavy lines which complete the portion of the coat of arms which is called the compartment.
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 Cape Breton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cape Breton can refer to several different things:
Cape Breton Island, a Canadian island on the Atlantic coast.
Cape Breton Highlands, a region of Cape Breton Island.
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 Cape Breton Island Information - Cape Breton Island - Island Travel Tips and Island Reviews - itsislandtime.com
Cape Breton's landscape is dominated by the Bras d'Or Lake system, which the island wraps around, the Strait of Canso, and the Cape Breton Highlands, which are considered a continuation of the Appalachian chain.
Cape Breton is now joined to the mainland by the Canso Causeway, completed in 1955, enabling direct road and rail traffic to and from the island, but constraining marine traffic to pass through the Canso Canal at the eastern end of the causeway.
Nova Scotia route 125 is an important arterial route in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, and Nova Scotia routes 104 and 4, as well as the Cabot Trail, are important secondary roads.
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 1001 Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia Canada Information - proudly presented by Kanada News' Canada Vacation Planner The ...
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, is located at the eastern extremity of the Gulf of St Lawrence and is a rugged and rough island.
Cape Breton Island is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and the Strait of Canso.
Cape Breton is divided by the narrow Strait of Canso.
www.nova-scotia-kanada.de /en/cape_breton_island   (2578 words)

  
 Nova Scotia Community College | NSCC To Train Cape Breton Regional Municipality Employees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The MOU formalizes a commitment for the next five years in which the Nova Scotia Community College will provide training to the Regional Municipality employees in areas such as computer applications, occupational health and safety, management skills and other areas which will be identified through a needs assessment.
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality is the third largest metropolitan area in the Maritime Provinces, and has a population of more than 120,000 people.
The municipality is supported by state-of-the-art technology and is held up as a model in the appropriate use of technology, on an enterprise-wide basis.
www.nscc.ca /News_Events/Media/1998/february13.asp   (431 words)

  
 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The old flag used in Cape Breton Island was generally forest green (although one manufacturer insists she made in dark blue), with a yellow (or white) circle in the centre, carrying an outline map of Cape Breton Island coloured in Cape Breton Island tartan (green, yellow, fl and white).
Cape Breton Island was known as Isle Royale under the French Regime.
Between the words and on each side are five small symbols, a fir tree (for the Micmaq Indians), a fleur-de-lis for the French settlers, a thistle for the Scottish, a rose for the English, and a shamrock for the Irish.
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 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island is part of Nova Scotia, but retains a very strong sense of regional identity, with Scottish and French influences much more obvious in its culture than on mainland Nova Scotia.
Between the words and on each side are five small symbols, a fir tree (for the Micmac Indians), a fleur-de-lis for the French settlers, a thistle for the Scottish, a rose for the English, and a shamrock for the Irish.
The blue field is the Atlantic Ocean, the arms of the saltire are gold and represent the four counties of Inverness, Richmond, Victoria, and Cape Breton.
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 Your Business: Whats New   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia - Pollution will be reduced at Nova Scotia Power's largest electrical generating facility, according to a multi-million dollar proposal filed with the company's regulator.
The province's electrical utility filed an application with the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board to invest more than $170 million for two new cleaner air projects at its coal-fired Lingan Generation Station in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
This project is the first step of Nova Scotia Power's broader Nitrous Oxides Reduction Program, which will see new burners installed at the remaining Lingan units, as well as Nova Scotia Power's generation stations at Point Tupper, Richmond County, and Trenton, Pictou County.
www.nspower.ca /YourBusiness/WhatsNew/detail5109.html   (402 words)

  
 Canadian Resident Matching Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cape Breton District Health Authority is located in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
The Cape Breton Healthcare Complex (CBHC) is composed of four acute care facilities - Buchanan Memorial Community Health Centre, Neil's Harbour, Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital, Inverness, New Waterford Consolidated Hospital, Glace Bay Healthcare Corporation, Northside Harbourview Hospital, Sacred Heart Hospital, Cheticamp, Victoria Country Memorial Hospital, Beddeck and the Cape Breton Regional Hospital.
The CBHC serves both as the community hospital for Sydney and surrounding area, and is the regional referral centre for Cape Breton Island.
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 Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The flag of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality is very beautiful in its simplicity - it is basically the green shield with the Cape Breton Sloop in gold and white (the sails) surrounded by the double border connecting the eight maple leafs.
The number of maple leafs refers to the eight municipal units that were amalgamated on August 1, 1995, to become the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
The Cape Breton Sloop is taken from the original Great Seal of Cape Breton in the early 1800's when Cape Breton was a British Colony.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ca-ns-cm.html   (123 words)

  
 Nova Canada North America Regional
Bank of Nova Scotia Mexico unit buys 3.08B pesos in auto loansMarketWatch - 3 hours agoMEXICO CITY (MarketWatch) -- The Mexican arm of Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) said Monday it purchased 3.08 billion Mexican pesos ($278 million) in car...
In corporations such as Bank of Nova Scotia, where human resource management is...
Nova Scotia will be marketing itself as a tourist destination in some new and interesting ways in the coming months, with marketing in western Canada to...
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 Welcome to NSBI
Target Nova Scotia is a unified information tool, bringing together a broad array of information sourced at local, provincial and national levels.
Nova Scotia, one of Canada's ten provinces, is located on the Atlantic coast, within a few hours drive of New England.
Nova Scotia's population was estimated at 942,660 as of October, 2000.
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 EcoAction Community Funding Program. Nova Scotia - Spring 2002
However, water use in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) is almost twice that national average.
Three major environmental problems affecting Nova Scotia Nature Trust properties are: invasive flora species, lack of old forest species necessary for natural succession to Acadian forest, and human impacts on land through ATV damage, garbage dumping, littering and the illegal cutting of trees.
Two-thirds of Nova Scotia's forests are privately owned so saving these old forests from extinction requires that remnant ecosystems are protected and old-forest habitats are restored before they become extinct.
www.ns.ec.gc.ca /press/ecoaction/ns02back_e.html   (951 words)

  
 Velo Cape Breton - Home
Velo Cape Breton is also focusing on the improvement of the health of citizens and the environment through the promotion of the bicycle as a mode of transportation and recreation."
Velo Cape Breton is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization primarily serving the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
Membership in Velo Cape Breton is open to all individuals who complete a Membership Application Form with signed waiver and pay the required membership fee.
velocapebreton.com   (434 words)

  
 Sydney River Fire Dept.
The Sydney River Volunteer Fire Department proudly serves the residents of Sydney River, a community located adjacent to the city of Sydney in The Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Over the years, the department has kept abreast with the changes in the community and today protection is provided to some 1300 residential units and a large mercantile and light industrial mix.
The Sydney River station is one of the 34 departments that now make up the Cape Breton Regional Fire Service consisting of 1 fully career department, 4 composite and 29 volunteer stations, all under one administration with each station maintaining its own identity and the sharing of major services.
www.sydneyriverfire.ca /index1.html   (347 words)

  
 CBC Nova Scotia - Plows, shovels busy after storm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A blizzard brought Nova Scotia to a crawl Monday, closing schools and disrupting traffic.
In the Halifax region, many health workers were shuttled from their homes to the hospitals.
When frequent storms pass the Nova Scotia coast, the result is changeable and stormy weather.
novascotia.cbc.ca /regionalnews/caches/ns-snow-stop20050117.html   (361 words)

  
 Celtic Colours: News
Cape Breton’s Celtic music is the island’s heartbeat, and this program showcases some of the finest Celtic musicians, singers, storytellers and culture-bearers from all over the island, and around the world.
Cape Breton Artists and Artisans will be conducting fun and informative workshops in seven communities across the Island, building on the momentum created during last year’s successful, inaugural event.
Cape Breton Island is tied for second place on a new international score card of more than 100 of the world’s greatest destinations released by National Geographic Traveler, which focuses on sustainable tourism.
www.celtic-colours.com /queries/news.php?_function=archived   (18943 words)

  
 ..::Riverview Rural High School::..
Welcome to Riverview, one of the largest high schools in Cape Breton.
We are located in Coxheath, just outside of Sydney in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
We are a part of the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board.
www.cbv.ns.ca /rv/default.shtml   (287 words)

  
 Sydney - Britannica Concise
In the early 19th century, when it was still a small convict settlement and the first settlers had barely penetrated the interior, it had...
Sydney - former city, ocean port, and since 1995 a constituent component of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada.
It lies on the southeastern arm of Sydney Harbour at the mouth of the Sydney River, on eastern Cape Breton Island.
concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9108600   (605 words)

  
 Nova Scotia Permits Directory - Cape Breton Regional Municipality - Development Permit
Please refer to the Building Permit page of the CBRM Directory for information on the expiry date for a Building Permit.
Municipal Government Act, Chapter 18, Acts of 1998.
This page and all contents Crown copyright © 2006, Province of Nova Scotia, all rights reserved.
www.gov.ns.ca /snsmr/paal/municipa/cbrm/paal427.asp   (259 words)

  
 Nova Scotia Permits Directory - Cape Breton Regional Municipality - Occupancy Permit
Anyone who builds a new home receives this permit once the Final Inspection is approved as part of the Building Permit Approval process within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
Building Code Act, Chapter 46, of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989.
Nova Scotia Building Code Regulations made under Section 4 of the Building Code Act.
www.gov.ns.ca /snsmr/paal/municipa/cbrm/paal422.asp   (266 words)

  
 PWGSC - Sydney, Tar Ponds
There was, for example, a coal tar plant, a cement plant, an asphalt paving company, a fuel gas and oil company, metal processors, and a brick manufacturing company located in or in proximity to this area.
It has been widely accepted by the public in the community of Sydney and Industrial Cape Breton, and all three levels of government, that the current status of the Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens sites is unacceptable.
Regional climate modelling has demonstrated that projects with longer lifespans may experience different environmental conditions than exist today.
www.pwgsc.gc.ca /text/articles/2005/02/2005-02-tarponds-e.html   (8453 words)

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