Glace Bay News

Glace Bay Long Term Care Workers Vote to Strike

GLACE BAY, NS, December 04, 2025--Long term care workers from Seaview Manor Home for Special Care, represented by CUPE 2094, voted 96% in favour of a strike mandate last week, joining the 18 other CUPE long term care locals who’ve taken similar strike votes in the past month.

Cameron Bowl goes quiet this summer as Glace Bay preps for 2026 Little League championship

The Cameron Bowl in Glace Bay, N.S., will be quiet this summer as it gets ready to host up to 15,000 spectators for the 2026 Canadian Little League baseball championship. The Glace Bay Colonels have ...

Glace Bay Minor Hockey's final 50/50 draw expected to have a large jackpot

Local hockey players score with big draws Someone is about to win a massive amount of money through Glace Bay Minor Hockey’s final 50/50 draw.

Fire on the ice: Sydney Curling Club to host Nova Scotia firefighters curling championship

The Sydney Curling Club will host the Nova Scotia Firefighters Metalfab Curling Championship this weekend, beginning on Friday morning.

Man accused of assaulting Glace Bay convenience store clerk released

A Cape Breton man who allegedly assaulted a clerk while robbing a convenience store has been released from jail.

Despite apologies, Glace Bay area residents wary of Nova Scotia Power's commitments to do better

Several Glace Bay and area residents grilled representatives from Nova Scotia Power during a community meeting Monday night over an off-putting rise in power outages, particularly in the past several ...

HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY: McNeil pots four, Glace Bay Panthers defeat Memorial Marauders on the road

Cohen McNeil had the hot hand for the Glace Bay Panthers on Thursday night. The forward scored four times, leading the Panthers to an 8-2 win over the Memorial Marauders in Cape Breton High School ...

Boy with cerebral palsy bullied into lying in creek so girl can walk on him, video shows

Brett Corbett, who has cerebral palsy, says he was bullied into lying down in a creek in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, in Canada, by students at Glace Bay High School so a girl could walk on him and not get ...

Glace Bay parents concerned about conditions at local schools

Parents in Glace Bay are concerned about the closure of Bridgeport School and the prospect of sending their children to smaller schools with what they say are “unsafe conditions”.

Fire at former Glace Bay high school now out

Firefighters in Cape Breton have extinguished a structure fire that forced some Glace Bay residents to evacuate their homes on Thursday. The fire broke out in the former Morrison High School building early Thursday morning, according to residents. The cause is still unknown but officials say there will be an investigation by the fire marshal to determine what happened. Twelve crews were on site with fire trucks to extinguish the blaze and prevent it from spreading to nearby homes. By late Thursd

Affordability, housing and health care are top voter concerns in Sydney-Glace Bay

The signs are up and federal campaigning is well underway in the newly redrawn riding of Sydney-Glace Bay. Liberal candidate Mike Kelloway was first elected MP for the former riding of Cape ...

74-year-old man living with cancer wins nearly $200,000 in Glace Bay draw

74-year-old Roland Zablaskie of Cape Breton has nearly 200,000 reasons to be thankful. On Sunday, he cashed in on a record-setting Glace Bay Minor Hockey 50/50 draw worth over $198,000 – on Monday, he received the call thousands were awaiting.

Glace Bay Miner's Forum welcomes back minor hockey players after 3 years

Glace Bay Miner’s Forum welcomes players back The Glace Bay Miner’s Forum welcomed back players from the Glace Bay Minor Hockey League on Sunday. Ryan MacDonald reports.

New Waterford, Glace Bay to host minor baseball provincial championship tournaments this weekend

SYDNEY, N.S. — Baseball Nova Scotia provincial championship tournaments will take place this weekend with two Cape Breton teams hosting events on the island. New Waterford will host the girls’ ...

Glace Bay man facing 11 charges after more than $110K in fake bills found

A 50-year-old man from Glace Bay, N.S., is facing 11 counterfeiting, firearms and drug charges involving more than $110,000 in fake bills. According to a news release, RCMP say border officials seized ...

FEDERAL ELECTION: Which candidates are running in federal riding of Sydney-Glace Bay?

Newly created after the 2022 federal redistribution commission in Nova Scotia redrew the former Sydney-Victoria riding boundaries to better achieve voter parity. Riding population: 82,219 Notable ...

Glace Bay Minor Hockey organizing tournament for Humboldt

Humboldt Memorial Road Hockey Game in works Glace Bay Minor Hockey is planning a Humboldt Memorial Road Hockey Game on May 6th, a month after the devastating crash that killed 16.

Glace Bay fire destroys former Guildwood building

Cape Breton police and the fire marshal's office are sifting through what remains of a Glace Bay landmark after a massive fire burned the unused building to the ground Friday night. Staff Sgt. Ken O'Neill says they have information that a homeless person could have been in the building at the time of the fire. Glace Bay Fire Chief John Chant says it was fresh footprints in the snow that led authorities to believe someone could have been inside, but the weather, amount of debris and almost three metres of water within the foundation means it could take between 24 and 36 hours before authorities will be able to know for sure.

Two Cape Breton Cup championships set for this weekend in Glace Bay and New Waterford

SYDNEY, N.S. – A pair of Cape Breton Cup minor hockey championships will take place this weekend in Glace Bay and New Waterford. The under-15 ‘AA’ tournament will be hosted by the Glace Bay Miners at ...

Volunteer firefighters rescue teenage boy clinging to driftwood in Glace Bay

Volunteer firefighters pulled a teenage boy from the ocean Saturday afternoon after he was spotted clinging to driftwood off Glace Bay, N.S. John Chant, chief of the Glace Bay Volunteer Fire ...