Canso

Port Hawkesbury has risen to prominence since the completion of the Canso Causeway and Canso Canal created an artificial deep-water port, allowing extensive petrochemical, pulp and paper, and gypsum handling facilities to be established.

An ongoing closure of the Emergency Department at the Eastern Memorial Hospital in Canso continues.

Cape Breton-Canso MP Mike Kelloway says a highlight in his riding in 2023 was a major initiative announced by the federal government on green energy.

Cape Breton-Canso MP Mike Kelloway says while progress has been made, more work needs to be done.

Most of the territory of Bras d’Or-Cape breton (except for the community of Sydney River) was incorporated into a new riding called Cape Breton-Canso, and it also added a portion of Pictou-Antigonish-Guysborough on the mainland.

As Simon Hocquard, CANSO Director General commented: “The world’s eyes will be on Baku later this year when global leaders gather in the city for COP29.

Forty boats circled Canso Harbour then sailed out to Chedabucto Bay where wreaths were blessed and laid at sea.

Matier has said the rocket will move over 20,000 metres through the sky within 105 seconds, with the public able to view the spectacle from vantage points at Little Dover, N.S., about eight kilometres south of Canso.

The Seamen’s Memorial in Canso is the host site for the Annual Provincial Seamen’s Service held on the second Sunday in August which is Seamen’s Memorial Day in Nova Scotia.

The Seamen’s Memorial Service marks the beginning of the annual Canso Regatta.

The two locations were in the area of Canso Lane and Chebucto Lane in Dartmouth.

The Strait of Canso is completely navigable to Seawaymax vessels, and Port Hawkesbury is open to the deepest-draught vessels on the world's oceans.