Hey all,

Wondering if anyone can provide any advice on safe spots to sleep in one's car in the next two weeks? Looking at doing a little road trip to Cape Breton for two or three days, , but am worried about how hard it may be to find a crown spot or how deep one has to go down rough roads before finding a free one, especially if weather is inclement. Vehicle is 4x4 off road capable so thats not the concern. If anyone has any recommendations or knows safe places to park and sleep, please let me know.

Thank you kindly!

Hey there,

My family and I are looking at building some tiny homes for tourist rentals on the Cabot Trail. We spent about 20 grand getting all the inspections done, and at the last hurdle when we tried to get a permit, they told us that 1 of the 3 tiny homes had to be fully wheelchair-friendly. I guess the new "regulation" is that 1 out of every 20 units needs to be handicap friendly.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's a good idea to have more wheelchair accessible places in general, however this royally screws us. One of the cabins will now need to be much larger, to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars in extra construction, materials, and wheelchair friendly furniture. The driveway can no longer be gravel as planned, but hard packed or full pavement. Aside from the extra cost, we also don't have the space for a larger footprint cabin due to septic/well plumbing.

When we raised our concern about the extra cost this would incur for us, we were basically told too bad. Does anyone have experience building AirBNB cabins or homes in the last couple years that had to follow these same regulations? We are just completely gutted that after all the money we spent, the very last person we spoke with told us that essentially all our plans had to be redone due to a regulation that, personally, I find to be excessively punishing for those looking to start a small business.

I also want to add that I have nothing against people in wheelchairs or making things wheelchair accessible, I just think that context needs to be considered and blanket regulations like this do more to harm tourism and entrepreneurship than help it.

Hey There!

I want to know what everyone thinks about politics and politicians in general? Be it local or nationwide or even international?

Personally I think I'm at a crossroads. Where once I believed that politics was a way of accomplishing good things I'm no longer sure.

Did anyone go to the court case today for the MacDonald murder? Any updated re: Mitch MacPhee?

Fascinating to read the variety and content of these comments.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indian-students-in-canada-in-panic-after-ottawa-seeks-docus-afresh/articleshow/116300386.cms

Some of the comments I'm not quite sure I understand, I think it might be internal racism at play? This is one, but there are many like this with more regional names.

"Misuse by Punjabi youth, not qualified, went there in the name of students., khalistanis sponsored.Second , due to cheap politics of Trudeau, harassment of genuine students of Bharat.Khalistanis saved his govt, during no confidence motion recently."

Hello, I am moving to Sydney by January and would like to ask what provider has the best coverage and reliable within Sydney?

I'm torn between Rogers, Telus, and Eastlink. Suggestions and opinions are appreciated. Thank you!!

Thinking about putting together a fairly regular board game night. Inspired by the fact that I don’t know many folks who know how to play Settlers of Catan and I want to play with experienced folks.

Doesn’t have to be HC Legion, but i prefer a spot with excellent drink prices, no cover charge, live band, and allows us to play.

This is just a poll at this point to figure out if there’s any demand. Age doesn’t matter (outside of old enough to be in a legion) but the folks I know are in their 30 to early-40’s mostly professionals. Super chill.

If there’s good demand I’ll commit to manage some kind of weekly notification post.

If there’s really good demand there’s room for multiple tables/games.

Suggestions will have to be based on BYOBG. I only own a few games personally.

Where do you folk go for local fresh/frozen fish at this time of year? Doesn't *have* to be haddock, lol. I've been to Rockett's in Lingan a few times, but only found them open once. North Sydney? Glace Bay? Suggestions will be cherished.

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I had a package due yesterday that was postponed to the 17th due to weather.

According to the tracking information the last update was an arrival scan in Sydney.

Where is that? Can I go and pick it up?

Alright Cape Breton Reddit...

Welcome to the situation room:

I’ve got a pair of DT 990 Pro 250 ohms yanno, basically the Cadillac of headphones (and by Cadillac, I mean comfy enough to feel like I’m getting a head hug). BUT, in a moment of pure genius, I managed to snap the aux tip off like I was trying to reenact how I saved a kitten to the missus.

Now they’re sitting there looking sad and broken, and I need them wrapped snugly around my dome again ASAP. Ol' gal Rita deserves better than these dumb bud things I got er ringing on now.

Anybody on the island know someone who can fix this up? A wizard with wires? A soldering savant? Someone who can MacGyver this thing back to life? I’ll pay in cash, beer, or a heartfelt thank you speech worthy of a Sunnyvale election campaign.

Help me, Cape Breton. You’re my only hope.

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+1,000,000 XP

• 12 case of desired bevvy

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Wondering if there's anything in Sydney where they will do a proper foot measurement and check out how you walk to make sure they recommend proper foot ware?

The Running Room in Halifax has you walk around while they observe so they can recommend proper foot ware, size of arch, etc.

Looking for a new pair of hiking shoes that will be used for a long term trip with lots of walking, and don't want to just buy something off the shelf.

Thanks

No matter where I go either my calls are garbled or we can’t hear each other. And if not using the phone just basic googling takes forever to load a page. It never used to be like this. Full disclosure I’m on Lucky mobile and have been for about 7 years and never had a single issue up until the end of the pandemic. Anyone else?

I have a family doctor who’s on 2 weeks off 2 weeks, recently concerning work I’ve been extremely stressed due to an incident with my boss, nowhere is hiring and I have rent to worry about I wanted to take stress leave but it seems like the only good option would be to sit in a hospital ER for 6 hours just to probably get nothing done again. How do you people actually like this place?

Friend of mine was looking for one, the only place I remember selling them was the old shopping centre. I’m sure somewhere around carries them, anybody know of a place?

Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder that r/CBRM is here for all things related to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

Whether you want to talk about local news, events, municipal matters, or anything that doesn’t quite fit on r/CapeBreton, this is the place for you!

We welcome thoughtful discussions, questions, and updates that help connect our community.

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I want to send a little care package / Xmas gift filled with Cape Breton staples. Looking for some ideas of what to include... needs to be stuff that will ship ok across country.

So far I'm thinking oat cakes and some local beer.

Any other ideas?

Anyone else suddenly have no running water? Things shut off at our place around 2:30pm. No posts from the CBRM 😑

UPDATE 4:30pm: It was Sobeys' fault and should be back on within the hour