Mainstreet Cape Breton

About Mainstreet Cape Breton

A lively and informative blend of news designed to put Cape Breton listeners back in touch with their communities at the end of the workday.

Publisher

CBC

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jan 2024

Latest episode

2 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

163 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Sept 2025

   Someone Else's Saint

   "Someone Else's Saint: How a Scottish Pilgrimage Led to Nova Scotia" by author and St. Francis Xavier University professor Matthew R. Anderson, explores the legacy of St. Ninian in the Old World and the New.

2. 

   2 Sept 2025

   An Accidental Villain

   Linden MacIntyre's new book An Accidental Villain: A Soldier’s Tale of War, Deceit and Exile explores the little-known life of Sir Hugh Tudor.

3. 

   29 Aug 2025

   Le Chameau

   Three hundred years ago this week, the French ship Le Chameau sank off the coast of Cape Breton.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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