Category: Sydney

They’re digging out coal from the Donkin Mine again.

Kameron Collieries has announced it has initiated coal production at the mine after receiving all approvals and permits from the provincial government.  Kameron and the province are still working on details to build a private road to haul the coal to the port for shipment overseas to minimize the impact on the community.

Students from Brookland Elementary School won’t be going back there until after the March break.

Parents got a tour of the building yesterday which is undergoing major renovations after the Thanksgiving flood, and those renovations won’t be completed until September.  So students will be using classrooms on the top floor of the school not the ground floor which was heavily damaged.  Some parents questioned why they’re not waiting until September to send the kids back.

The renovations will cost about $1.5 million.