North Sydney News

It's finally official - Mary MacKillop will become Australia's first saint, write Jacqueline Maley, and Desmond O'Grady in Rome.

Australia's latest milestone has materialised in Mary MacKillop - a rebel nun who will become our first saint 100 years after her death.

Marine Atlantic is getting back on track after last week's storms. Tara Laing, communications officer with the Crown corporation, said bad weather stopped the ferry across the Gulf of St.

Kelsie Robertson and Emma Grandy scored two goals apiece to lead the Memorial Mystics to a 5-4 win over the Glace Bay Panthers in Cape Breton East Girls High School Hockey League play Tuesday at the North Sydney Community Forum.

A Cape Breton community health board can thank a quartet of passersby for the recovery of most of a briefcase of cash that nearly blew away in strong winds last week.

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is exploiting the possible canonisation of Mary MacKillop for his own political gain, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a surprise visit on Sunday morning to the memorial chapel dedicated to Mother Mary MacKillop, whose sainthood could be imminent.

Composite photo of Federal by-election candidates Paul Fletcher for the seat of Bradfield and Kelly O'Dwyer for the seat of Higgins.

Two of Sheldon Boutilier's sisters, Sharon Tobin and Dena Quinn, speak to reporters outside the courtroom.

In the outer suburbs, public transport is completely inadequate, at times, even non-existent. This is bad for all but has a bigger impact on young people.

SEVERAL of Sydney's biggest hospitals, including Westmead and Prince of Wales, are failing significantly to see emergency patients on time, even those whose condition is ''imminently life-threatening''. Not one area health service in the state has managed to meet the benchmarks for all five triage categories, according to the latest hospital ...

The remainder of Atlantic Castings Ltd.'s $3.7-million in assets should sell within a few months, effectively shutting down the beleaguered North Sydney auto parts plant that struggled to gain its footing in the market since opening in 2004.

The State Government needs to act to rein in the rising costs of end-of-school formals.

Gerald Yetman, a well-known and long-serving union leader in Nova Scotia, has died.

IN THE vacuum that has swallowed the Liberal Party since the electorate sacked the John Howard government two years ago, there is some irony that those seeking deliverance from its current horror have gone for advice to none other than Howard.

I am not a Salvation Army member or employee but I am concerned about the availability of parking near the army's store in North Sydney.

This week, Chief Myles Burke of the regional police service presented a plan to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality's board of police commissioners to build a new headquarters at an estimated cost of $21 million.

Emma Simpson, a student at Thompson Junior High School, is the My Hero Contest 2009 national winner.

Harvest House Outreach in North Sydney, a charitable organization designed to provide support to people in need, has expanded to offer free gently used clothing.

A report released by the federal Auditor General found that Marine Atlantic is at risk of not being able to provide the ferry service it is responsible for.