Sydney, Nova Scotia

:This article refers to the place in Nova Scotia. For other meanings, see Sydney (disambiguation), or Sidney.

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Sydney (disambiguation) - Sidney

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Sydney is a community in Nova Scotia, Canada, and is located on its namesake harbour. With roughly 26,000 citizens, it forms the nucleus of the largest population centre on Cape Breton Island, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, with which it has been amalgamated since 1995.

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Nova Scotia - Canada - Cape Breton Island - Cape Breton Regional Municipality - 1995

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Sydney suffered an economic decline for several decades in the later part of the 20th century as the local coal and steel industries underwent significant changes. The closure of the Sydney Steel Corporation's steel mill and the Cape Breton Development Corporation's coal mines in 2000-2001 have resulted in attempts by the municipal, provincial and federal governments to diversify the area economy.

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20th century - Coal - Steel - Sydney Steel Corporation - Cape Breton Development Corporation - 2000 - 2001

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At the start of the 21st century, Sydney faces a significant challenge in the cleanup of the Sydney Tar Ponds, a tidal estuary contaminated with a variety of coal-based wastes from coke ovens that supplied the steel industry. After extensive public consultation and technical study, a CDN$400-million cleanup plan jointly funded by the federal and provincial governments awaits further environmental assessment.

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21st century - Sydney Tar Ponds

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Sydney is home to a significant tourism industry based on cruise ships as a result of its extensive port facilities. The port also holds potential as a logistics base for future offshore petroleum and natural gas exploration in the Laurentian Basin, southeast of Sydney; an area that has been touted as a potential economic catalyst for the industrial Cape Breton area. Light manufacturing and information technology are other sectors which governments are attempting to strengthen in the local economy.

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Tourism - Cruise ships - Petroleum - Natural gas - Information technology

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Cape Breton University is located immediately east of Sydney on the main highway to Glace Bay and the Nova Scotia Community College maintains the Marconi Campus adjacent to the university campus.

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Cape Breton University - Glace Bay - Nova Scotia Community College

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People born in Sydney include:

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• David Dingwall, former cabinet minister
• Danny Gallivan, Hockey Night in Canada sportscaster
• Calvin Ruck, activist and senator
• Harold Russell, actor
• Nathan Cohen, theatre critic, broadcaster
 
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