“By creating a brand, a Cape Breton brand, of sustainably harvested top quality hardwood, we can raise the game a bit.”

It’s a concept that has been around for hundreds of years but now a Canadian senator is adding weight to the idea of Cape Breton independence.

The event, organized by Sustainability Project, is part of the latest “The Compassionate Society or Living as if We Give a Damn…” speaker series.

New Dawn Holdings provides investors with the opportunity to support local, innovative, growth-oriented companies while earning competitive dividends.

Companies seeking an investment from the 2015-2016 CEDIF are encouraged to submit an application to New Dawn Holdings Limited by May 31, 2016.

Panel discussion on art, community & social change featuring Nelson MacDonald, Joella Foulds, Sheila Christie, Kate Krugg, Wesley Colford.

A growing local brewery, an advanced orthopedic diagnostics company and a live seafood logistics system are among the investments of the 2015 New Dawn Innovation Fund.

IDEAS: Powered by Passion. Keynote by Marty Donkervoort. Introductory presentations by Kim Shebib, Nicole Dixon and Julien Strasfeld. Musical performance by Victor Tomiczek.

Nova Scotia communities looking to grow their economies needn’t look beyond Cape Breton to find a successful community-based investment fund.

The New Dawn Innovation Fund allows both investors and businesses to further the vision of creating a self-reliant people in a vibrant community.

In just twenty business days, New Dawn Community Investment Ltd. has exceeded its campaign target of $1 million to raise $1.5 million for its 2012 CEDIF.

Every penny of the Community Economic Development Investment Fund (CEDIF) monies invested through New Dawn stays in Cape Breton.

New and in­no­v­a­tive CEDIF pro­vides in­vestors with the op­por­tu­nity to sup­port local, ex­port-dri­ven, in­no­va­tion-based com­pa­nies in the fields of arts & cul­ture, ed­u­ca­tion and en­ergy.

The New Dawn In­no­va­tion Fund en­ables in­vestors the op­por­tu­nity to grow their money through the CEDIF struc­ture while also grow­ing the com­mu­nity in which they live and work.

Youth for Change is part of Ideas Powered by Passion. It's about innovation, courage, imagination, passion, action, change, possibility, fearlessness, thinking and dreaming outside the box.