Eliminating barriers to health care in Cape Breton-Unama'ki💜
02/02/2026
Our office is closed today, February 2, due to the weather ❄️ 💜.
We are working remotely, so please phone 902-567-7752 and leave a voicemail or email foundation.cb@nshealth.ca and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
We also want to take a moment to say THANK YOU to all the health care workers who do not have the option to work from home. Safe travels today, and thank you for all you do for our community 💜
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📸pictured here: matching colleagues in the office last week 😃
01/30/2026
It's Shoot for the Cure night! 🩷🏀
The Cape Breton University Women's Basketball Team have been working hard, and not just on the court. They've been fundraising in support of breast cancer and the Cape Breton Cancer Centre.
Tonight, they'll continue their efforts at the Sullivan Fieldhouse during the Capers Shoot for the Cure games.
Join them as they take on the Saint Mary's Huskies - Women at 6pm, Men at 8pm.
Can't make the game? Support their efforts at capersshootforthecure.ca🩷
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📸Pictured here: Some of the CAPERS with last year's incredible donation.
01/27/2026
Nova Scotia Health Mobile Breast Screening 👇
Call 1-800-565-0548 to book an appointment at a location that best serves you. 🩷
01/27/2026
Our office is closed, but we are working remotely. For inquiries, please phone 902-567-7752 and leave a voicemail - we’ll get back to you 💜❄️
01/25/2026
Congratulations, and THANK YOU to the U15AA Northside Vikings Hockey Team 💜🏒
In December, the team hosted the Cory Keeping Memorial Hockey Tournament. As many of you may know, Cory was a dear friend of our Foundation.
Cory’s son, Breton, plays on the Vikings. When the team won the tournament's skills competition, they decided to donate their $425.00 prize to the Tom McNeil Cancer Patient Care Fund in Cory's honour.
We are truly grateful for the support, and thankful for this group of generous young men! 💜
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📸Pictured here: The U15 AA Northiside Vikings players and coaches, with our CEO Paula Macneil, and Board Chair Brian Purchase.
01/23/2026
⏰💜 Reminder, applications for Communications & Development Coordinator close THIS Sunday, January 25, at 11:59 p.m.
We're hiring! 💜
We're looking for a compassionate, dedicated and organized team player to fill the role of Communications & Development Coordinator. This is a full-time, 1-year term position, with potential to renew.
Please share with qualified candidates!
✨Learn more and apply before closing on
January 25, 2026, at 11:59 pm: cbrhfoundation.ca/news
01/22/2026
Welcome to Cape Breton, we are grateful to have you! 💜
01/20/2026
THANK YOU, Friends of Chairty! 💜
This hardworking group continues to amaze us. Last year, Friends of Charity donated $10,000 to the Renal Dialysis Unit here at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital.
In 2026, they are already back at it with a $20,000 donation to the Tom McNeil Cancer Patient Care Fund!
This exceptional group raises funds by hosting bingo at the Membertou Entertainment Centre, and have supported many wonderful charities in our province, including Hospice Cape Breton and Make a Wish.
In total, the group has donated over $650,000 for various charitable organizations on Cape Breton Island.
THANK YOU for your commitment to our community, specifically to health care, here in Cape Breton!
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📸Pictured here is Stephen Oravecz, Donor Engagement Officer (right), with Joseph Guillena.
01/20/2026
Our office is closed today, January 20, as we’re off-site for our annual planning meeting!💜
01/18/2026
THANK YOU, Breton Brothers Memorial Hockey Tournament💜🏒
The tournament, which is in its third year, honours and remembers those who have been lost to mental illness.
Along with raising awareness, encouraging outreach, and reminding folks that they’re not alone, their committee also raises money to support our Foundation’s Mental Health & Addictions Patient Care Fund.
This year, they raised an incredible $33,042, which will go a long way in helping Cape Bretoners during some of their most vulnerable days.
Last year alone, our Foundation was able to provide more than $75,000 from this fund to Mental Health & Addictions patients in need, helping to coverer costs for comfort items like winter clothing, prescriptions not covered by insurance, recreational therapy initiatives, dental extractions, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred while being treated.
Thank you to the organizing committee, sponsors, players, spectators, volunteers, and everyone who played a part in this important event! You are uplifting our friends, families and neighbours, when they need it most. 💜
01/16/2026
Capers Shoot for the Cure is BACK! 🩷🏀
In 2 weeks, the CBU Women’s Basketball team will be raising money in support of the Cure Breast Cancer Initiative and the Cape Breton Cancer Centre.
The 4th annual Capers Shoot for the Cure games will take place on Friday, January 30, at 6:00 PM (Women’s) and 8:00 PM (Men’s), as the CAPERS take on the Saint Mary’s Huskies.
💗 Visit capersshootforthecure.ca to learn more or donate to their efforts now. 💗
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When you give to a charity, you want to know it will affect the people you care about. The Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation is proud to assure you that 100% of money raised stays in Cape Breton to treat our community.
In 1982, a group of community leaders, led by Cape Bretoner Jack Yazer, developed a vision – that vision was the creation of a health care complex designed to deliver leading edge medical services in Cape Breton – allowing more Cape Bretoners to receive care closer to home.
When construction began in 1990, the Foundation began fundraising. In 1991, they launched a $6M fundraising drive. $3M of that total was committed to hospital construction. $3M was committed to constructing and equipping a Cancer Centre that would offer treatment to those who were receiving care in Halifax.
Today, it’s the second largest acute care facility in Nova Scotia. Since 1991, the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation has raised more than $38 million for healthcare in Cape Breton.
The Cape Breton Regional Hospital is the only hospital in Nova Scotia to offer all of the following services under one roof: Operating Rooms, Cardiac Services, Cape Breton Cancer Centre, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatrics Unit, Renal Dialysis Unit, Intensive Care Unit/Coronary Care Unit, Palliative Care Unit, & Mental Health and Addiction Services
As the major referral Centre for Cape Breton, the Regional Hospital treats more than 100,000 patients each year, providing acute and trauma care, emergency services, clinical services, and surgery. Because of our donors, the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation has been able to fund many important medical projects.
The Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation also holds multiple funds that are 100% donor funded, including: the Pediatrics TLC Fund, the Mom & Baby TLC Fund and the Cancer Patient Care Fund, Caleb’s Courage, etc.. These funds help patients and their families in times of need. Illness can be a financial burden for many of our patients at the Regional Hospital, and these funds help to alleviate some of the financial stress.
The Cape Breton Regional Hospital employs more than 1,800 health care providers who work with 270 hospital and community-based physicians.
The Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation is proud to say that every single dollar raised here in Cape Breton stays in Cape Breton. The Regional Hospital was built after much community fundraising. Today, after more than 30 years of giving, this spirit of charity continues and donors fund priority healthcare needs for Cape Bretoners.
