{"id":10238,"date":"2025-01-08T20:47:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=10238"},"modified":"2025-01-08T20:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:47:29","slug":"province-investing-in-northside-downs-a-community-hub-for-harness-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/province-investing-in-northside-downs-a-community-hub-for-harness-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Province Investing in Northside Downs, a Community Hub for Harness Racing."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Province is investing in Northside Downs, a community hub for harness racing and recreation in North Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese upgrades reflect the Province\u2019s commitment to improving recreational infrastructure and accessibility,\u201d said Public Works Minister Fred Tilley, MLA for Northside-Westmount, on behalf of Dave Ritcey, Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage. \u201cNorthside Downs is a vital part of our community, and these improvements will ensure it continues to thrive as a space for everyone to enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northside Downs is managed by Harness Racing Cape Breton Inc., which is receiving $1 million to improve training grounds and recreation barns and enhance accessibility features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quotes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe board of directors of Harness Racing Cape Breton is very excited with the addition of an elevated, accessible viewing deck for our spectators. This project will enhance the visitor experience for a number of our patrons, providing tremendous sightlines and cover from the weather for our events. The support of the Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage is greatly appreciated.\u201d<br>\u2014&nbsp;<em>Joel LeBlanc, member, Harness Racing Cape Breton Inc. management team<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the Province\u2019s accessibility strategy, Access by Design 2030, outlines how the government will achieve its goal of an accessible province by providing people with disabilities equitable access to programs, services, information and infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Province is investing in Northside Downs, a community hub for harness racing and recreation in North Sydney. \u201cThese upgrades<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10241,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10238\/revisions\/10241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}