The section of the Cabot Trail between&nbsp;Ingonish and Neils Harbour, N.S., that was washed out during a storm last month will reopen on Tuesday.

Parks Canada said the area within the Cape Breton Highlands National Park was hit with 270 millimetres of rain during the November storm,&nbsp;which damaged a 15 kilometre-stretch of the trail, making it impassable.

After the storm, many people who&nbsp;live and work in northern Cape Breton were forced to take a three-hour detour through Chéticamp because part of the two-lane highway is washed out between the two communities.

In a news release Sunday, Parks Canada said the roadway at Marrach Brook near the Broad Cove Campground would open to one-lane traffic at 2 p.m. AT Tuesday.

Drone footage of Cabot Trail shows extent of storm damage

A tour of Nova Scotia's Cabot Trail, north of Ingonish, shows the scale of damage from a punishing rainstorm.
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It said motorists should still expect delays while construction continues for several more months.

The highway was expected to reopen last week, but was 

delayed after the area was hit with a snowstorm

 on replacing culverts&nbsp;near Still Brook and Black Brook, and repairing other sections of the Cabot Trail.

Nova Scotia reports 111 new COVID-19 cases Sunday

Nova Scotia is reporting 111 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday as the province grapples with an outbreak.

A sticker on a bag of COVID-19 rapid take-home tests encourages people to 'test to protect.'

COVID-19 rapid take-home test

A sticker on a bag of COVID-19 rapid take-home tests encourages people to 'test to protect.' Sunday marked the third consecutive day the province has reported more than 100 cases.

West End Mall proposal includes plans for apartments, townhouses

The proposal involves tearing down some of the existing commercial buildings, creating new public streets and building 5,500 apartment units for 12,500 people.

Proposed redevelopment area for West End Mall.

Proposed redevelopment area for West End Mall

The proposed redevelopment area for West End Mall is highlighted in red.

St. FX president apologizes for events leading to COVID-19 outbreak

St. Francis Xavier University president Andy Hakin has apologized to the campus and wider community for a COVID-19 outbreak associated with the X-Ring ceremony and associated events.

A sign marks one of the entrances to the St. Francis Xavier University campus in Antigonish, N.S., on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018.

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St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish has been the site of a new COVID-19 outbreak.

N.S. Public Health no longer issuing potential exposures

In a news release Wednesday, the province said it no longer has the "necessary information" to report exposure sites accurately.

Colourized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (red) infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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Most Nova Scotians who are positive for COVID-19 will identify and contact their close contacts, Public Health said.

High winds knock out power to thousands of N.S. homes, businesses early Sunday

High winds knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in Nova Scotia early Sunday after a rainstorm swept the province overnight.

A large white truck on a highway with safety cones around it and a worker in a bucket lift fixing and overhead powerline.

A Nova Scotia Power crew works on power lines near Halifax during Tuesday's storm. 

NSP power outage

A Nova Scotia Power crew works on power lines near Halifax. Power was expected to be restored to all customers by Sunday afternoon.

Part of the Cabot Trail is seen was washed away at Warren Brook.

Section of Cabot Trail washed out by rainstorm to reopen Tuesday

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