A murder charge has been laid in connection to the death of a man on a Cape Breton sidewalk almost two years ago.

Cape Breton Regional Police announced on Friday they had charged 31-year-old Jarrot Bradley Currie of Glace Bay with second-degree murder.

Police say 42-year-old Christopher Allan Reid was found injured on Mitchell Avenue in Dominion, N.S., on the morning of Jan. 31, 2021.

Reid was treated by paramedics at the scene. He died a&nbsp;short time later.

Man, 42, dead after being found injured on Cape Breton sidewalk

A 42-year-old man is dead after he was found injured on the sidewalk of Mitchell Avenue in Dominion Sunday morning.

Cape Breton Regional Police car

Cape Breton Regional Police are investigating the death and awaiting autopsy results.

Police say the arrest follows an investigation by their major crime unit&nbsp;with assistance from the provincial medical examiner's office.

Few other details were provided in a news release Friday. Police did not immediately respond to an interview request.&nbsp;

An investigation is ongoing. Police say they are treating Reid's death as an isolated incident.

Trenton man, 55, dead after single-vehicle crash in Stellarton

A 55-year-old Trenton, N.S., man died Thursday night in a car crash in Stellarton, N.S. The crash happened on South Foord Street around 11 p.m. AT. The vehicle was heading northbound when it crashed into a pole.

The provision in the Atlantic Police Association pension plan stipulates if a Nova Scotia town with a local police force switches to the RCMP, the town is obliged to provide a pension equivalent to an RCMP pension.

Stellarton police car pension plans

Heavy rain, freezing rain on the way to Nova Scotia for Saturday

CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon says heavy rain combined with frozen ground may cause localized flooding.

Heavy rain will bring the risk of localized flooding Friday and Saturday.

Heavy rain and flood risk 

Nova Scotia can expect a widespread 40 to 80 mm of rain by Sunday morning.

Nova Scotia can expect 25 to 50 millimetres with local amounts in the range of 50 to 75 millimetres, or even more.  

Heavy rain on the way

Serious infections rose last year in CBRM hospitals, but unexpected deaths down

The in-hospital sepsis rate in Cape Breton Regional Municipality is climbing, but health officials say they are taking steps to bring that down, while an organization that supports vulnerable patients is trying a new way to keep them out of hospital in the first place.

A sign indicates the Cape Breton Regional Hospital and looks down a long road to the hospital building.

The sepsis rate at hospitals in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, including the main hospital in Sydney, rose last year, but the number of deaths due to serious infection declined.

Cape Breton regional hospital entrance

Proof-of-delivery photos for many Amazon packages publicly accessible for months

The New Brunswick company BNI's tracking and delivery notices — including photos of the delivered packages, exact GPS co-ordinates and time of the delivery — were publicly accessible to anyone with a computer.

A worker adds a label to a shipment box in a warehouse.

An Amazon employee fills orders in a new fulfillment centre in Hamilton, Ont., on April 19, 2022. The e-commerce giant announced it will be laying off over 18,000 employees.

Inside Amazon fulfillment centre, Hamilton

A compilation of two proof-of-delivery photos and tracking information.

Photos obtained by CBC before BNI's unsecured tracking database was made inaccessible show it was easy to see delivery photos and details. 

Amazon tracking leak

Dedicated fans try to rediscover the sweet memories, magic of IWK blueberry crisp

Samantha Howell and her wife have been searching for the recipe for IWK's blueberry crisp that was the "high point" of meals during three deliveries.

A woman in tan on the left and a man wearing black on the right hold up a pan of blueberry crisp to face the camera. 

Andrea Penny, manager of food services at IWK (left) and Robert Munro, cook at the IWK, hold up a pan of the much loved blueberry crisp.

Andrea Penny and Robert Munro

From left, Andrea Penny, manager of food services at IWK Health Centre in Halifax, N.S., and Robert Munro, cook at the IWK, hold up a pan of the much loved blueberry crisp.

Cape Breton Regional Police announced a second-degree murder charge on Friday in the case of a man found badly injured on a sidewalk in Dominion almost two years ago. The man died a short time later.

Man charged with second-degree murder in 2021 death in Cape Breton

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