TAKING IT SERIOUSLY Christiane Amanpour checks out Cape Breton

Posted on 03/02/2016 | About United States

We recently wrote of a campaign by a Cape Breton radio announcer who set up a website which encourages Americans to move to the island before Donald Trump can be elected president. The website also extols free health care, mild summers, cultural diversity and a largely rural setting. Now CNN has dispatched a crew to Cape Breton to find out what the island has to offer Americans considering leaving the US if Donald Trump wins the presidency.

The cable news channel is following up on reports that the local website has gone viral, attracting more than 300,000 hits in the past two weeks.Cape Breton tourism officials say CNN's reports will be broadcast Wednesday on CNN International's flagship global affairs programme, hosted by Christiane Amanpour.Mary Tulle, CEO of Destination Cape Breton, says the CNN team talked to locals and a real estate agent in Sydney, and also travelled to rural Marion Bridge to have a look at a waterfront property.Sydney radio announcer Rob Calabrese, the creator of a cheeky website “Cape Breton if Donald Trump Wins,” has said the site pokes fun at the bombastic Republican, but it also has plenty to say about the island's beauty and laid-back lifestyle.Calabrese says he's received hundreds of emails from Americans making serious inquiries about moving to Nova Scotia.