Traditional Fiddle Music of Cape Breton, V3 - Bras d'Or House [CD on Demand]
Bionic Liberal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Friends often ask me, "Zuzu, politics is such an awful business how are you able to stay so cheerful and composed even when things are terrible?" And I say, "Practice. Lots and lots of practice." Being a political spouse is difficult. I believe there is some unwritten law that says we are to be seen and not heard which is a kind of gentle tyranny but one I happily embrace for the...
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | yesterday
The provincial government of Nova Scotia is restoring forests in Cape Breton's Mabou Highlands ravaged by the spruce bark beetle . The Department of Natural Resources has authorized the harvesting of two sites on crown land, located in the northern end of the Mabou Highlands, Inverness County. Harvesting on the 95-hectare area has begun and will last about two to three weeks. "The spruce bark...
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last night I had the honour of presenting Toronto rapper D-Sisive with his ECHO Songwriting Prize at the unbelievably grand SOCAN Awards at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. I don't think D-Sisive or I knew what we were getting ourselves into... Among the award winners and honourees in attendance at the black-tie event were, all in one room, Stompin' Tom Connors , Gordon Lightfoot , Rush , Tom Cochrane...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
A man out walking his dog has found the body of a Cape Breton man who was reported missing two weeks ago.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
A Cape Breton man is recovering from serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, after being accidentally shot in the arm by a friend while hunting Saturday.
CIS Hoops.ca (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
With thanks to Al Charters... CAPERS played a sluggish first half but played a solid second half to chalk up a victory over the PEI Panthers on Panthers home court tonight (Saturday). CAPERS were led by Ryan Roper who twinkled the twines for 20 pts. several from long distance, Phil Nkrumah with 14 and 7 boards, Tremaine Fraser with 13, Jimmy Dorsey with 11, Scott Jaspers-Fayer with 10, Paris Carter...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor John Morgan defended himself before a disciplinary hearing on Friday regarding comments he made about the Nova Scotia judiciary.
CIS Hoops.ca (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Another somewhat-light schedule in Atlantic Canada with the feature matchup happening on Sunday afternoon as #6 St. FX X-Men visit #4 Dalhousie in a battle of two Top 10 teams which are both undefeated in league play. All eight teams are in action with single games except Saint Mary's visiting Memorial for a pair of games Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. SSN Canada will webcast the X/Dal game beginning...
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The province of Nova Scotia is assisting a major paper producing facility and an important employer for Cape Breton with working capital for its Port Hawkesbury mill. A $5-million, interest-bearing loan, through the Industrial Expansion Fund, will help NewPage Port Hawkesbury Corp. improve the energy efficiency of its thermal mechanical pulping operation. The bridge loan is being made under the Large...
Merv Sheppard's Transplant Network (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
It' great to see that a lung transplant recipient was given the chance to carry the Olympic torch on it's journey across Canada towards Vancouver, British Columbia where the 2010 Winter Olympic Games will be held from February 12th to the 28th. This is another wonderful example of how life-transforming an organ transplant can be. CBC News Cape Breton welcomes Olympic flame Eddie MacDonald considers...
Pacing The Panic Room (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
* This morning as I was writing today's post... my inbox lit up with a message titled "leaps." It was from a blogger that I enjoy immensely, and one that I always end up showing to Cole and losing my computer for a while as she gets lost in it. miel et cannelle It was such a nice thing to get on such a frustrating morning that I wanted to share it with everyone while I had the chance. I called...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Olympic torch relay has begun in Cape Breton after the flame's arrival in North Sydney on the ferry from Newfoundland.
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Coming up today on Grant Lawrence Live , 2PM ET / 11AM PT on CBC Radio 3's web radio/Sirius 86 : Today's Guests: NOVELS world debut (featuring members of Tokyo Police Club, Will Currie and the Country French , Born Ruffians ) Old Man Luedecke A few days ago our good friend and Canadian independent music legend Dave Bidini let off a whole lotta steam in this article about the current state of CBC 2.0...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
A popular travel guide has placed the Cabot Trail among its Top 10 cycling destinations in the world.
Slaw (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Today’s Halifax Chronicle Herald reports that the current mayor of Cape Breton municipality, John Morgan, is about to face a disciplinary hearing by the Nova Scotia Barristers Society for professional misconduct. He’s not accused of bad lawyering (he hasn’t been practicing since becoming mayor in 2000), but of being discourteous to the bench in media [...]
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aarkstore | 10/26/2009
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