Doug Lamey
August 31, 2011
Doug Lamey will be performing at Blue in Portland, ME on September 7th with Kimberley Fraser on piano, and then off to the Longs Peak Scottish Festival in Estes Park, Colorado the following day.
Jack Layton
August 30, 2011
From the Cape Breton Post Canada’s collective grief suggests for many, losing Layton meant loss of hope Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton died Monday August 22, at 4:45 a.m. after his second battle with cancer. He had successfully fought a battle against prostate cancer earlier this year. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denett TORONTO — Optimism may [...]
FRENCHVALE, C. B.
August 30, 2011
Forestry contractors have been told to stop operations . During a meeting last Friday, woodlands owners were told to cease cutting immediately for NewPage Corp. said Brent MacInnis of Hugh MacInnis Lumber. “The meeting didn’t go very well, I guess, from our point of view,” said MacInnis. “The head of (NewPage’s) woodlands Bill Stewart said [...]
Whiskeyface, Ol’ Savannah & Swift Years
August 28, 2011
Sunday, August 28 at 9:00am Location: Le Cagibi, Mon treal
Swift Years, Montreal
August 28, 2011
Salutations fellow citizens, immigrants, vagabonds & transients! C’était il y a 33 ans aujourd’hui that my parents & I landed on this soil, at the Great White Elephant of Mirabel. J’avais 16 ans, et je n’avais jamais particulièrement l’intention de passer la balance de ma vie here in Canada/Québec/Montréal, but that’s kinda the way it’s [...]
Scottish Voice Show #592
August 25, 2011
August 20th, 2011 show was originally broadcast: October 2nd, 2010 Focusing on the music of Ashley MacIsaac To listen to shows dating back to December 2010 go to Scottish Voice archive: http://scottishvoicepodcasts.blogspot.com/
Archives
August 25, 2011
To listen to shows dating back to December 2011 go to Scottish Voice archive: http://scottishvoicepodcasts.blogspot.com/
William Rankin Stubbert, 1928-2011
August 10, 2011
Stubbert, William Rankin, 83, of Antigonish passed away on August 9, 2011, in St. Martha’s Regional Hospital with his family at his side. Born in Inverness, Cape Breton, he was a son of the late John D. and Mary Sarah (Rankin) Stubbert. Rankin worked for many years in Halifax with the Department of National Defence. [...]
Question re Independence
August 7, 2011
Quebec has been asked twice whether it wants to become independent. Scotland will be asked the same question soon. Iain MacWhirter travels to Montreal and Ottawa to ask whether the experience of having a referendum hanging over it has harmed or galvanized Quebecois society? From the Internet, August 2011
Belfast Andi & Swift Years at Sherbrooke, Quebec
August 7, 2011
Location: Festival des Traditions du Monde, Pub Irlandais, 1671, chemin Duplessis, Sherbrooke, QC August 12 & 13, 2011 Time Friday, August 12 at 5:00pm – August 13 at 11:30pm
