Posted: Jan 30, 2021 6:51 PM AT | Last Updated: January 30
The Summerside Western Capitals are playing two games in Nova Scotia this weekend.(Travis Kingdon/CBC)
The Summerside Western Capitals of the Maritime Junior Hockey League are playing their first games since Nov. 21 this weekend, and they re travelling off-Island to do it.
The team submitted a plan to play away from P.E.I. that was approved by the province s Chief Public Health Office. We re allowed to go to work, play hockey and, basically, any other times you stay home, said Pat McIver, general manager of the Western Capitals. We re going to be really busy with our hockey … So I feel comfortable that we can keep these guys active enough and playing hockey every day to keep the temptation of slipping on their isolation away from them.
Keeping the arts alive in a pandemic Share Updated: 11:01 PM CST Dec 26, 2020 KETV Staff Report Share Updated: 11:01 PM CST Dec 26, 2020
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Show Transcript ARTISTS ARE COPING. YESTERDAY ALL MY TROUBLES SEEM TO SO FAR AWAY ROB: BILLY MCLAGAN HAS BEEN PERFORMING AROUND TOWN FOR YEARS, BUT HE’S NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THE YEAR LIKE 2020. DEVASTATING AND EXHILARATING. ROB: IN MARCH, EVERYTHING STOPPED. EXHILARATING WHEN HE EMBRACED CHANGE. THE COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS BEING ABLE TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO PERFORM. ROB: PERFORMING A SERIES OF PARKING LOT CONCERTS, LIVE STREAMING CONCERTS VIRTUALLY, AND EVEN PRODUCING AN ALBUM CALLED TOGETHER FROM HIS GARAGE. I DON’T DO IT FOR MONEY. WHEN IT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME, I KNEW ANY OPPORTUNITY I WOULD GET TO DO IT AGAIN, IT WASN’T ABOUT THAT. OUR DOORS HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE MARCH 17. ROB: THIS STAGE HAS BEEN DARK FOR NINE MONTHS. THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR REME
At least one good thing has happened to Omaha musician David Murphy in 2020.
He finished a new album, âThe Lesser Gabors,â to follow 2014âs âMy Fraudulent Memoirs.â Itâs his first recording of his own songs since he suffered an ocular stroke a few years back.
Slowdowns during the pandemic gave him more opportunities to focus on his 15-track collection, available at davidpmurphy.bandcamp.com or davidpmurphy.com.
âI had time to work and polish up new songs, too, and Iâm proud of the result,â he said. âLearning to navigate recording with a visual impairment has certainly been, shall we say, interesting. But hey, Iâm grateful to still be here.â