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SYDNEY, N.S. With the Nova Scotia government advising people not to travel to and from Halifax and some other counties, the effects of those restrictions are being felt well beyond the near-lockdown zone. I support it overall, but a little sad that I won t get to see my family in the next four weeks, said Jeannine McNeil, a Cape Bretoner living in Halifax. She feels the new restrictions are the right move, but she s disappointed she won t be able to get together in-person with family back home for the next while. You know what, I may have actually gone home to surprise my mom for Mother s Day, because that would have been a nice thing to do, McNeil said. And as well, there would have been some work I was doing with the CBU alumni board that I was going there in person for, so those options just aren t available right now.
HALIFAX The woman remembered to many as Cape Breton s First Lady of Song is being honoured as the newest inductee to the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. It was on this day eight years ago that Rita MacNeil passed away at the age of 68. Today, MacNeil s legacy will be remembered with a permanent place in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame at the National Music Centre in Calgary, Alta. I think it s a great honour for Rita, said Nipper MacLeod, a performer with the group Men of the Deeps. It s very well deserved. Nobody had a way with words like Rita, she was a great songwriter.
Posted: Feb 17, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 17
Nichol MacNeil pushes her 12-year-old son, Devon, back up hill after sledding to the bottom of Ashby Corner in Sydney, N.S.(Brent Kelloway/CBC)
It s a childhood tradition and one that Devon MacNeil s mom doesn t take for granted.
As kids gathered with their sleds on a small, snow-covered hill in Sydney, N.S., on Tuesday, 12-year-old Devon was there, too, with his custom sled a gift from strangers. He smiles. He loves it. He laughs, said Devon s mother, Nichol MacNeil. I ve even let him go down half the hill by himself and he s just full of laughs. It s a lot of fun.
Virtual Speaker Series Focuses On Environment Scheduled for Friday, Feb. 19, Justin Fisch will be the speaker at the next MAPS virtual program through Modesto Junior College, speaking on the topic of “A Land Dedicated to Science: The Antarctic Treaty and its Environmental Protocol”.
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The Modesto Area Partners in Science (MAPS) will be offering a presentation by lawyer and young adventurer Justin Fisch speaking on the topic of “A Land Dedicated to Science: The Antarctic Treaty and its Environmental Protocol” on Friday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. remotely through Zoom.
To receive the Zoom link a day before the event, sign up on the MJC webpage: http//www.mjc.edu/instruction/sme/maps. You can also mark this page as a favorite, as MJC will be updating it with new speakers and recordings from past events.