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Everyone not from Cape Breton is suddenly discovering pizza burgers after an Ontario couple had them delivered to their wedding. They re small pre-. ....
Allen Rankin grew up in Southwest Mabou, but he now lives and works in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. He and fiancée, Rachel Johnson, had been planning to get married in Cape Breton, but when their plans changed in part due to the pandemic, Rankin decided to bring a little bit of the island to Ontario. ....
Hank Williams died on New Year’s Day 1953, Montgomery funeral drew 20,000 mourners Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 This was the scene in Montgomery s Municipal Auditorium Jan. 4, 1953 as thousands filed past the open casket of singer-composer Hank Williams who died Jan. 1, 1953 at the age of 29. Several people fainted in the crush of people which fire chief R. L. Lampley estimated at nearly 20,000. (AP Photo)ASSOCIATED PRESS Facebook Share Hank Williams, the 29-year-old King of Country Music, was to have flown to Charleston, West Virginia for a New Year’s Eve concert but an ice storm near Nashville kept him away. Instead, the Georgiana native hired a college student, Charles Carr, to drive him to perform a concert planned in Canton, Ohio. Instead, Williams died 67 years ago, on Jan. 1, 1953. ....