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Uisge Whisky
I love words. And I enjoy discovering the origins of the words we use every day to communicate. I have always liked the sound of this place - Uisge Bhan Falls. It is a waterfall located at the end of a provincial walking trail outside Baddeck. Its name is Gaelic for white water. Uisge – pronounced oosh-ka – means water; ban means white. I like that it describes what happens there. It makes sense. But I also really like the way it sounds when you say ‘uisge’.
MoreLiving the Dream in Cape Breton
A sunny day. Celtic Music. Beautiful scenery. Good food. What could be better? Last month, I visited the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre in Judique and saw this license plate in the gift shop and knew it would be my theme for this summer.
MoreThe Gaelic College – 75 Years In the Making
Colaisde Na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College is located in St. Ann’s, Nova Scotia and was founded in 1938. For the past 75 years the Gaelic College has celebrated and taught the Gaelic language and culture. This would be a platinum anniversary in a marriage and is also an amazing milestone for an institution to reach. The Gaelic College will be recognizing this special achievement with a week of celebration from June 30-July 6, 2013.
MoreLouisburg / Louisbourg
Trì cheud bliadhna bhuaithe seo bha Eilean Cheap Breatainn fo smachd nam Frangach agus 's dòcha gur ann bhuapa-san a fhuair sinn an t-ainm "Ceap Breatainn" ach cha chreid mi gu bheil cinnt aig duine sam bith a thaobh sin. A réir mo chuid fhiosrachd, chan eil sinn cinnteach idir cia ás a thàinig an t-ainm "Ceap Breatainn" no cò a chleachd air thùs e.
MoreABC’s of Scottish place names in North America
Sometimes our ties to Scotland are very noticeable. Place names around Nova Scotia (ahem, Latin for New Scotland) honoured homes of the Gaels who crossed the ocean centuries ago. We have our Aberdeen and New Aberdeen, Barra Glen and Skye Glen, Iona and Inverness.
MoreDo You Have the Gaelic?
Do you? I don't... but I know a few more words after traveling Cape Breton Island for two days this week visiting the best Celtic and Gaelic sites we have to offer.
MoreBeyond the Spotlight: Stephen Muise
Stephen Muise is a music educator, choir director, band leader, technical director and freelance touring piano player. He’s one seriously talented, busy guy! I found out first hand a few years ago why he in such demand. We were mounting a Cape Breton Summertime Revue reunion and Stephen agreed to join us.
MoreMìos na Gàidhlig / Gaelic Month
Tha Mìos na Gàidhlig a' tighinn dlùth ann an Alba Nuaidh. 'S e sin mìos 'nuair a nìthear greadhnachas ann an iomadh dòigh air sgàth na Gàidhlig, staid na Gàidhlig mar a tha e an diugh agus a h-uile h-oidhirp a chaidh a dheanamh air a son ré nam bliadhnaichean.
More25 Years of Musical Success
The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) is a regional collaboration of people in the music industry of Atlantic Canada. It is best known to the public for the series of awards handed out at the annual celebration that travels around Eastern Canada. It is interesting to note that Cape Breton has equal status with the four Atlantic Provinces as a separate region under the ECMA umbrella and the event has taken place here four times.
MoreMy Island Mourns
Hearts are heavy today in Cape Breton and beyond with the passing of Cape Breton’s first lady of song, Rita MacNeil. Rita died last evening (April 16th, 2013) from complications following surgery, at the age of 68.
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