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William Davis (June 3, 1887 – June 11, 1925) was a coal miner from Cape Breton Island.He was born in Gloucestershire, England and died in New Waterford, Nova Scotia. [1] His name is well-remembered in Nova Scotia due to the annual observance of William Davis Miners' Memorial Day in recognition of Davis and also of all miners killed in the province's coal mines.
"Bill MacRitchie and Early Flight plus L. B. "Bricky" Stevenson & the Cape Breton Flying Club". Cape Breton's Magazine (55). Wreck Cove, NS: Breton Books: 69-88. ISSN 0319-4639. OCLC 1941799. Archived from the original on 2014-09-22; McGrath, T. M. (1992). History of Canadian Airports (2nd ed.). Toronto: Lugus in co-operation with Transport ...
On July 17, 1981, 3,500 miners in the Cape Breton coalfields went on strike against the Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO), seeking a 60 percent wage increase over two years. [3] It was the first strike since the nationalization of the Nova Scotia mines in 1967. But after a three-month-long strike in the spring of 1981, UMWA had little ...
In preparation for the trial of Derek Chauvin, the city of Minneapolis and the surrounding county has spent upwards of $1 million on fencing, barricades and barbed wire. "Some in our communities ...
Among these was a Mr. Cuyler, the former Mayor of Albany, NY, who had forfeited his holdings due to his loyalty to the British Crown and who was eager to settle in the Cape Breton colony. Cape Breton had been separated from the mainland and was declared a colony unto itself in 1784. Jones’ land grant bears the date 19 October 1790.
Ben Eoin [1] (/ b ɛ n ˈ j ɑː n /; [2] Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Eòin) is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. [ 3 ] Ben Eoin lies on the East Bay of the Bras d'Or Lake and hosts an all season resort including a ski hill ( Ski Ben Eoin ), an 18-hole golf course (The Lakes Golf ...
Cabot Links is a golf course located in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada.It is a full 18-hole true links course, but a 10-hole version of the course was opened in 2011. [1] [2] It was designed by Alberta native, Rod Whitman and is located on a former coal mine along the coast of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
The CBU Capers are the athletic teams that represent Cape Breton University in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The teams were known as the UCCB Capers from 1982 to 2005 and their present name reflects the change in the institution's name. There are CBU Capers varsity teams for men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer.