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Leon Isaiah Dubinsky (5 July 1941 – 17 January 2023) [1] was a Canadian actor, theatre director and composer from Sydney, Nova Scotia.His career was mostly spent in Atlantic Canada, with film, theatre and music projects generally produced on Cape Breton Island.
John Allan Cameron, CM (16 December 1938 – 22 November 2006) was a Canadian folk singer, "The Godfather of Celtic Music" in Canada. [1] Noted for performing traditional music on his twelve string guitar, he released his first album in 1969.
The Cape Breton Post is the only daily newspaper published on Cape Breton Island.Founded in Sydney, Nova Scotia, in 1901, [3] it specializes in local coverage of news, events, and sports from communities in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and the counties of Inverness, Richmond and Victoria.
Michael James MacDonald (August 8, 1909 [2] – July 3, 1997) was a union leader, coal miner, volunteer firefighter and politician in Nova Scotia.. Born and raised in Cape Breton, the son of James MacDonald, [2] MacDonald worked in the coal mines as a young man in order to support his family following the death of his father.
He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1997. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. [1] He played a role in the professionalization of emergency medicine in the latter half of the 20th century, being named a "Hero of Emergency Medicine" in 2008. [2]
Also in 2010, Cape Breton University announced the creation of the Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies, named in honour of Shannon School of Business Advisory Board member, Mr. Purdy Crawford. The research chair was developed to promote interest among Canada's Indigenous people in the study of business at the post-secondary ...
Boudreau entered provincial politics in the 1999 election, defeating New Democrat incumbent Helen MacDonald by 101 votes in the Cape Breton The Lakes riding. [4] [5]In 2002, Boudreau's riding was eliminated following redistribution and he announced his intention to seek the Liberal nomination in the new Victoria-The Lakes riding. [6]
Muise served as solicitor and clerk for Cape Breton County prior to municipal amalgamation in 1995. [5] He entered municipal politics in 1997, when he was elected mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. [5] [6] He served a three-year term as mayor, before being defeated by John W. Morgan in October 2000. [7] [8] [9]
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