Rita MacNeil
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Rita MacNeil was a Canadian singer and songwriter from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was
MacNeil at the National Arts Centre in 2009
Rita's Tea Room in Big Pond, Nova Scotia
Sydney, Nova Scotia
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Sydney is a former city and urban community on the east coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Sydney was founded in 1785 by the British, inco
Rita MacNeil
…because it was a traumatic passage out of innocence. In the mid-1950s MacNeil's parents sold their store and began a big move that would take them to Sydney, then to Toronto. MacNeil's father worked as a carpenter, her mother worked at Eaton's, and her sister Mary worked at a local grocery store. Alcoholism…
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Orangemen War Memorial in Wentworth Park
Sydney Harbour aerial view looking towards the north-east. The Queen Mary 2 lies in the harbour.
The "Largest Ceilidh Fiddle in the World". Located at the Sydney waterfront.