Gordon Edgar Downie was born on 6 February 1964 in Amherstview, just west of Kingston. He grew up in Kingston, a limestone city steeped in Loyalist history, penitentiaries, and Lake Ontario winds. His father was a travelling salesman; his mother … Continued
Rita MacNeil was a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island.
Dame Emma Albani was a leading soprano of the 19th century and early 20th century. She performed operas for audiences as prestigious as Queen Victoria, Kaiser Wilhelm I and Tsar Alexander II. Born Marie-Louise-Emma-Cecile Lajeunesse, in Chambly, Quebec she spent … Continued