Look Out, World!

Here we are, at mid-point in the two-week celebration of winter sports , the 2011 Halifax Canada Winter Games.
The first week has been a big success ... plenty of great performances by young athletes from all over Canada, with good weather and well-attended events.
For up-to-date results and summaries, you can check out the 2011 Canada Winter Games website.

A big hit at the Games has been the H-R-M Speed Skating Oval on the Halifax Commons,

Radio ... and Me - 13

Last week, radio stations marked the anniversary of, ‘The Day the Music Died,’ an event which was immortalized by Don McLean, in his song, American Pie.
Here is how the tragedy’s story had unfolded:
On February 4, 1959, radio stations across the musical spectrum reported the following bulletin,

(Last night,) a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, killed three American rock and roll musicians: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson.