Cape Breton's first lady of song, best known for "Working Man" and "Flying on Your Own," died after complications from surgery. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief TORONTO – Rita MacNeil, Cape Breton ...

The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame has announced two new inductees for 2013. Rita MacNeil will be inducted in the Artist category, and Ed Harris has been chosen as the 2013 inductee in the ...

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BIG POND, N.S. — Wade Langham was making funeral arrangements for his mother, Rita MacNeil, last week when a handwritten note unexpectedly tumbled out of the beloved singer-songwriter’s will. Turns ...

The lady with the big heart and the big voice from Big Pond, N.S., will sing her songs no more. Rita MacNeil died Tuesday night following complications from abdominal surgery. She was 68. Richard ...

BIG POND, N.S.—Wade Langham was making funeral arrangements for his mother, Rita MacNeil, last week when a handwritten note unexpectedly tumbled out of the beloved singer-songwriter’s will. Turns out ...

Members of Team Rubicon Canada's Atlantic unit learn how to do roof repairs and remove contaminated drywall during a training course. (Team Rubicon - image credit) Rita MacNeil and Viola Desmond have ...

Rita MacNeil's country career began early in life, but fame didn't find the Canadian First Lady of Song until 1986, when she was 41 years old. The famously introverted Nova Scotia native would battle ...

More than 5,000 people packed Centre 200 in Sydney Monday night to say one last good bye to Rita MacNeil. The star-studded benefit concert raised more than $80,000 for a new music scholarship at Cape ...

SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, April 17 (UPI) -- Canadian singer Rita MacNeil has died from complications following surgery in Sydney, Nova Scotia, her website said Wednesday. She was 68. The posting did not ...

TORONTO — Rita MacNeil, a singer-songwriter from small-town Canada whose powerful voice explored genres from country, to folk, to gospel, died last night following complications from surgery. She was ...