Davis Day Ceremonies At Miners’ Museum, Today

by Bobby NockJune 11, 2019

Davis Day ceremonies will take place at the Cape Breton Miners’ Museum in Glace Bay, later this morning.

An ecumenical service starts in the Museum’s Theatre at 10:00.

Glace Bay MLA Geoff MacLellan, Regional Mayor Cecil Clarke, and Nova Scotia Federation of Labour President Danny Cavanagh are among the speakers at today’s event.

The first phase of a new Miners Memorial Park at the museum is officially opening today.

The Park is dedicated to those who died in the mining industry and the 12 men who lost their lives in the No. 26 Colliery explosion in 1979.

Miner Bill Davis died on June 11, 1925 when police opened fire on a crowd of striking miners.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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