Canadian country star Rita MacNeil died Tuesday, April 16, after suffering complications following surgery. She was 68. A native of Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, she recorded her first album, Born ...

One of Canada’s best loved singers, Rita MacNeil will return to the concert stage with her traditional Christmas concert. She will be visiting Grande Prairie, Lloydminster, Pictou, Yarmouth, Liverpool ...

“She was the most amazing human being,” she said. “She treated me like her daughter — she just took me in. She was the richest person I have ever known, but not in a monetary way. She was giving, ...

Rita and Friends is a Canadian television variety show, which aired on CBC Television from 1994 to 1997. The show was hosted by Canadian country/folk singer Rita MacNeil. It won a Gemini Award in 1996 ...

Rita MacNeil (May 28, 1944 – April 16, 2013) 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 ...