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We disbanded for a reason, to establish our own lives and work. Jimmy's solo career is going really well and Raylene has lots of music projects on the boil. When you're on the road in a band you race from one venue to the next It's all hurry up and wait. The most rewarding part of touring for me is meeting people at shows, but even then, there's never enough time. The timing was perfect for Calgary concert promoter Jeff Parry's offer: besides mounting the cross-Canada tour, he footed the bill for the album, which includes nine songs recorded last October in Tennessee, two cuts featuring traditional material arranged and performed by the late John Morris and recovered from archives at CBC Radio studios in Halifax, and one previously recorded by Jimmy.

The album was intended to be a reasonably inexpensive compilation of previously recorded and unreleased material, with the addition of a couple of new songs, she continued. Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. But there are seven other siblings, some living as far away as California and the United Arab Emirates. All of them arrived home Monday. Jim St. Clair, a cousin who has been in touch with many of the Rankins, said the siblings were taking care of each other.

They are people of understanding of the difficulties of life," Mr. Clair said from his home in Mull River, near Mabou. They are being supported very well by each other. Clair said the famous family was keeping a low profile and wanted to mourn in private. Wakes are to be held today and Wednesday at the old Rankin homestead in Mabou. Rankin at awards ceremonies in Sydney next month. Plow driver 'devastated' over Rankin accident. The driver of the snowplow that dumped a mound of salt on the road where John Morris Rankin was killed in an accident is distraught over Sunday's tragedy, says a co-worker.

I know if I were in the same situation, I wouldn't be able to work. All the other guys here are working. Rankin, a world-renowned Celtic musician, died when his sport utility vehicle left Highway at about a. Rankin, 40, may have lost control of the truck when he swerved to avoid a mound of salt on the old coastal road near Whale Cove.

Officers are trying to determine how the pile of salt, less than a third of a metre high, was spilled in Mr. Rankin's lane just moments before the musician and three teenage boys came along. The four, including Mr. Rankin's year-old son, Michael, were headed to a hockey tournament in Cheticamp. Michael and two year-old boys managed to escape from the truck and climb back up to the road, where they summoned help. The boys were treated for hypothermia. Chris Welner, spokesman for the provincial Transportation Department, said officials are trying to help staff cope with the tragedy.

Welner said the driver was an experienced plow operator and was used to being out when conditions are at their worst, as they were last Sunday, when the highway was covered with snow and ice. Cameron said it's not uncommon for excess salt to be spread on the road. But sometimes, especially when snow and ice cover the road, drivers can't always see excess salt. RCMP have impounded both the plow and the wreckage of Mr.

Rankin's truck to test them for mechanical failure. Hundreds of people are expected to attend Mr. Rankin's funeral, set for 2 p.

Thursday at St. MacNeil said in a statement. An inspiration to all women. Singer Anne Murray added that Ms. Rankin will "live on through her music. Lawrence near Margaree Harbour, N. He was Father Angus Morris of St. Mary's Parish in Mabou, N. Rankin is survived by her husband Colin Anderson and her son Alexander.