Nova Scotia

Angelica Yonge Pearre, a prominent collector of period furniture with a gallery that bears her name in the Baltimore Museum of Art, died of undetermined causes on Thursday in Chester, Nova Scotia, where she had a summer home. She was 100.A longtime resident of Baltimore, Mrs. Pearre studied American history and furniture throughout her life and became particularly fond of Baltimore-made pieces dating to the 18th century."She possessed a knowledgeable passion about history and furniture," said the Rev. Douglas Pitt of Baltimore, a family friend.

It is fitting that Leslie Dunner is the third of four candidates for the directorship of the Annapolis Symphony to be plying his trade on the Maryland Hall podium this season because as a conductor, composer and clarinetist, he is truly a triple-strength musical talent.A baby boomer who is reluctant to reveal his age, Dunner has been resident conductor of the first-class Detroit Symphony for 10 years and has been music director of the Symphony of Nova Scotia in Canada for two seasons.Dunner has conducted symphonic, ballet and opera performances in North America and around the world, including England, Russia, Italy, Denmark and South America.

I don't know who Peggy is, but they sure named a pretty spit of land after her.Picture a lighthouse sitting atop rocks smoothed by centuries of crashing waves. Peggy's Cove raises that scene to a splendid level. Call it a 10 on a rating for picturesque postcards, maybe an 11.That kind of beauty draws thousands of visitors to this wondrous pile of stone just 45 minutes from Halifax, making it Nova Scotia's top tourist attraction.Somehow, though, the presence of so many people doesn't seem to detract from the superb scenic quality of the place.

SYDNEY, Nova Scotia - The real bandit was in the Cape Breton goal.That's what the Baltimore Bandits found out at Centre 200 last night, when goaltender Fred Brathwaite of the Cape Breton Oilers turned aside 36 of the 39 shots and helped his team steal a 4-3 American Hockey League victory.Brathwaite, newly returned from the parent Edmonton Oilers, stopped Baltimore captain Dwayne Norris on a breakaway early in the third period and then stripped Norris of the puck while he was leading a four-on-one break into the Oilers' zone later in the session.

Opponent: Cape Breton OilersSite: Centre 200, Sydney, Nova ScotiaTime: 7: 35Radio: WITH (1230 AM), WAMD (970 AM)Outlook: In their only previous meeting, on Nov. 29, the Bandits whipped the Oilers, 5-2, at the Baltimore Arena. It was in the midst of a stretch that saw Baltimore go 6-2-0. Similar to Baltimore and its situation in the Western Conference, Cape Breton, last in the Atlantic Division, is in a struggle for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.Pub Date: 3/15/96@

Five words that always have struck fear into the hearts of hockey teams are "road trip to the provinces." An annual ritual for all American Hockey League entries stateside has been to grab the schedule on the day of release and check out when and where the gauntlet begins.After 63 games and with about 20 percent of the campaign remaining, the Bandits prepare to commence that tour of the Canadian Maritime Provinces, with stops at Portland on Saturday and Worcester on Wednesday as warm-ups.

Basketball fans at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia have never seen anyone quite like Brian Parker.A former Atholton High and Howard Community College star, Parker is the shortest player on the team at 5 feet 10. Yet he is showing Atlantic Canadians a style of basketball no one else in the region can duplicate.A point guard, Parker is dazzling opponents as well as fans with his up-tempo, change-of-pace, run-right-by-you style.Dalhousie's leading scorer (18.4 ppg), Parker has hit 20 points in each of the past five games, including 30 against Acadia.

WASHINGTON -- Somewhat like Nero, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien appears to fiddle as his country goes up in flames. His laggardly response to French-speaking Quebec's continuing threat to secede from the 128-year old Canadian confederation may do more than backfire. It may hasten the demise of a country that Americans have long taken for granted because of all the things it now is not: stable, militarily dependable, credit-worthy and prosperous. Before the end of this century, Canada could start spinning off its provinces one by one.Canada is this country's largest trading partner and its closest military ally.

This anonymous sculpture of a Canadian Mountie is one of a number of works from Nova Scotia in the show "New Acquisitions from New England to Nova Scotia" at the Folk Art Gallery.Folk art is a major field in Nova Scotia, where there is a heritage that includes English, Scottish, Irish and French influences, and where the core collection of the province's national gallery is devoted to folk art.Other Nova Scotia works at Folk Art include a wood carving by Kenny Bondreaux of "Stan Laurel" and a hooked rug depicting a "Clipper Ship" by Grandma Hache.

Country fried steak is the hottest item on the menu, and the motors of 18-wheelers hum all night long. T. A. Baltimore South -- long known as the Truckers Inn and one of the largest truckstops on the East Coast -- is a refuge for hundreds of long-distance drivers a day.The lights never go out on these 26 paved acres at the intersection of Interstate 95, U.S. 1 and Maryland Route 175 in Jessup -- a round-the-clock pit stop luring all manner of travelers....