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Celebrating our Scottish Heritage is very important to all Cape Bretoners so mark January 22nd on your calendar as the day to celebrate the 9th Annual Robbie Burns Dinner & Dance. This very popular event will take place at the St. Peter's Lions Hall starting at 6:30pm, tickets are $20.00. Dress Code is in effect. Roast beef dinner will be served at 7 with dance to follow speeches. For the enjoyment of all who attend, the dance will include modern, square, Scottish Country, and ceilidh style dances. For more information on this event contact Stan or Joyce Richards at 1-902-345-0741. If you enjoy Scottish Country dance, or would like to learn, come to St. Peter's every Sunday afternoon from 2-4pm at the St. Peter's Fire Hall and join the lively dancers. Admission is $1.00.

The cold weather may be here but that does not slow down the amount of fun to be had on the Cape Breton Heritage Coast. On January 14 and 15th, E-Force a leader in Racquetball Technology, will be sponsoring a Singles and Doubles Racquetball Tournment in Port Hawkesbury. The tournment will be held at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre, with sessions taking place on Friday January 14th from 6-10pm and on Saturday January 15th from 8am to 8pm. The tournament will cover all skill levels from novice to pro, from juniors to masters. Organizers expect approximately 40 entrants to take part, coming in from across the Maritimes for the tournment. The Civic Centre is the best facility east of Montreal for racquetball because of its high glass walls which provide great visibility. The January Tournment in Port Hawkesbury will be the prelude event for the National Championship Tournment which will take place in Antigonish and Port Hawkesbury in May and is expected to draw 250 participants from across Canada. Anyone wishing to learn more about Racquetball and its rules can attend a free clinic today at 4pm at the Civic Centre. For more information you can contact Dan Smith by email at ranking@eastlink.ca or by calling 1-902-483-2499.