Firefighters in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., have extinguished a house fire which broke out early this morning.

It was the end of summer, at a friend's cottage in Prince Edward Island, when a young, homesick Allister MacGillivray composed a song that would become a Cape Breton anthem, beloved both on the island and around the world.

The internationally known fortress town in Cape Breton is working toward developing a second claim to fame as a cruise ship destination.