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Spoiled for Choice: Monday at Piping Live! 2026, with Iain MacDonald
Iain MacDonald (Regina) reports from the epicentre of piping (and drumming) . . .
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78th Fraser Highlanders win World Pipe Band Championship, Glasgow.
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