Water levels continue to rise slowly on some parts of the Ottawa River

VANCOUVER — The church of Goldie Boutilier is a broad one. At her concert March 26 at Vancouver’s Hollywood Theatre — the perfect venue for a chanteuse whose various pop-star personas are often inspired by old movies — the enthusiastic crowd responds to her proclamations about healing from past traumas like they’re at a rock ’n’ roll revival. “Healed people heal people,” the singer-songwriter from Cape Breton proclaims from the stage as rapt Gen Xers turning 60 and Gen Z fans alike respond with their own brands of “Amen.” Some fellow Cape Bretoners are in the crowd and are equally...