St Piran's Day Saint Piran's Flag is also seen flying throughout Cornwall on this day. Parades and celebrations take place in a number of towns and cities including: In 2006 Cornish MP Dan Rogerson asked the government to make 5 March a public holiday in Cornwall to recognise St Piran's Day celebrations. Some council workers in Bodmin were granted the holiday in 2006, and from 2009 Penzance Town Council offered its employees a St Piran's Day Holiday following a campaign by the Celtic League. A total of nine town and city councils across Cornwall have given their staff the day off. There have
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent Arctic to map the undersea continental shelf. The two vessels were slowed by thick ice conditions. At 1:30 a.m. on 2 April 2015, "Louis S. St-Laurent", arrived near Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador to take the damaged Canadian Coast Guard vessel under tow. "Ann Harvey", which had run aground near Burgeo, was already being towed by the lifeboat CCGS "W.G. George" when the icebreaker arrived. "Louis S. St-Laurent" took over the tow and brought "Ann Harvery" into Connoire Bay where Royal Canadian Navy divers could inspect the ship. In 2016 "Louis S. St-Laurent" was deployed to the Arctic carrying an international