The 92nd Aniversary of the Halifax Explosion.The Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture announced Friday that all photographs, films and archival records on the 1917 disaster have been re-digitized for their website http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/explosion/default.asp News coverage of commemorations:Survivors, residents mark anniversary of Halifax Explosion Ottawa issues tender call for
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as of 1223, the tow out was canceled, and the towing vessels are returning to the dock.
CN Rail Strike NewsIts now over, however Halifax was affected. Canadian Ports Weathering CN StrikeStrike Hits Halifax Railcar Supply – Ship schedules not disrupted, but train delays hamper some port operations Strike Delaying Trains at Halifax – daily train service was delayed by 16 hours on Nov. 29, the second
Taken from my blackbery, around 8:30am Maersk Challenger, Hebron Sea, and Ryan Leet take up their towing positions.
Move over, Thomas: Theodore the tugboat makes stop in Ports.“Theodore Too” made a quick stop in the Port City on Thursday while on its way to Boston for a goodwill tour that seeks to thank Bostonians for their help in providing relief during a maritime disaster that leveled Halifax in
Prof challenges senator’s port remarksen. Stephen Greene’s recent suggestion to move container facilities from the Port of Halifax to the Strait of Canso may have been provocative, but a Saint Mary’s University professor says there may be inaccuracies in the senator’s statements CCGS Hudson Circumnavigated the North and South America
Hail, hail to the good ship Hudson The Chronicle herald writes EXT THURSDAY, exactly 40 years will have passed since the Hudson, Canada’s biggest and most famous scientific ship, set out from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth to begin what the mathematician, physicist and oceanographer Peter Wadhams calls
The Chronicle Herald reported today that A DARTMOUTH company has won a contract worth more than $4 million to remove, dismantle and dispose of two mothballed warships tied up in Halifax Harbour. Aecon Fabco won the tender to dispose of the former HMCS Terra Nova and HMCS Gatineau with the
In September of 2008 CelebrateCanada2010.ca was launched in preparation of Celebrating Canada in 2010. This year long celebration in which the Celebrate Canada pavilion will be manned by Tim Van Horn and Heide Van Loon as it travels across Canada to a diverse range of venues such as schools, first