NSCAD's modern new Port campus overlooks Halifax harbour. Photo by Rory Hyde. Celebrating its 125th anniversary next year, The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design is the oldest of Canada’s four dedicated art universities. With slightly over 1000 full time students and spread across three campuses in downtown Halifax,
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Impolitical: The Nova Scotia tree for Boston 2011
One of the best Canadian Christmas traditions: Each year since 1971, Nova Scotia has sent Boston a large Christmas tree in gratitude for help Bostonians provided after the devastating Halifax Explosion of Dec. 6, 1917. Boston provided medical personnel and supplies to help treat explosion victims. Here is one shot
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: I Remember
Lest We Forget — it’s a phrase not well understood by many people any more. Not only does it sound old, but taken out of context it could mean anything. Most people know it as a sombre expression of remembrance. If we forget the horror of war, we’re doomed to repeat it. Canada has been […]
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For the folks in Halifax:
Continue readingHalifax the new Palestinian homeland?
From the Daily Show yesterday.Halifax NS by sjmorris123
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Flight
April and I are on our way home from Halifax. We woke up at 4;15 to catch the shuttle, which after a short cab ride to catch it was probably not a better deal for two adults going to the airport, than a cab would have been. I slept through most of the five hour […]
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