Some of our finest dining rooms have historically been found in the inns with which the Maritimes abounds. One of the best known was the Sword and Anchor in Halifax, on South Park Street where the Park Victoria apartment building now stands.
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Exclusive: Halifax Port: Why Shipping Executive Andy Abbott Will No Longer Rent His Vessel Spaces To Hapag Lloyd – ‘Slot Charter’ Agreement Ran For 39-Years
Exclusive: Why Hapag Lloyd’s Halifax Bound Container Cargo Could Become Fewer – It Is Concerning Carrier Beefing Up Calls to Port Saint John Over The Years
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MacPolitics: Nothing Free About Freedom of Info Request – Biting The Bullet & Paying Houston Gov For Houston Gov Wine Policy Documents
Lunenburg’s Blockhouse Hill Park Could Be Protected By Incoming Town Council – ‘Hopes’ Developer Thom Barclay
Lunenburg Politics: Good Riddance To Outgoing Town Councillors – Clean Slate Of Councillors Heading To Town Hall After Election In October
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MacPolitics: HRM Mayoral Contender Pam Lovelace On Her Mayoral Debate Strategy
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How The Joe Ramia Family Helped Raise $906,687 In One Day For QE2 Hospital Foundation
A Life Well Lived: ‘Tartan Hour’ Radio Host Paul Meagher Dead, Started His Broadcasting Career In 1977; Helped Found Seaside FM In 1999
Saint John & Bathurst Airport CEOs Say Pascan Aviation’s Halifax Route Transformative
MacPolitics: Iain Rankin Had A Plan To Twin To The Canso Causeway; Sadly Tim Houston Is Not Going That Far
Tim Houston Gov Actually Begins New Twinning on 103 HWY; A Bid That Carl Potter Did Not Want To Lose
MacPolitics: On Anniversary Of Lloyd Hines’ Demise — A Look Back At His Greatest Legacies
MacPolitics: Alison Strachan On Her Campaign To Win Lunenburg Town Council Seat
MacPolitics: Clan Chisholm Inc. Has Another Shot At Occupying Antigonish Town Hall
Behind The Political Force That Was Collie Herman Chisholm, There Was A Force of Her Own: Remembering Eleanor Chisholm, Who When She Died In 2018 Was My Oldest Reader At The Time – Meet Coline Morrow’s Mom
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Arts & Culture
Gary Phillipe’s Maritime Recipe
Nov 17, 2017 | Arts & Culture
A Tourist In My Own City: A Jaunt Through Schmidtville
Nov 17, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Let’s face it, visitors don’t come to Halifax for the view of Fenwick Tower.
Denis Ryan Remembers James MacPherson, AKA The Voice Of God
Nov 10, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Talented crooner H. James MacPherson was described in his hometown of Antigonish as the Voice of God, a reputation burnished after he sang for Pope John Paul II.
Chester Chatter: A Day On The Water, Alone, Just Me And My Mistress
Nov 10, 2017 | Arts & Culture
While many people love autumn with its colourful foliage and cooler temperatures, it is my least favourite season and one that provokes increasing melancholy with the inevitable approach of November.
MJ Moye: Nova Scotia In Film
Nov 3, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Nova Scotia in Film
a periodic examination of films with Nova Scotia connections
Hobo with a Shotgun
A Tourist In My Own City: A Walk Through Historic Barrington Street
Nov 3, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Consider Halifax’s Barrington Street. If there is a street that speaks of history in this city, it is Barrington Street.
Michelin Man Supports Special Olympics With $250,000
Oct 27, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Michelin Corporate Foundation is donating $250,000 to the 2018 Special Olympics National Games to be held from July 31 to Aug. 4 at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish.
Kick It Up! Fundraiser A Success
Oct 27, 2017 | Arts & Culture
On Thursday evening, Halifax’s Dress for Success organization held it’s seventh annual Kick it Up! fundraiser.
Book Excerpt: 6-12-17 The Halifax Explosion
Oct 20, 2017 | Arts & Culture
PROLOGUE – AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY from the new book 6-12-17 The Halifax Explosion
In early December 1917—during the fourth year of the world’s first truly global war—a series of seemingly unrelated events over the period of a few days culminated in the appearance of two ships at Halifax Harbour.
John Boileau On 100th Anniversary Of Halifax Explosion
Oct 20, 2017 | Arts & Culture
There are about six new books on the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, including one with pictures and text from John Boileau.
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