Halifax and Dartmouth were in horrifying condition in 1918–19, as desperate residents tried to rebuild in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion.
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Operating outside the law, Ada Jane McCallum was once one of Halifax's most influential women.
She became world-renowned for the brothels she had run in Halifa...
For many years, the Nova Scotian Hotel on Hollis Street was a big part of my family’s life. My father, Stanley Metie had worked there for almost 40 years.
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Frances Fish was the first woman lawyer in Nova Scotia and like most pioneers, she has a fascinating story.
She was born in Newcastle, N.B. in 1888 and accordi...
In 1980, Eleanor Dunsworth Moore wrote a moving personal tribute after her father, James Dunsworth, closed his drug store on Barrington Street in the South End ...
All we know about her is that her first name was Claire and she was a sex-trade worker in Halifax in the 1960s. She fascinated me after I came across her self-p...
Dorothy was a registered nurse who became a consumer affairs reporter for the CBC in Halifax. She was also on the communications staff of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia. Recently she publisher her latest book Turn the Other Cheek, with all money raised going to support the IWK.
