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.
Over...
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...
Not long ago, I visited a patient in a Halifax hospital and when I passed the nursing station, caught myself comparing what they were wearing and how they were ...
Halifax’s ties to the Titanic tragedy are well documented, but few know the story of the ship’s dogs. The Titanic had posh kennel facilities on board. A dog sho...
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.
