Halifax on list of Canada’s most livable cities
March 21, 2012
On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 MoneySense magazine namedHalifaxin its rankings ofCanada’s most livable cities as No. 4 out of 190 cities and towns. This is up from 21st place last year. Categories in whichHalifaxshone were; Culture, employment rates, pollution levels and the ability to walk or bike to work were. The city also did well [...]
Scots in Nova Scotia
September 2, 2009
Pictou, Nova Scotia was the site where the first Scottish settlers arrived in the new world. A replica of the ship Hector was built in Pictou. In 1773, 189 Gaels left from Loch Broom, Scotland. They crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the ship Hector and arrived at Pictou, Nova Scotia. These brave adventurers formed the [...]
