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Hi, the Government of Nova Scotia launched its first website in 1995, and here's what it looked like!
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Happening Today: No. 2 Construction Battalion Flag Raising Ceremony. July 5, 2023 : CFB Gagetown, Oromocto, New Brunswick – 1pm Atlantic. In remembrance of their creation on July 5, 1916. Watch Livestream: zurl.co/BhLx
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On this day in 1916: the Department of Defense and Militia authorized the formation of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, the largest Black military unit in Canadian history. You can learn more about the Battalion here: no2-cef.ca/history/
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On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we recognize and celebrate the history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis across Canada. Explore our video series with Mi’kmaq Cultural Heritage Curator, Roger Lewis. #NIPD2023 youtu.be/4yv1kUjZJEo
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Ta’n me’j Tel-keknuo’ltiek (Da’n mej Del-geg-new-ol-tee-egg): How Unique We Still Are. Our exhibit continues at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Salina Kemp, Guest Curator. maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca… #MMAUnique #WeAreAllTreatyPeople
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Nova Scotia designer Vicki Lynn Bardon specifically created these designs of an appliquéd Town of Lunenburg skirt for Princess Diana and the tiny toddler’s Bluenose II jacket for one-year-old Prince William.
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June is National Indigenous History Month. Thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers, the Mi'kmaq called themselves L'nu'k, which simply means 'the people,' 'human beings.' Their present name, Mi'kmaq, derives from nikmaq, meaning 'my kin-friends.' #NIHM2023
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Published this week, "Poor Relief and 'Cheap Labour': Pauper Apprenticeship and Auctions in Early 19th C Nova Scotia," at @Sociale_History. hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index… #CdnHist
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@ArchivesOntario is hosting “Margaret Perry: A Life in Film". It's a travelling version of the exhibit curated by Dr. Jennifer VanderBurgh of @smuhalifax and Dr. Carla Taunton of @NSCADUniversity, which premiered last fall at @NS_Archives. @SMU_English #MargaretPerry #congressh
Announcing the "Margaret Perry: A Life in Film Exhibit" in the Alexander Fraser Reading Room at the @ArchivesOntario!
May 27-Sept 29, 2023
**Open on Sunday, May 28 for #DoorsOpen and #Congress23
@NS_Archives @_filmstudies
For more details: counterarchive.ca/margaret-p…
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Announcing the "Margaret Perry: A Life in Film Exhibit" in the Alexander Fraser Reading Room at the @ArchivesOntario!
May 27-Sept 29, 2023
**Open on Sunday, May 28 for #DoorsOpen and #Congress23
@NS_Archives @_filmstudies
For more details: counterarchive.ca/margaret-p…
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Super excited to see this @_filmstudies, @Counter_Archive, @NS_Archives, @ArchivesOntario collab which is up during Congress and into the Fall.
counterarchive.ca/margaret-p…
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Cruising in the Halifax Harbour, July 1969.
#TBT #BluenoseII
📷: @NS_Archives – at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
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Here’s the same sweet building in 2019, courtesy of Google Maps Street View. Home of the Guysborough Journal newspaper @GysboroJournal

ALT Image shows a small red one-story commercial building built well over 100 years ago. The central front entrance is framed by two large picture windows. The roof’s gable end is directly above the front door. Under the gable, two small windows grace the partial second story. The building Is up against the street. A wheelchair ramp leads from the street to a side entrance. The railing bears a wooden sign reading “Guysborough Journal.” A few other century wooden buildings are nearby and the calm waters of Chedabucto Bay are visible behind the building. A man is walking in front of the building - likely inadvertently captured by the passing Google Street View camera.
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What’s the best way to eat a tomato? In a salad? On a sandwich? As ketchup, spaghetti sauce or tomato juice?
Whatever your taste, enjoy our newest Flickr album for tomato lovers 🍅
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Bio of the Day: François-Lambert Bourneuf was born in France and lived for many years in #NovaScotia. He was a sailor, school-teacher, farmer, merchant, shipbuilder, and politician and served four terms as the MLA for Digby County, #NS. He died #OTD 1871.
biographi.ca/en/bio/bourneuf…
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In 1845, 12 y/o Rachel Barrett, most likely the child of a Black Refugee, stitched an embroidery known as a sampler as part of her education at Halifax’s African School. Barrett’s sampler is the first of its kind discovered in Nova Scotia.
Join us Wed, May 17th at 7pm (Atlantic) when Lisa Bower presents “Marking” Identity and Respectability: 19th Century Samplers, Halifax’s African School, and Scholars of the Needle'. rnshs.ca/?cat=27 All welcome! (Image: NS Museum, Cultural History collection, 2018.14.1)
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The weather is simply wonderful. Vegetation is blooming out in the most luxuriant fashion, under the influence of the warm, seasonable rains and fine days. Cherry, pear, plum, and early apple trees are already in bloom. Bridgetown May 15 1889
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For this #MysteryMonday from #hfxarchives, there are a few clues that might help you narrow down the date this oblique aerial photo of Tufts Cove was taken. What stands out to you?
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Here are the Mìos nan Gàidheal events that are happening this week in the Gaelic community! See above for this week's events and times and then check out gaelic.ca for more information and more events happening during Mìos nan Gàidheal!
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