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Fiske was born in Clarence, Nova Scotia, and graduated from high school in Annapolis, Nova Scotia. Growing up on a wood mill run by his father, he began his business career working in the bank. Later to become an entrepreneur, businessman, restaurateur, and motel/hotel owner/operator.
John Boileau (born 1794), author of historical non-fiction (Half-Hearted Enemies: Nova Scotia, New England and the War of 1812, Valiant Hearts: Atlantic Canada and the Victoria Cross, Halifax and the Royal Canadian Navy, Halifax and Titanic, 6-12-17: The Halifax Explosion) Harry Flemming (1933-2008), journalist, columnist, political pundit
He was first elected alderman for Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1966.He served as mayor of Halifax from 1971 to 1974, then as MLA for Halifax Chebucto from 1974 to 1981. He was the last mayor of the old city of Halifax from 1994 to 1996, and was the first mayor of the amalgamated Halifax Regional Municipality from 1996 to 2000. [2]
A blockhouse was built at the site in the 1750s to protect Halifax from attacks by the Mi'kmaq people.The land was subsequently developed as small farms. In 1893, the land was acquired by a private company, the Fairview Lawn Cemetery Limited, for a non-denominational cemetery because the Camp Hill Cemetery in the centre of the city was running out of room.
Soon after his arrival in Nova Scotia, deGarthe was introduced to Frank Wallace, a prominent Halifax marketing executive who immediately offered him a job as a commercial illustrator. deGarthe would continue to work for Wallace Advertising for the next 15 years before launching his own advertising company, deGarthe Advertising Art, in 1945; however, it was the onset of World War II that ...
Sydney, Nova Scotia, located in the northern part of the Canadian province, measured 59 inches (150 cm) of snow, according to The Associated Press. Snowdrifts resembled mountains and left people ...
He became an authority on African Nova Scotian history, penning several books on the subject, including Beneath the Clouds of the Promised Land (Volumes 1 and 2, 1987 and 1991), Peoples of the Maritimes: Blacks (1987, 1993), and Historic Black Nova Scotia (2006). [5]
List of mayors of Halifax, Nova Scotia for a list of mayors for the City of Halifax, from 1841–1996. List of mayors of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for a list of mayors for the City of Dartmouth, from 1873–1996. List of mayors of Bedford, Nova Scotia for a list of mayors for the Town of Bedford, from 1979–1996.