Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Portrait of John Howe, c. 1820, by William Valentine (painter).New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, N.B. (accession number: 1962.94). John Howe (October 14, 1754 – December 27, 1835) was a loyalist printer during the American Revolution, a printer and Postmaster in Halifax, a spy prior to the War of 1812, and the father of Joseph Howe a Magistrate of the Colony of Nova Scotia.
On February 10th and 11th of 2019, The Nighttime Podcast released a two-part series titled “GloveGuy”, [18] which investigated reports [19] of males in the Halifax area being offered rides from a driver who would pressure them into trying on a series of tight leather gloves. They described the situation as one that was increasingly ...
Robert William Chambers (April 13, 1905 – March 27, 1996) was a cartoonist and illustrator from Nova Scotia whose work appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald. At his peak, Chambers produced nine cartoons every week: six for morning papers and three for afternoon papers. His career lasted 53 years.
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This is a list of people who were born in the communities making up the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia or spent a significant part of their ...
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Guy C., son of politician Alfred Gilpin Jones, "was educated at the Halifax Medical College and later King’s College London." [1]He began his military career in 1896 when he joined the Canadian Militia "as Surgeon-Lieutenant in the 1st Halifax Regiment, Canadian Artillery; and two years later he was transferred to take command of the first bearer company to be ...
Strange Adventures (Halifax location), has been awarded "Best Comics Store" by The Coast for 12 years in a row, from 2006 to 2017. It also won the award an additional 7 years running from 1998 to 2004.
Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.As of 2023, it is estimated that the population of the Halifax CMA was 518,711, [6] with 348,634 people in its urban area. [3]
Poor Boy's Game is a 2007 Canadian drama film directed by Clement Virgo.Co-written with Nova Scotian writer/director Chaz Thorne (Just Buried), it is the story of class struggle, racial tensions, and boxing, set in the Canadian east coast port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.