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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada. Geography One of the Maritime Provinces , Nova Scotia comprises a mainland peninsula and, across the Canso Strait, the adjacent Cape Breton Island . It is bounded on the N by the Gulf ... Read more
Maritime Provinces
Maritime Provinces or Maritimes, Canada, term applied to Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island , which before the formation of the Canadian confederation (1867) were politically distinct from Canada proper. ... Read more
Sir Samuel Cunard
Sir Samuel Cunard , 1787-1865, Canadian pioneer of regular transatlantic steam navigation, b. Halifax, N.S. The son of a United Empire Loyalist, he became a leading businessman of Nova Scotia and engaged in banking, lumbering, shipping, and shipbuilding enterprises. His fleet at one time numbered so... Read more
James Layton Ralston
James Layton Ralston , 1881-1948, Canadian cabinet minister, b. Nova Scotia. In the first Mackenzie King administration, he was minister of national defense (1926-30); in the second Mackenzie King government, he was made minister of finance (1939) but was transferred in 1940 to the post of minister ... Read more
United Empire Loyalists
United Empire Loyalists in Canadian history, name applied to those settlers who, loyal to the British cause in the American Revolution, migrated from the Thirteen Colonies to Canada. Some emigrated during the Revolution, but the greatest number left the colonies in 1783-84, after the Treaty of Pari... Read more
New Brunswick
New Brunswick province (2001 pop. 729,498), 28,345 sq mi (73,433 sq km), including 519 sq mi (1,345 sq km) of water surface, E Canada. Geography One of the Maritime Provinces, New Brunswick is bounded on the N by Chaleur Bay and Quebec prov.; on the E by the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Northumb... Read more
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island island (1991 pop. 161,686), 3,970 sq mi (10,282 sq km), forming the northeastern part of N.S., Canada, and separated from the mainland by the narrow Gut, or Strait, of Canso. The easternmost point is called Cape Breton. The center of the island is occupied by the Bras d'Or salt l... Read more
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island province (2001 pop. 135,294), 2,184 sq mi (5,657 sq km), E Canada, off N.B. and N.S. Geography One of the Maritime Provinces , Prince Edward Island lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and is separated on the S from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by the Northumberland ... Read more
Sir Charles Tupper
Sir Charles Tupper 1821-1915, Canadian statesman, b. Nova Scotia. A doctor, he sat (1855-67) in the provincial legislature, became (1864) premier of Nova Scotia, and was a leader in the movement for Canadian confederation. Despite the opposition of Joseph Howe, Tupper eventually brought Nova Scotia... Read more
Sir George Prevost
Sir George Prevost , 1767-1816, British soldier and governor in chief of Canada (1811-15). He held several administrative posts in the West Indies before becoming (1808) lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia. In 1811 he became governor in Canada and was conspicuous for his conciliation of the French Ca... Read more

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Nova Scotia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces Nova Scotia ORIGIN OF PROVINCE NAME: The area was first called "Acadia...anglicized "Nova Scotia" name dates from...Bluenose Country or Canada's Ocean Playground...Farewell to Nova Scotia." MOTTO: Munit...
Canada
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...what would become Canada. In 17th- and 18th...usage, the name Canada referred primarily...this was not the first British attempt to...plains and northern Canada. The control the...Acadia, renamed Nova Scotia , in 1713. For some...
Blacks in Canada
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Black population in Canada today is derived...however, been in Canada since the early eighteenth...origin affect the first-generation migrant...in the province of Nova Scotia in its Capital city...Black population of Canada is, according to...
Canada: Native Peoples
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...the Peoples of the First Nations remembered...The Peoples of the First Nations have a great...aboriginal peoples across Canada began a concerted...the tribes who first met the French and...eastern provinces from Nova Scotia to Manitoba, they...
Africville (Canada)
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Africville (Canada) Africville has correctly been called Canada ’ s most...that traveled across Canada and is now housed...Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia. There remains a...established that the first black settlers into...
Tobacco Control Advocacy and Policies—Canada
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health ...cigarette packages first appeared in Canada in 1972, with...manufactured in Canada, exported to the...smuggled back into Canada. In 1999, alleging...New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward...brand, a world first, and in 1994 the...
Acadians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...name given to the first permanent French...Maritime Provinces of Canada: it is found in...Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Being Canada's three smallest...southwestern Nova Scotia, and eastern Nova...French as their first language in 1986...
Joseph Howe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...responsible government" in Nova Scotia, opposed confederation with Canada, and eventually came...in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Dec. 13, 1804...The ministry was the first to operate under the...Lafontaine government in Canada by 5 weeks. Howe...
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, of loyalist stock...1856 moved from Nova Scotia to England, where...Description of Nova Scotia. In 1829 he published...Slick of Slickville, first as a series of sketches...as The Bubbles of Canada (1839), A Reply...
Sir Charles Tupper
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...political leader in Nova Scotia and then Canadian Cabinet...and prime minister of Canada. Charles Tupper was...at Amherst, Nova Scotia, of Puritan stock...when he became the first prime minister of Canada, chose Tupper as his...

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Canada
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...since 1867, much of Canada was colonized by...Newfoundland became the first overseas British...usage, the name Canada referred primarily...this was not the first British attempt to...Acadia, renamed Nova Scotia , in 1713. Unable...
Dawson, John Wiliam
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Wiliam ( b . Pictou, Nova Scotia, 13 October 1820...and William Logan, first director of the Geological Survey of Canada, for both of whom...province of Nova Scotia engaged him to make...able to publish his first important work...
Acadia
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...refer to peninsular Nova Scotia and the Chignecto...Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia) — initially...survivors of that first Maine winter and...Scots (hence Nova Scotia) — that...ended up in France, Canada, and Louisiana...
Titanic
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Belmont Olympic Pool, Long...Tommy Ryan ); Ewan Stewart (First Officer William Murdoch ); Ioan Gruffudd (First Officer Harold Lowe ); Jonathan...
King William's War
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...x2013; 1697). This first of the French and...French traders in Canada. Angry at British...were unstable in Canada, as well. When...parties in 1690: the first destroyed Schenectady...plundered Port Royal, Nova Scotia. In May 1690, representatives...
Avery, Oswald T.
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Avery, Oswald T. ( b . Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 21 October 1877; d . Nashville, Tennessee, 20 February...pneumococcus, Avery began work in 1932 on a phenomenon first reported by F. Griffith in 1928. Griffith had observed...
Newcomb, Simon
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...SIMON ( b . Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada, 12 March 1835; d...dynamical astronomy during the first half of the twentieth...Newcomb was born in Canada, the elder son of John...various villages in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island...
Bell, Alexander Graham
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...March 1847; d , Baddeck, Nova Scotia, 2 August 1922) technology...the family moved to Canada. Bell did his early telephone...publication in 1883. In the first eight years of its existence...Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Montreal. Bell...
Port Royal
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Port Royal a town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the first French colony in North America and is Canada's oldest European settlement. Destroyed by the British in 1613, it was resettled...
Cook, James
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...charted the coasts and seaways of Canada (1759; 1763–7), the St Lawrence Channel and the coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. He then commanded...1772–5) he became the first navigator to cross the Antarctic...

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Canada and Nova Scotia Sign New Immigration Agreement
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 9/19/2007; 655 words ; HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 19...international workers to Nova Scotia. The Honourable Diane Finley...Minister of Immigration for Nova Scotia, signed the first ever Agreement for Canada-Nova Scotia Co-operation...
Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia Sign New Training and Skills Development Agreements to Prepare Nova Scotians for Jobs of the Future.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 6/13/2008; 700+ words ; HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, Jun 13, 2008 (Marketwire...prepared to be part of Nova Scotia's growing economy, thanks...Workforce Development for Nova Scotia. The first agreement, a new Labour...economic plan, Advantage Canada, to create the best...
New England-Canada Business Council Honors Former Premier of Nova Scotia.
Newspaper article from: Science Letter; 3/31/2009; 700+ words ; ...Former Premier of Nova Scotia, Dr. John...in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and to the national...Human Reproduction Canada in Vancouver, British...for arranging Nova Scotia's 250th anniversary celebrations as Canada's first democracy. "I have...
Canada's New Government and Nova Scotia Invest $400 Million in the Environmental Cleanup of Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 1/28/2007; 700+ words ; SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA, Jan 28, 2007...via COMTEX) -- Canada's New Government...Province of Nova Scotia today announced an...the commitment of Canada's New Government...local companies and First Nations businesses...
SPECIES STATUS, AND THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF ACTIVITY OF BATS IN SOUTHWEST NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...been recorded in Nova Scotia, but little information...Although we note the first breeding record of...borealis) in Atlantic Canada, survey results...suggesting that Nova Scotia is at, or beyond...species and is the first noted, and maybe...
Canada's Next Big Gas Frontier? Many Say Offshore Nova Scotia.
Magazine article from: Natural Gas Week; 12/18/2000; ; 700+ words ; Offshore Nova Scotia is shaping up as a...than many experts first believed. Some market...reserves offshore Nova Scotia could be as high as...they will drill their first well. The company...lease sale. A Petro-Canada/Norsk Hydro partnership...
Government of Canada Provides Training and Skills Development Opportunities to Aboriginal People in Nova Scotia.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 7/28/2008; 700+ words ; SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA, Jul 28, 2008 (Marketwire...based sectors in Nova Scotia was announced today...Paul of the Membertou First Nation. The Government of Canada is taking steps to create...the workforce in Nova Scotia , said provincial Minister...
The historical and extant flora of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Magazine article from: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...extant flora of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 133...2006.-Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, was surveyed for vascular plants...of Halifax. Sable Island may first have been observed by Bjorn Heriulfsen...
The relationship between type of drug therapy and blood glucose self-monitoring test strips claimed by beneficiaries of the Seniors' Pharmacare Program in Nova Scotia, Canada.(Research article)
Magazine article from: BMC Health Services Research; 5/24/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...as a whole [1]. Nova Scotia has one of...of Nova Scotia, Canada, the Seniors' Pharmacare...listed in the Nova Scotia Formulary for eligible...program are Nova Scotia residents with a...Veterans Affairs Canada or with First Nations and Inuit...
Nova Scotia.(Canada: Regional News)(rule on birth certificates and Scott Brison's marriage)
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 12/1/2007; 700+ words ; Halifax -- Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative...Brison became the first member of Parliament...descended on a Nova Scotia United church where...and former Nova Scotia cabinet minister...must be proud that Canada is showing the way...