TOPIC: HALIFAX EXPLOSION

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Still no plans for Mont Blanc pieces found last summer
The SS Mont Blanc is famous for its role in the Halifax Explosion, and historians are urging the province to preserve these pieces of history. Tom Murphy has the story.

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Author with Halifax Explosion connection wants Mont-Blanc pieces displayed
Workers at the Halifax Shipyard have apparently found remains of the SS Mont-Blanc. Marilyn Davidson Elliott's father was blinded in the explosion. Watch her interview with Amy Smith.

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How's this for a gift? Tree heading to Boston is a very tall show of gratitude
Nova Scotia sends a tree to Boston each year to say thank you for the city's help when disaster struck more than 100 years ago. This year's tree is from Antigonish County. Brett Ruskin has the story.

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Archive of recently-discovered tapes offer glimpse into Halifax Explosion
More than 100 years after the Halifax Explosion, you might think there are no more new stories to be heard. But that’s not the case. A veteran journalist recently unearthed an archive of recordings of voices from the past who survived that fateful day. Jon Tattrie has the story.

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106th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion marked
It was 106 years ago today that a Norwegian steamship and French vessel loaded with munitions collided in Halifax Harbour. Twenty minutes later, there was an explosion so intense it leveled most of north-end Halifax, killing 1,900 people. Preston Mulligan has the story.

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White spruce from Stewiacke, N.S., chosen as tree for Boston
Every year Nova Scotia sends a tree to Boston. It's a long-standing thank you to the city that sent aid and medical help following the Halifax Explosion. Brett Ruskin was in Stewiacke, N.S., where the 2023 tree was cut down.

How the Halifax Explosion relates to Oppenheimer and other Canadian connections to the atomic bomb
The Halifax Explosion, fleetingly mentioned in the Oppenheimer movie, was studied by J. Robert Oppenheimer to predict the effects of the atomic bomb. Here's a closer look at Canada's many other ties to the making of the world’s first atomic bomb.
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Halifax Explosion poster finds new meaning amid COVID-19 pandemic
A slogan created after the Halifax Explosion is back with some new wording — but the same sentiment. A newsprint version was distributed last week to homes around Nova Scotia, but as the CBC's Colleen Jones reports, they're now being made into posters.

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Vincent Coleman honoured by Halifax
Halifax has voted to give train dispatcher Vincent Coleman a posthumous honour for his role in saving hundreds during the Halifax Explosion.

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Memorial held for Halifax Explosion
Descendants of survivors and victims of the Halifax Explosion gathered for the 105th anniversary. Colleen Jones has the story.

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Halifax teacher wins Canada's top history prize
Natasha Camacho teaches Grade 1 at École St Catherines. She taught her young students about Nova Scotia's first Black doctor — Dr. Clement Ligoure. Ligoure saved many lives during the Halifax Explosion. Colleen Jones has the story.

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New underwater discovery could be tied to Halifax Explosion
Bob Chaulk has found an anchor that he believes could have come from the St. Bernard schooner.

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Students win film award
Students in a Halifax school have won a prize for their film about the Halifax Explosion

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Firing of Halifax Citadel cannon
The cannon at Citadel Hill was fired to mark the 95th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion.

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Marking a tragedy
A new generation has found a new way to mark the anniversary of the Halifax explosion.
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Anchor unearthed
An anchor believed to be a ship damaged in the Halifax Explosion were recently discovered.

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Halifax Explosion tour
The Walking the Debris Field project takes people through Halifax's ground zero.

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RAW: Boston tree down
Crews have successfully felled a large tree destined for the city of Boston. The rings have been counted and it's 54 years old.

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A look at 1917's post-explosion snowstorm
On the morning of Dec. 7, 1917, snow began to fall on the ruins of Halifax.
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N.S. woman sprucing up 'forgotten' garden at Halifax Explosion Memorial
A Halifax woman is leading a campaign to show some love to the weedy gardens that surround the Halifax Explosion Memorial in the city's north end. Colleen Jones has her story.

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Halifax Explosion descendants speak at anniversary ceremony
The Halifax Explosion happened Dec. 6, 1917, when two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour.

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Halifax Explosion: Two ships collide and Halifax reels
A re-enactment of the events leading up to the fatal explosion.

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Halifax Explosion: Remembering Dec. 6, 1917
A memorial pays tribute to the victims of Canada's biggest man-made explosion.

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Halifax Harbour is a major wartime port
The ongoing First World War means Halifax is bustling with wartime activity.
Photo courtesy of City of Toronto Archives

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New archival discovery of the Halifax Relief Commission
A Halifax Police clerk stumbles upon an historical treasure trove of medical relief records.