“Freedom and a Farm.” The promise was exciting to the thousands of African-Americans, mostly runaway slaves, who were encouraged by the British to fight in British regiments against the Americans.

Music historian Gary Cristall explores the history and music of a segregated, ignored, and later, demolished, community in Nova Scotia.

En 1863, une mystérieuse jeune Française arriva à Halifax par bateau, de New York. Ne pouvant à peine s’exprimer en anglais, elle eut beaucoup de difficulté à demander au cocher de la conduire à l’hôtel le plus proche. Il l’amena donc à l’hôtel Halifax Hotel, où est érigé maintenant le Ralston Building sur la rue [...]

With Les Miserables thrilling moviegoers this season, the Nova Scotia Archives investigates Victor Hugo’s connection to Halifax and discovers an intriguing familial tie.

Take a tour of Nova Scotia’s ghost stories from Halifax resident and history champion Lauren Oostveen, who connects Canadians with their past at the Nova Scotia Archives.

On Saturday, September 29, the Bluenose II, a reconstructed version of Canada’s most famous ship, the Bluenose, will launch in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia!

“He drank like a fish.” “The early bird gets the worm.” “It’s raining cats & dogs.” These and other expressions were coined by the satiric voice of Thomas Chandler Haliburton.