Nova Scotia

Visiting The Grave Of The Titanic's Real J. Dawson

AP | By ROB GILLIES | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Titanic, Titanic Cemetery, Canada Travel, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Titanic Grave, J Dawson Grave, Travel News

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Among the graves of Fairview Lawn Cemetery, there is one that was a magnet for bouquets and weeping girls in the 1990s. The na...

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PHOTOS: 14 Wineries Where You Can Stay the Night

BootsnAll | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Wine Travel, Bootsnall, California, Australia, USA, France, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Travel, Napa Valley, South Africa, Canada, Wine Tasting, Hotels, Nova Scotia, Germany, Washington, Wine, Portugal, Hungary, Oregon, Luxury Hotels, Slidepollajax, Travel News
BootsnAll

Staying at a wine hotel means everything you need is within a short walk from your room.

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PHOTOS: 10 Destinations For Independent Travelers In 2012

BootsnAll | Posted 03.01.2012

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BootsnAll

For this list, we look past the usual tourist hotspots in favor of destinations that are a bit more off-the-beaten-path, a little less-visited and slightly more adventurous.

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A New Foodie Festival In Canada

Jill Fergus | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Food Festivals, Cape Breton Island, Canada, Nova Scotia, Cabot Trail, Lobster, Dispatches, Foodie Travel, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Jill Fergus

Right Some Good is the brainchild of Montreal-born Pearleen Mofford, who spent summers at her family's Cape Breton hotel and wanted to develop an idea to bring more visitors to Nova Scotia.

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VOTE: Hip-Hop Arts Festival May Exclude Graffiti

Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Video, Canada Art, Hip Hop Hopscotch, Canada Hip Hop, Hip Hop Festival Halifax, Nova Scotia, Hip Hop Festival, Halifax, Halifa Nova Scotia, Canada Music, Canada, Arts News

The Hip-Hop Hopscotch Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia is billed as a "celebration of urban arts," but should graffiti have a place in the festivities...

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"Not Since Moses" Race: A Unique Opportunity to Run on the Ocean Floor

Joan Brunwasser | Posted 09.23.2011

Read More: Competition, Nova Scotia, Runners, Race, Running, Running on the Ocean Floor, Not Since Moses Race, Sports News
Joan Brunwasser

In the Bay of Fundy, a hold of water pushing up from the Atlantic with nowhere to go, tides rise and fall in extremes, up to 50 feet twice a day, disappearing completely most the day, under the sea.

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Green Light! No Charges For Man Caught Smoking Joint At Canadian Traffic Stop

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Weird Canada, Marijuana, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Pot, Weed Law Enforcement, Marijuana Law Enforcement, Man Smokes Joint at Traffic Stop, Weed, Mounted Police, Weird News News

When an officer asks if you smoked pot recently, thirty seconds ago isn't exactly the best answer. Police at a Nova Scotia traffic checkpoint were ...

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Travel For Technophobes

Black Tomato | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Canada Travel, Morocco, Brazil, Namibia, International Destinations, Asia Travel, Bali, Africa Travel, Nova Scotia, Travel Tech, Destinations, Africa, Slidepollajax, South America Travel, Travel Blogs, Mongolia, Galapagos Islands, Travel News
Black Tomato

We understand that sometimes all these gadgets can, well, just get a little too much. So here's our guide to a world of travel without all the tech stuff.

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Watch: 'The Student Poverty Song' Puts Debt To Music

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Nova Scotia, Dalhousie University, Student Poverty, Student Debt, The Student Poverty Song, Student Loans, Canada, College News

Joining the ranks of students rallying against debt are members of the Dalhousie University student union, whose video on student debt in Nova Scotia ...

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Vlogging about Teaching From Japan (VIDEO).

Michael N. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vlogging, Video Blogging, Nova Scotia, Vlog, Japan, Education News
Michael N. Smith

Only in 2010 could a school administrator from a small town in the Midwest cross paths with a teacher from Nova Scotia living and working in Japan. We live in a very small world.

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Scare Tactics in Climate Change and Addiction

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Narcotic Injection Sites, National Health, Pathological Gambling, Decriminalizing Marijuana, Addiction, Canada, Temperance Lecture, Nova Scotia, Partnership for a Drug Free America, Scare Tactics, Addiction & Recovery, Bjorn Lomborg, Halifax, Marijuana, Home News
Stanton Peele

Here's the thing -- the data in Canada, where the legal gambling age is 18-19, depending on the province -- is that most young people take it or leave it.

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Giller Prize Winner Finally To Be Printed At Full Speed

CBC News | CBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Steeves, Book Prize, Nova Scotia, Literary Prize, Giller Prize, Douglad and Mcintyre, Lit Award, Gaspereau Press, Book Award, Johanna Skibsrud, Giller, Gaspereau, The Sentimentalists, Books News

A deal has been struck by Nova Scotia's Gaspereau Press to allow a larger company to print the novel that won this year's Giller Prize, CBC News has l...

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'Neuter' Iran: Lindsey Graham Makes The Case For U.S. Strike

AP / The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Armed Services Committee, Halifax International Security Forum, Revolutionary Guard, Nova Scotia, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Program, Lindsey Graham, Air Force, Iranian Navy, South Carolina, Iran, Politics News

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- A leading U.S. senator on defense issues says any military strike on Iran to stop its nuclear program must also strive to take...

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Caroline Goulding Makes Magic at Young Concert Artists 50th Anniversary

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Self assured, poised, and performing with a wide range of emotional energy and intensity, 18-year old Caroline Goulding's debut performance at Merkin ...

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Canadian Bylaws; American Lawn Flags

Sandra Steingraber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Living Downstream, British Columbia, Canada, Cancer, Nova Scotia, Children's Health, Lawn Care, Toronto, Pesticide Ban, Green News
Sandra Steingraber

In Canada, the ban on nonessential uses of pesticides began with old-fashioned citizen activism in the small village of Hudson in Quebec.

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Africville apology is a start, not an end

Mike Barber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Restorative Justice, Environmental Racism, Halifax, Institutional Racism, Slavery, Racism, Housing, Nova Scotia, Reparations, Black Loyalists, Canada, Systemic Racism, Reconciliation, African-Canadian, Africville, World News
Mike Barber

Last week's apology by city of Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly, for the evictions and razing of the African-Canadian community of Africville in Nova Scotia ...

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Lost & Found: How a Three-Year-Old Survived 52 Hours in the Woods (and How You Can Too)

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mark Twain National Forest, Nova Scotia, Three Year Old, Ken Hill, St. Mary's University, Missouri, Survivors Club, Joshua Childers, Lost Person Behavior, Halifax, Woodsproofing, 3 Year Old Found, Lost 3 Year Old, 3 Year Old Lost, 3 Year Old Lost in Woods, Three Year Old Lost in Woods, Healthy Living News
Ben Sherwood

The story of Joshua Childers presents an opportunity to revisit the most important survival rule if you get lost in the woods (or anywhere else for that matter).

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