Nova Scotia

as seen in the map “Confederation in the Beginning: 1867-1873” consisted of privatized land owners, Rupert’s Land and the Northwestern Territories while British North America consisted of colonies of British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. These colonies economic stance before the confederation were independent markets relying heavily on the…

Sustainability has become an issue throughout the whole globe. Sustainability is a complicated term which generally means an “approach to development that meets the needs of the present without negatively affecting the ability of the future generations to meet their needs.”(Clarke, Earle, and Wallace, 2006) According to Land Learn organization sustainability means “an ability or capacity of something to be maintained or to sustain itself.” (http://www.landlearnnsw.org.) In my opinion, it is…

world, especially in the U.S. This Canadian sport, Ice Hockey started as a folk activity. In 1872, a young man from Halifax, Nova Scotia named James Creighton moved to Montreal, bringing the sport of Ice Hockey (here after referred to just as “Hockey”) with him. More particularly, bringing with him hockey sticks and ice skates. The ice skates, which were patented by a Nova Scotia company in 1866, which featured rounded…

forward about the dangers and the provincial inspectors weren't willing to act. For these reasons it made it very unsafe for the men to be working in the mine. The mine was very dangerous, but they still reopened in 1991. The mine was in Plymouth, Nova Scotia Canada. The mine exploded May 9 1992. The explosion killed 26 men. The mine was owned by Curragh Inc. The miners were mining for coal. The jobs paid well and there weren't many jobs in the area.…

Cyberbullying Need New Laws to Restrain In recent years, cyberbullying has become a major social problem. Cyberbullying has been a serious threat to every adolescent’s mental health. However, in the current social attitudes, the definition of cyberbullying is still classified as a civil offense. This definition is outdated. The consequences that are caused by cyberbullying have far exceeded the consequences of ordinary civil offenses. Cyberbullying would cause great psychological pressure to…

lessons. As an adult, she fought against the status quo to attain fame and recognition for her incredible voice. Early Life Born June 24th 1911, Portia was the third of William A. White’s and Izie Dora White’s thirteen children. Growing up in Truro, Nova Scotia. She spent her childhood singing in her church’s choir under her mother’s guidance, where a talent for singing was nurtured. As a result, by the age of eight, she was already singing soprano lines in the Lucia Di Lammermoor opera.…

as an adult, she fought against the status quo to attain fame and recognition for her incredible voice. Early Life Portia, born June 24th, 1911, was the third of William A. White’s and Izie Dora White’s thirteen children. Growing up in Truro, Nova Scotia. She spent her childhood singing in her church’s choir under her mother's guidance, where a talent for singing was nurtured. As a result, by the age of eight, she was already singing soprano lines in the Lucia Di Lammermoor opera. Determined to…

Rocky intertidal zonation at Lawrencetown Beach Introduction Nova Scotia has an extensive coastline with varying degrees of exposure. The intertidal zone (littoral zone) is where the ocean meets land and around Nova Scotia’s coast this zone is highly diverse, from salt marshes to mudflats and rocky shores. The intertidal zone is the area that is exposed to air at low tide and submerged by water at high tide and the species that are located here need to tolerate various levels of exposure. The…

Monongahela Location of Acadia Causes of the French and Indian wars. In 1689, England's colonies in North America lay along the Atlantic coast. Spain controlled Florida. French settlements lay to the north and west, from what are now Maine and Nova Scotia to the St. Lawrence River Valley. France also had outposts in Newfoundland, the Great Lakes region, and the Mississippi River Valley. Both France and England claimed the inland territory between their settlements. Until about 1750, however,…

Coalition issues debated until 1866 and to the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia through new Coalition resolutions, while Prince Edward and Newfoundland continued choose protest. However, The London Conference led directly to the most important statute in Canadian constitutional history, the British North America Act of 1867…