Book 40 of 2025 “When the World Fell Silent” by Donna Jones Alward. This novel about a young nurse in Halifax during the First World War who discovers her strength and more about herself after the Halifax explosion. Great story! 4/5 ⭐️ #BookSky #HalifaxExplosion #HistoricalDrama
June 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Book 40 of 2025 “When the World Fell Silent” by Donna Jones Alward. This novel about a young nurse in Halifax during the First World War who discovers her strength and more about herself after the Halifax explosion. Great story! 4/5 ⭐️ #BookSky #HalifaxExplosion #HistoricalDrama
One year ago today we joined John Zareski and the Friends of Barra Society in Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, for the unveiling of a new #Gaelic and English memorial to the five sailors from the Isle of Barra who their lives 101 years ago in the #HalifaxExplosion of December 6, 1917.
November 13, 2024 at 3:39 AM
One year ago today we joined John Zareski and the Friends of Barra Society in Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, for the unveiling of a new #Gaelic and English memorial to the five sailors from the Isle of Barra who their lives 101 years ago in the #HalifaxExplosion of December 6, 1917.
I'm giving a free presentation, "A True Gaelic Story of the #HalifaxExplosion" at Alderney Gate @hfxpublib, Tue 28 Nov 7pm w fiddler Kate Dunlay & Gaelic singer Cathy Ann MacPhee:
November 13, 2024 at 3:33 AM
I'm giving a free presentation, "A True Gaelic Story of the #HalifaxExplosion" at Alderney Gate @hfxpublib, Tue 28 Nov 7pm w fiddler Kate Dunlay & Gaelic singer Cathy Ann MacPhee:
Today, Halifax is a thriving city of around 440,000 people. But on the morning of December 6, 1917, the Nova Scotia capital was shaken by a cataclysmic explosion that caused widespread death and injury. #HalifaxExplosion youtu.be/Yil5O0uNans
December 6, 2023 at 4:51 PM
Today, Halifax is a thriving city of around 440,000 people. But on the morning of December 6, 1917, the Nova Scotia capital was shaken by a cataclysmic explosion that caused widespread death and injury. #HalifaxExplosion youtu.be/Yil5O0uNans
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is the museum that made me love museums!
When other kids were doing whatever they were doing when they skipped school, I was hopping on the ferry to go here whenever I could.
#Museum
#MaritimeHistory
#MaritimeMuseumOfTheAtlantic
#Titanic
#HalifaxExplosion
When other kids were doing whatever they were doing when they skipped school, I was hopping on the ferry to go here whenever I could.
#Museum
#MaritimeHistory
#MaritimeMuseumOfTheAtlantic
#Titanic
#HalifaxExplosion
Located in the heart of Halifax’s historic waterfront, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is Canada’s premier maritime museum. Here, you can immerse yourself in the stories, events and people that define Nova Scotia’s relationship with the sea.
January 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is the museum that made me love museums!
When other kids were doing whatever they were doing when they skipped school, I was hopping on the ferry to go here whenever I could.
#Museum
#MaritimeHistory
#MaritimeMuseumOfTheAtlantic
#Titanic
#HalifaxExplosion
When other kids were doing whatever they were doing when they skipped school, I was hopping on the ferry to go here whenever I could.
#Museum
#MaritimeHistory
#MaritimeMuseumOfTheAtlantic
#Titanic
#HalifaxExplosion
This week's #throwbackthursday review is of AFTERSHOCK, published by @nimbuspub.bsky.social in 2014. #halifaxexplosion #history www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/aftershock...
February 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This week's #throwbackthursday review is of AFTERSHOCK, published by @nimbuspub.bsky.social in 2014. #halifaxexplosion #history www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/aftershock...
Dec 13 1917 Newspapers in USA still talking about Dec 6 1917 #HalifaxExplosion.
The Detroit Times picture of Barrington Street
The Tacoma Times Bob Satterfield cartoon
East Oregonian: E.O. Bob Satterfield draws the female personification of Columbia bsky.app/profile/this...
The Detroit Times picture of Barrington Street
The Tacoma Times Bob Satterfield cartoon
East Oregonian: E.O. Bob Satterfield draws the female personification of Columbia bsky.app/profile/this...
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Dec 13 1917 Newspapers in USA still talking about Dec 6 1917 #HalifaxExplosion.
The Detroit Times picture of Barrington Street
The Tacoma Times Bob Satterfield cartoon
East Oregonian: E.O. Bob Satterfield draws the female personification of Columbia bsky.app/profile/this...
The Detroit Times picture of Barrington Street
The Tacoma Times Bob Satterfield cartoon
East Oregonian: E.O. Bob Satterfield draws the female personification of Columbia bsky.app/profile/this...
🕯️ On December 6, we remember the Halifax Explosion, a tragic event that reshaped our city and province. Honouring the 1,600+ lives lost, the families affected, and the resilience of those who helped rebuild.
archives.novascotia.ca/explosion/
#HalifaxExplosion #NovaScotia #History
archives.novascotia.ca/explosion/
#HalifaxExplosion #NovaScotia #History
Nova Scotia Archives
The Nova Scotia Archives
archives.novascotia.ca
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🕯️ On December 6, we remember the Halifax Explosion, a tragic event that reshaped our city and province. Honouring the 1,600+ lives lost, the families affected, and the resilience of those who helped rebuild.
archives.novascotia.ca/explosion/
#HalifaxExplosion #NovaScotia #History
archives.novascotia.ca/explosion/
#HalifaxExplosion #NovaScotia #History
FYI: Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion Podcast: Boston’s Swift Relief Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonRelief #Podcast
Halifax Explosion Podcast: Boston’s Swift Relief
Listen now | How a 1917 disaster in Halifax led to heroic survival stories, Boston’s aid through a blizzard, and a Christmas tradition that still shines today.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
FYI: Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion Podcast: Boston’s Swift Relief Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonRelief #Podcast
FYI: Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion and Boston’s Lasting Gift of Aid Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonAid #ChristmasTradition
Halifax Explosion and Boston’s Lasting Gift of Aid
From devastation in 1917 to a glowing Christmas tradition, how Boston’s compassion turned Halifax’s darkest day into a bond of friendship.
dlvr.it
October 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
FYI: Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion and Boston’s Lasting Gift of Aid Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonAid #ChristmasTradition
ICYMI: Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion Podcast: Boston’s Swift Relief Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonRelief #Podcast
Halifax Explosion Podcast: Boston’s Swift Relief
Listen now | How a 1917 disaster in Halifax led to heroic survival stories, Boston’s aid through a blizzard, and a Christmas tradition that still shines today.
dlvr.it
October 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
ICYMI: Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion Podcast: Boston’s Swift Relief Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonRelief #Podcast
ICYMI: Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion and Boston’s Lasting Gift of Aid Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonAid #ChristmasTradition
Halifax Explosion and Boston’s Lasting Gift of Aid
From devastation in 1917 to a glowing Christmas tradition, how Boston’s compassion turned Halifax’s darkest day into a bond of friendship.
dlvr.it
October 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
ICYMI: Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion and Boston’s Lasting Gift of Aid Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonAid #ChristmasTradition
Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion Podcast: Boston’s Swift Relief Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonRelief #HistoryPodcast
Halifax Explosion Podcast: Boston’s Swift Relief
Listen now | How a 1917 disaster in Halifax led to heroic survival stories, Boston’s aid through a blizzard, and a Christmas tradition that still shines today.
dlvr.it
October 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion Podcast: Boston’s Swift Relief Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonRelief #HistoryPodcast
Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion and Boston’s Lasting Gift of Aid Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonStrong #ChristmasTradition
Halifax Explosion and Boston’s Lasting Gift of Aid
From devastation in 1917 to a glowing Christmas tradition, how Boston’s compassion turned Halifax’s darkest day into a bond of friendship.
dlvr.it
September 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Our latest Substack Halifax Explosion and Boston’s Lasting Gift of Aid Subscribe for FREE #HalifaxExplosion #BostonStrong #ChristmasTradition
As a Halifonian, I know the #HalifaxExplosion and connection to #Boston USA still lives on. Every year #Canada send Boston a huge Christmas tree in thanks and a reminder ~
“…a testament to a time when the worst the world could inflict, brought out the best in two countries.”
youtu.be/_Uu6GULBKVM
“…a testament to a time when the worst the world could inflict, brought out the best in two countries.”
youtu.be/_Uu6GULBKVM
The Halifax Explosion and the Boston Christmas Tree
YouTube video by The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
youtu.be
February 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
As a Halifonian, I know the #HalifaxExplosion and connection to #Boston USA still lives on. Every year #Canada send Boston a huge Christmas tree in thanks and a reminder ~
“…a testament to a time when the worst the world could inflict, brought out the best in two countries.”
youtu.be/_Uu6GULBKVM
“…a testament to a time when the worst the world could inflict, brought out the best in two countries.”
youtu.be/_Uu6GULBKVM
There's a date in Canadian history I just can't find any time for humour. Today's that day. #halifaxexplosion #EcolePolytechnique Lives lost by disaster, lives lost by hatred. It must be the saddest day. May both never happen again!
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
There's a date in Canadian history I just can't find any time for humour. Today's that day. #halifaxexplosion #EcolePolytechnique Lives lost by disaster, lives lost by hatred. It must be the saddest day. May both never happen again!
Story of the Turtle Grove Mi’kmaq settlement destroyed December 6, 1917 #HalifaxExplosion which we weren't taught as kids. Hiding histories is perhaps the easiest element of racism. Journalism students at University of Kings College spread the story more widely. signalhfx.ca/the-story-of...
The story of Turtle Grove
signalhfx.ca
December 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Story of the Turtle Grove Mi’kmaq settlement destroyed December 6, 1917 #HalifaxExplosion which we weren't taught as kids. Hiding histories is perhaps the easiest element of racism. Journalism students at University of Kings College spread the story more widely. signalhfx.ca/the-story-of...
Only vessel that survived #halifaxexplosion and is the only ship still afloat that served in the RCN for both WWI and WWII.
@novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/...
@novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/...
CSS Acadia
Throughout their careers, some vessels acquire a certain mystique that sets them apart from other ships. CSS Acadia, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic's Canadian Scientific Ship, is one such vessel....
maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Only vessel that survived #halifaxexplosion and is the only ship still afloat that served in the RCN for both WWI and WWII.
@novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/...
@novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/...
"When the bell calls: the last alarm." Great work by @janicelandry.bsky.social . It's the reason this day raises emotion among the firefighters of Halifax. Dec. 6, 1917, 9 who responded never returned to the station. So many stories within one story. #halifaxexplosion
web.archive.org/web/20150531...
web.archive.org/web/20150531...
When the bell calls: The last alarm | Halifax Magazine
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December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"When the bell calls: the last alarm." Great work by @janicelandry.bsky.social . It's the reason this day raises emotion among the firefighters of Halifax. Dec. 6, 1917, 9 who responded never returned to the station. So many stories within one story. #halifaxexplosion
web.archive.org/web/20150531...
web.archive.org/web/20150531...
On December 6, 1917, a munitions ship exploded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, killing over 1,900 people and creating the largest artificial blast the world had ever seen. #RandomFact #DailyFact #History #HalifaxExplosion #Disaster
December 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
On December 6, 1917, a munitions ship exploded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, killing over 1,900 people and creating the largest artificial blast the world had ever seen. #RandomFact #DailyFact #History #HalifaxExplosion #Disaster
The Halifax Explosion happened today at 9:04 am.
After 10 years of film festivals & community showings, Nova Scotia Cultural Society of the Deaf is releasing our film online. lnkd.in/eGkT85SX.
We are incredibly grateful for Halifax, Canadian & world-wide support for this little project.
After 10 years of film festivals & community showings, Nova Scotia Cultural Society of the Deaf is releasing our film online. lnkd.in/eGkT85SX.
We are incredibly grateful for Halifax, Canadian & world-wide support for this little project.
Halifax Explosion - The Deaf Experience - 2024
This is "Halifax Explosion - The Deaf Experience - 2024" by NS Cultural Society of the Deaf on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who…
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December 6, 2024 at 12:35 PM
“What followed was one of the largest human-made explosions prior to the detonation of the first atomic bombs in 1945. The north end of #Halifax was wiped out by the blast and subsequent tsunami.”
#HalifaxExplosion
#HalifaxExplosion
06-12-1917 CANADA: Wartime miscalculations and naval mismanagement cause unprecedented devastation for working-class neighbourhoods in Halifax, Nova Scotia. When two ships collide in the harbour, one of them loaded with tons of explosives, almost 2,000 people are killed.
Halifax Explosion
Halifax was devastated on 6 December 1917 when two ships collided in the city's harbour, one of them a munitions ship loaded with explosives bound for the battl...
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
December 6, 2024 at 12:18 PM
“What followed was one of the largest human-made explosions prior to the detonation of the first atomic bombs in 1945. The north end of #Halifax was wiped out by the blast and subsequent tsunami.”
#HalifaxExplosion
#HalifaxExplosion
Speaking of Boston, unless this really go to shit.... I wonder who pays the tariff (sarcasm ) on Nova Scotia's tree sent every year at Christmas as a thank you for the help, re #halifaxexplosion #tarrifftyrant
April 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Speaking of Boston, unless this really go to shit.... I wonder who pays the tariff (sarcasm ) on Nova Scotia's tree sent every year at Christmas as a thank you for the help, re #halifaxexplosion #tarrifftyrant
#BurdenofDesire 1992
Based on the #HalifaxExplosion of 1917 written by Canadian-born journalist #RobertMacNeil.
Centres on love triangle, how Haligonians were affected-an intimate look into society at the time
#books #canadianbooks #booksky #Halifax #historical #canadasky #readabook #saga
Based on the #HalifaxExplosion of 1917 written by Canadian-born journalist #RobertMacNeil.
Centres on love triangle, how Haligonians were affected-an intimate look into society at the time
#books #canadianbooks #booksky #Halifax #historical #canadasky #readabook #saga
June 30, 2026 at 12:24 PM
#BurdenofDesire 1992
Based on the #HalifaxExplosion of 1917 written by Canadian-born journalist #RobertMacNeil.
Centres on love triangle, how Haligonians were affected-an intimate look into society at the time
#books #canadianbooks #booksky #Halifax #historical #canadasky #readabook #saga
Based on the #HalifaxExplosion of 1917 written by Canadian-born journalist #RobertMacNeil.
Centres on love triangle, how Haligonians were affected-an intimate look into society at the time
#books #canadianbooks #booksky #Halifax #historical #canadasky #readabook #saga