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2020 Nova Scotia attacks. On April 18 and 19, 2020, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman committed multiple shootings and set fires at sixteen locations in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, killing twenty-two people and injuring three others before he was shot and killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the community of Enfield. [ 2 ...
2023 Canadian wildfires. Beginning in March 2023, and with increased intensity starting in June, Canada was affected by a record-setting series of wildfires. All 13 provinces and territories were affected, with large fires in Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.
The Scots have influenced the cultural mix of Nova Scotia for centuries and constitute the largest ethnic group in the province, at 29.3% of its population. The name of Nova Scotia literally means "New Scotland" in Latin, and its flag was designed as a combination of the Scottish Saltire and the Royal Arms of Scotland.
This is a list of burn centres in Canada. A burn centre or burn care facility is typically a hospital ward which specializes in the treatment of severe burn injuries.
2021 Canadian church burnings. A series of church arsons and suspicious fires in June and July 2021 damaged or destroyed Christian churches in Canada. Coincident with fires, vandalism and other destructive events damaged churches in Canada, primarily in British Columbia. Canadian government officials, church members, and Canadian First Nations ...
St. John's Anglican Church was the first church established in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada (1753). It is the second Church of England built in Nova Scotia, and is the second oldest continuous Protestant church in present-day Canada. Early on 1 November 2001, St. John's church suffered significant damage by fire.
Farewell to Nova Scotia. " Farewell to Nova Scotia " is a popular folk song from Nova Scotia, Canada. It was adapted from the Scottish lament "The Soldier's Adieu" written by Robert Tannahill. It was written sometime before or during World War I and popularized in 1964 when Catherine McKinnon used it as the theme song for the Halifax-based CBC ...
Jeffrey Arenburg was born on December 30, 1956, in Upper Northfield, Nova Scotia, [1] to a farming family that raised cattle and sold produce. [1] He dropped out of school in grade nine and later found employment as a scallop fisherman in Digby, Nova Scotia. [1]