Historical Recreations
Digging up the bones of Halifax
Posted on November 9, 2009 by Tom Mason
Bruce Stewart seems friendly enough, but he immediately refuses to shake hands. When I find out why, I’m glad he did. Stewart has just spent the most of the day on his hands and knees, digging through a 150-year-old privy pit. He’s searching for the intimate details of the lives of Haligonians. Maybe a little [...]
Read moreA walk down Memory Lane
Posted on September 3, 2009 by Tom Mason
The day time stopped on Memory Lane, the legendary Cape Bretoner Angus L. MacDonald was still premier of Nova Scotia. In Ottawa on that early summer day, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent was grappling with the idea of sending his nation’s troops to the Korean conflict. A few days earlier, a young Quebec intellectual named [...]
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