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Nova Scotia picks out our Christmas tree

By adamg on Sun, 10/30/2016 - 1:44pm

The CBC reports this year's gift from Nova Scotia - to honor the aid Boston sent after the Halifax harbor explosion in 1917 - will be the first from Cape Breton.

The 14-metre white spruce will be taken from Crown-owned land close to the Waycobah First Nation.

The Nov. 15 tree-cutting will feature a drum group from Waycobah as well as a fiddler and bagpiper.

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Comments

By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 10/30/2016 - 2:22pm.

Boston and the Halifax Explosion

I wonder if Boston and Halifax have anything special in the works for that?

The train was scheduled to reach Halifax in a record 22 hours, but was delayed by deep snow drifts brought by the blizzard. It arrived the morning of December 8, the first non-Canadian relief train to arrive, to two-square miles of “burned-out, blackened ruins,’’ which had just been hit with 16 inches of snow

By anon on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 6:21pm.

Nice article linked to but I'm not sure if fireworks are really appropriate, given the event being remembered. ;)

By chaosjake on Sun, 10/30/2016 - 2:47pm.

Interesting choice, given that British Massachusetts invaded French Cape Breton Island at least twice.

By Blue noser on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 12:50pm.

Seriously ??

Get over it .

Guess you don't eat French toast or English muffins .. eh ??

By cw in boston on Sun, 10/30/2016 - 2:59pm.

I love this tradition. Thanks Nova Scotia!

By Bugs Bunny on Sun, 10/30/2016 - 10:15pm.

It would be easier to visualize if they listed the feet of the tree instead of meters.

By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 10/30/2016 - 11:14pm.

Go to google.com OR your address bar if you are using chrome.

Type in "14 meters in feet" and hit the enter key.

You're welcome.

By Neal on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 10:29am.

A water meter? They're usually only few inches across. A gas meter is usually about 18-24 inches high. Maybe a parking meter? That would be my bet, since they're usually at least a little bit more a yard off the ground, like around 39.4 inches or so.

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 4:34pm.

To your litre!

By Neal on Tue, 11/01/2016 - 1:21pm.

So water meter it is!

By BikerGeek on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 1:40pm.

A meter is 39.37 inches. "Three feet" isn't really close enough for most measurement purposes but it's close enough for visualization and estimating in conversation.