You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Wrecked homes on Campbell Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in December 1917.

On Dec. 6, 1917, a blast from a cargo ship in Halifax harbor destroyed the city.

William Harford, a British Royal Navy gunner with ties to Jamestown, is pictured in his sailor’s uniform with an unknown woman, believed to be his wife at a young age. Harford was present during the ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: December 6th, 1917, 98 years ago today ... the day an immense explosion wiped out much of the port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Mont Blanc, a ...

If you were walking around Halifax, Nova Scotia, on this day back in 1917, you'd have been among the lucky ones. The survivors. A massive explosion on the waterfront had rocked the city on December 6, ...

The City of Boston lit its official Christmas tree on Boston Common this week, but it's a celebration that shines far beyond ...

When anyone goes on a North Atlantic cruise that stops in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the main excursion is a bus tour that informs visitors of a devastating event most of us know nothing about. Picturesque ...

A Halifax scuba diver has found something that could shed a little new light on one aspect of a dark chapter in Nova Scotian history. Bob Chaulk has explored Halifax harbour from the Bedford Basin to ...

The big picture story unfortunately repeats itself: a precarious situation of hazardous materials at an industrial port, circumstances of a fire leading to a massive explosion, and a disaster of ...

Highrises coated in glass crowd the skyline of modern-day Halifax, a much different scene than 100 years ago when timber frames and simple masonry made up the cityscape near the city's waterfront. On ...