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Alister MacLeod
Alister MacLeod (12 November 1894 – 24 April 1982) was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman.
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Anne Murray
Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS (born June 20, 1945) is a Canadian singer. Murray has performed in pop, country and adult contemporary styles. So far, her albums have sold over 54 million copies.
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April Wine
April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969. According to the band, they chose the name 'April Wine' simply because members thought the two words sounded good together. The band went on to release more than twenty albums and forge a live performance reputation that still sees them drawing devoted crowds across Canada and around the world more than forty years after taking their first steps into the hard rock spotlight.
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Archibald MacMechan
Archibald McKellar MacMechan FRSC (June 21, 1862 – 7 August 1933) was a Canadian academic at Dalhousie University and writer. His works deal mainly with Nova Scotia and its history. The Halifax Disaster (Explosion) was an official history of the Halifax Explosion.
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Buck 65
Richard Terfry (born March 4, 1972), who uses the stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian hip hop artist, MC and turntablist. Underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his more recent music has extensively incorporated blues, country, rock, folk and avant garde influences.
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Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol.
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Charles Tupper
Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, GCMG, CB, PC (July 2, 1821 – October 30, 1915) was a Canadian father of Confederation: as the Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He later went on to serve as the sixth Prime Minister of Canada, sworn in to office on May 1, 1896, seven days after parliament had been dissolved. He would go on to lose the June 23 election, resigning on July 8, 1896. His 68-day term as prime minister is currently the shortest in Canadian history. At age 74, in May of 1896, he was also the oldest person to serve as Prime Minister of Canada.
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Classified (rapper)
Luke Boyd (born on December 13, 1977), professionally known as Classified, is a Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia.
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Colleen Jones
Colleen P. Jones (born December 16, 1959 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known is the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row. She also serves as a reporter and weather presenter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and as a curling commentator for the National Broadcasting Company in the United States, particularly during the Winter Olympics.
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Daniel Petrie
Daniel Mannix Petrie (November 26, 1920 - August 22, 2004) was a Canadian television and movie director.
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Denny Doherty
Dennis Gerrard Stephen Doherty (November 29, 1940 – January 19, 2007) was a Canadian singer and songwriter. He was most widely known as a founding member of the 1960s musical group The Mamas & the Papas.
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Donald McKay
Donald McKay (September 4, 1810 – September 20, 1880) was a Canadian-born American designer and builder of sailing ships.
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Donald Sutherland
Donald McNicol Sutherland, OC (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian character actor with a film career spanning nearly 50 years. Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, in 1967, and MASH and ''Kelly's Heroes in 1970, as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Ordinary People. He recently starred in the American television series Dirty Sexy Money''. He is the father of actor Kiefer Sutherland.
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Donna Morrissey
Donna Morrissey (born in 1956 at The Beaches, Newfoundland) is a Canadian author.
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Dummer's War
'''Dummer's War (c. 1721-1725), (also known as Lovewell's War, Father Rale's War, Greylock's War, Three Years War or the 4th Indian War''') was a series of battles between New England and Wabanaki Confederacy (specifically Mi'kmaq Maliseet, and Abenaki), who were allied with New France. There were two theatres to the war - Maine and Nova Scotia. The root cause of the conflict was tension over the ownership of these regions.
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Dutch people
The Dutch people (Dutch: ) are the dominant ethnic group of the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language.
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Edward Cornwallis
Lieutenant General Edward Cornwallis (5 March 1713 – 14 January 1776) was a British military officer, and the twin brother of Frederick Cornwallis.
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) is the reigning queen and head of state of 16 independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. In addition, as Head of the Commonwealth, she is the figurehead of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations and, as the British monarch, she is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
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Ellen Page
Ellen Philpotts-Page (born February 21, 1987), known professionally as Ellen Page, is a Canadian actress. Page received both Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for her role as the title character in the film Juno. She won back-to-back Austin Film Critics Association Awards for Best Actress for her roles in Juno and Hard Candy.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
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English people
The English (from ) are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens.
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Ernest Buckler
Ernest Buckler (19 July 1908 – 4 March 1984) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer best known for his 1952 novel, The Mountain and the Valley.
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First Nations
First Nations is a term of ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The total population is nearly 700,000 people. Under the Employment Equity Act, First Nations are a "designated group", along with women, visible minorities, and persons with physical or mental disabilities. They are not defined as a visible minority under the Act or by the criteria of Statistics Canada.
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Frank Parker Day
Frank Parker Day (9 May 1881 at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia – 1950 at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia) was a Canadian fisherman and author.
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French people
French people can refer to:
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George Canyon
George Canyon (born on August 22, 1970 to Fred Lays Sr. and Cheryl Lays) is a Canadian country music singer. He was runner up Nashville Star 2 in 2004. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia and later lived in Hopewell, Nova Scotia (where he still owns land) before he moved west. He currently lives in High River, Alberta. He also holds an appointment in the Canadian Forces as Honourary Colonel at 14 Wing Greenwood.
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George Dixon (boxer)
George Dixon (July 29, 1870 – January 6, 1908) was the first black world boxing champion in any weight class, while also being the first ever Canadian-born boxing champion.
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German people
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Gordie Sampson
Gordie Sampson (born July 30, 1971) is a singer-songwriter and producer from Big Pond, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Hank Snow
Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian country music artist. He charted more than 70 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. This total includes the number 1 hits "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket", "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", and "Hello Love" as well as other top ten hits. He is a member of both the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Music Hall of Fame.
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Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American film actor and producer. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. He is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner, John Book in Witness and Jack Ryan in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. His four-decade career also includes roles in several other Hollywood blockbusters, including Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, Air Force One, and What Lies Beneath. At one point, four of the top five box-office hits of all time included one of his roles. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry.
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Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. Bonham Carter made her film debut in the K. M. Peyton film, A Pattern of Roses, before appearing in her first leading role in Lady Jane. She is best known for her portrayals of Lucy Honeychurch in the film A Room with a View, Marla Singer in the film Fight Club, Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter film series, her Oscar-nominated performance as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove, her BAFTA-nominated performance as Enid Blyton in Enid, her Golden Globe-nominated performance as Mrs. Lovett in , as well as her other collaborations with Tim Burton, her domestic partner since 2001.
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Holy Cole
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Hugh MacLennan
John Hugh MacLennan, CC, CQ (March 20, 1907 – November 9, 1990) was a Canadian author and professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award.
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Irish people
The Irish people (, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaedhil) are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years (according to archaeological studies, see Prehistoric Ireland), with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded have legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha Dé Danann and the Milesians the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic ancestry, and still serving as a term for the Irish race today. The main groups that interacted with the Irish in the Middle Ages include the Scottish people and the Vikings, with the Icelanders especially having some Irish descent. The Anglo-Norman invasion of the High Middle Ages, the English plantations and the subsequent English rule of the country introduced the Normans and Flemish into Ireland. Welsh, Picts, Bretons, and small parties of Gauls and even Anglo-Saxons are known in Ireland from much earlier times.
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Italian people
The Italian people () are a people that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence (though the principle of Jus Sanguinis is used extensively and arguably more favorably in the Italian nationality law), and are distinguished from people of Italian descent and, historically, from ethnic Italians living in the unredeemed territories adjacent to the Italian peninsula.
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Joel Plaskett
Joel Plaskett (born April 18, 1975) is a Canadian rock musician originally from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and now resides across the harbour in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He has been a prominent figure in the Canadian indie rock scene of the 1990s and 2000s.
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John Mack Faragher
John Mack Faragher (born Phoenix, Arizona) is an American historian.
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John Paul Tremblay
John Paul Tremblay (born January 1, 1968) is a Canadian actor who stars in the hit Canadian TV show Trailer Park Boys, playing Julian, a newly released ex-con returning to his home in a trailer park in Nova Scotia. The show is written by Tremblay along with co-stars Robb Wells and Mike Smith. The Trailer Park Boys released a in 2006, most of it being filmed in the municipality of Halifax. Tremblay and Wells also appeared in the 2002 family film ''Virginia's Run'', though not as Ricky and Julian.
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Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003), born J. R. Cash, was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is primarily remembered as a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll—especially early in his career—as well as blues, folk, and gospel. Late in his career, Cash covered songs by several rock artists, among them the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails and the synthpop band Depeche Mode.
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Joseph Howe
Joseph Howe, PC (December 13, 1804 – June 1, 1873) was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician, and public servant. He is one of Nova Scotia's greatest and best-loved politicians. His remarkable gift for oratory and his considerable skills as a journalist and writer have made him a Nova Scotia legend.
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JRDN
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Jurriaen Aernoutsz
Jurriaen Aernoutsz (or Aernouts) was a Dutch colonial navy captain, who briefly captured a section of the French colony of Acadia in 1674 AD, establishing the brief Dutch Occupation of Acadia.
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Kate Winslet
Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. She is the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader (2008). Winslet has been acclaimed for both dramatic and comedic work in projects ranging from period to contemporary films, and from major Hollywood productions to less publicised indie films. She has won awards from the Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association among others, and has been nominated for an Emmy Award for television acting.
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Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s, culminating in his first Academy Award for The Usual Suspects (Best Supporting Actor), followed by a Best Actor Academy Award win for American Beauty (1999). His other starring roles in Hollywood include Seven, L.A. Confidential, Pay It Forward, and Superman Returns in a career which has eventually earned him Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Since 2003, he has been artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London.
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Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a Canadian actor, producer and director, best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox thriller drama series 24. He is an Emmy Award- and Golden Globe award-winner. He is the son of Canadian actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas.
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LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for her work in country music. She is best known for her rich vocals similar to country music singer Patsy Cline,
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Leonardo Dicaprio
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Lesley Choyce
Lesley Choyce (born 21 March 1951) is a Canadian author of novels, non-fiction, children's books, and poetry.
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Liam Neeson
Liam John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an Irish actor who has been nominated for an Oscar, Golden Globe and a BAFTA.
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Linden MacIntyre
Linden MacIntyre (b. May 29, 1943 in St. Lawrence, NL) is a Canadian journalist, broadcaster and novelist. He has won eight Gemini Awards, an International Emmy and numerous other awards for writing and journalistic excellence.
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Martina McBride
Martina McBride (born Martina Mariea Schiff on July 29, 1966, in Sharon, Kansas) is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.
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Mayann Francis
Mayann Elizabeth Francis, ONS is the 31st and current Lieutenant Governor of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
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Melissa Fay Greene
Melissa Fay Greene
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Mi'kmaq people
The Míkmaq () are a First Nations (Native American) people, indigenous to northeastern New England, Canada's Atlantic Provinces, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. The nation has a population of about 40,000 of whom nearly 11,000 speak the Algonquian language Lnuísimk, more commonly known as "Micmac". Once written in Míkmaq hieroglyphic writing, Lnuísimk is now written using most letters of the standard Latin alphabet.
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Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author and liberal political commentator. He is the director and producer of Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, and , four of the top nine highest-grossing documentaries of all time. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, documenting his personal crusade to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth.
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Miriam Cooper
Miriam Cooper (November 7, 1891 – April 12, 1976) was a silent film actress who is best known for her work in early film including Birth of a Nation and Intolerance for D.W. Griffith and The Honor System and Evangeline for her husband Raoul Walsh. She retired from acting in 1923 but was rediscovered by the film community in the 1960s, and toured colleges lecturing about silent films.
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Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger (born June 17, 1935, New York City) is an American folksinger. She is also well known in Britain, where she lived for more than 30 years with her husband, singer and songwriter Ewan MacColl.
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Rita MacNeil
Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS (born May 28, 1944) is a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she has had hits on the country charts throughout her career. In the United Kingdom, MacNeil's song "Working Man" was a #11 hit in 1990.
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Robbie Robertson
Jaime Robert "Robbie" Robertson, (born Jaime Robert Klegerman, July 5, 1943) OC; is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his membership as the guitarist and primary songwriter within The Band. He was ranked 78th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. The Band has been inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. As a songwriter Robertson is responsible for such classics as "The Weight", "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "Up On Cripple Creek", "Broken Arrow" and "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", among many others.
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Rocky Johnson
Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Bowles on August 24, 1944) is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. Quite popular in his own right in the 1970s and 1980s, he is also known for being the father of actor and former wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. During his wrestling career he became a 1-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Georgia Champion and also became a 1-time NWA Southern Heavyweight Memphis Champion as well as winning many other championships. Along with his partner Tony Atlas, Johnson was a part of the first black tag team to win the World Tag Team championship in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
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Samuel Cunard
Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 – 28 April 1865) was a British shipping magnate, born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line. He was the son of a master carpenter and timber merchant who had fled the American Revolution and settled in Halifax.
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Sandford Fleming
Sir Sandford Fleming, KCMG (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor, known for proposing worldwide standard time zones, Canada's postage stamp, a huge body of surveying and map making, engineering much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, and being a founding member of the Royal Society of Canada and founder of the Royal Canadian Institute, a science organization in Toronto.
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Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born ) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter.
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Scottish people
The Scottish people (Scots Gaelic: Albannaich), or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Celtic Picts (east) and the Gaels (west), incorporating neighbouring Britons as well as Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.
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Sidney Crosby
Sidney Patrick Crosby ONS (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Crosby was drafted by the Penguins out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) first overall after earning back-to-back CHL Player of the Year awards and leading his club to a berth in the 2005 Memorial Cup during his two-year major junior career with the Rimouski Océanic. Nicknamed "The Next One", he was one of the most highly regarded draft picks in hockey history, leading many to refer to the 2005 Draft Lottery as the "Sidney Crosby Sweepstakes".
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Simon Schama
Simon Michael Schama, CBE (born 13 February 1945) is a British historian and art historian. He is a professor at Columbia University. He is best known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC documentary series A History of Britain. Other works on history and art include The Embarrassment of Riches, Landscape and Memory, Dead Certainties, ''Rembrandt's Eyes, and his history of the French Revolution, Citizens. Schama is an art and cultural critic for The New Yorker''.
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Stan Rogers
Stanley Allison "Stan" Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter.
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Stephen McNeil
Stephen McNeil (born November 10, 1964) is a Nova Scotian politician representing the riding of Annapolis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and is the leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
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The Rankin Family
The Rankin Family is a Canadian musical family group from Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The group has won many Canadian music awards, including 15 East Coast Music Awards, six Juno Awards, four SOCAN Awards, three Canadian Country Music Awards and two Big Country Music Awards.
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Thom Fitzgerald
Thomas "Thom" Fitzgerald (born July 8, 1968) is an American-Canadian film director.
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Thomas Raddall
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Acadia University
Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level. The enabling legislation consists of: Acadia University Act and the Amended Acadia University Act 2000.
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Alberta
Alberta is the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. It covers nearly the same land area as the state of Texas, and had a population of 3.7 million in 2009. It became a province on September 1, 1905, on the same day as Saskatchewan.
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Anne Murray Centre
The Anne Murray Centre is a museum located in Springhill, Nova Scotia exploring the history of the singer, Anne Murray.
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Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island – and Newfoundland and Labrador. The population of the Atlantic provinces was 2,337,561 as of 2009.
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Baleine, Nova Scotia
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Bay of Fundy
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Brier Island
Brier Island is an island in the Bay of Fundy in Digby County, Nova Scotia.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-quarter of the world's population at the time, and covered more than 13 million square miles (34 million km2), almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area. As a result, its political, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread. At the peak of its power, it was often said that "the sun never sets on the British Empire" because its span across the globe ensured that the sun was always shining on at least one of its numerous territories.
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Cabot Trail
The Cabot Trail is a highway and scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
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Canada
Canada () is a country in North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Canada's common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world.
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Canso, Nova Scotia
This article is about the town. For the headland, see Cape Canso.
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Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island (—formerly île Royale, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatainn, Míkmaq: Únamakika, simply: Cape Breton) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, which is French for Brittany.
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City of Halifax
The City of Halifax (est. 1841) was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County, and was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996. It is no longer an incorporated city and is a community of HRM.
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Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1818, Dalhousie is one of Canada's oldest universities. As the largest post-secondary educational institution in the Maritime Provinces it offers a wide array of programs, including Dalhousie Medical School, the Schulich School of Law, Business Administration and the separate Sexton Campus for architecture, urban and regional planning, and engineering. The chancellor is Mr. Fred Fountain; Dr. Tom Traves serves as president and vice-chancellor.
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Enfield, Nova Scotia
Enfield, (2006 pop.: 3415), is a Canadian exurban community located in the Shubenacadie Valley on the border of Hants and Halifax counties. Specifically, Enfield exists in both the East Hants Municipal District and the Halifax Regional Municipality and is divided by the Shubenacadie River.
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Florida
Florida () is a state of the United States. It is located in the Southeastern United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. Much of the state's land mass is a large peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Caribbean to the south. Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state in 1845, after a three hundred year period of European colonization.
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France
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Gaspé Peninsula
The Gaspésie (official name) or also Gaspé Peninsula or the Gaspé is a peninsula constituting part of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. It extends into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and is separated from New Brunswick by the baie des Chaleurs and the Restigouche River.Gaspesie is a touristic region of Quebec.
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Halifax Harbour
Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
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Isthmus of Chignecto
The Isthmus of Chignecto is an isthmus bordering the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia which connects the Nova Scotia peninsula with North America.
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Maine
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www.pbs.org - Every so often a giant emerges on the stage of science, someone who transcends the narrow boundaries of a particular line of research and alters our perspective on the world. EO Wilson is such a man.
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Cracking the Maya Code
www.pbs.org - The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind a riddle: an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on stone monuments and painted on pottery and bark books. Because the invading Spanish suppressed nearly all knowledge of how the script worked, unlocking its meaning posed one of archaeology's fiercest challenges. Until now.
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.98 - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time HD Edition Pt.4 FINALE
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- Published: 23 Feb 2012
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.96 - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time HD Edition Pt.2
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- Duration: 13:02
- Published: 21 Feb 2012
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.1 - I Never Asked For This, You Did
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- Duration: 8:39
- Published: 09 Oct 2011
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.2 - Little Boy AWAY!!
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- Duration: 12:47
- Published: 10 Oct 2011
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.95 - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time HD Edition Pt.1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 13:07
- Published: 19 Feb 2012
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.3 - I CHOOSE YOU LITTLE BOY
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- Duration: 13:23
- Published: 11 Oct 2011
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PO Box Info w/Hotties
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- Duration: 1:12
- Published: 19 Feb 2012
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READ DESCRIPTION!!!! Box Address: James Wilson PO Box 270128 Littleton, CO 80127 DO NOT use online names or it will be sent back, use my real name :) In general PO Box (for all creatures) The Creatures, LLC. PO Box 270128 Littleton, CO 80127
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Nova and Sp00n in "Two Guys In An Elevator"
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- Duration: 30:22
- Published: 20 Jan 2012
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.4 - Thats NOT A FINGER
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- Duration: 13:49
- Published: 12 Oct 2011
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The Sound Of Arrows - Nova
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- Duration: 3:39
- Published: 18 Feb 2011
- Uploaded: 26 Feb 2012
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BUY NOVA ON ITUNES NOW - itunes.apple.com Nova, the first single taken from The Sound of Arrows' debut album is released on 25th April 2011 via Geffen Records. www.facebook.com www.thesoundofarrows.com Dir The Sound of Arrows / Mattias Johansson ©Geffen Records 2011.
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.8 - The Daddy Launcher
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- Duration: 10:41
- Published: 17 Oct 2011
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.18 - The Old Man Trials
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- Published: 05 Nov 2011
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.19 - Never Let Go
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- Duration: 11:18
- Published: 06 Nov 2011
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.20 - The Frustration, The Anger, THE RAGE
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- Published: 07 Nov 2011
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.21 - Beating The Boobies
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- Published: 08 Nov 2011
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.27 - Earthquakes and Sonic BOOM
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- Duration: 11:55
- Published: 15 Nov 2011
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.30 - A Tale Of Triumph
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- Duration: 11:37
- Published: 18 Nov 2011
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NOVA Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance - iPhone/iPod touch Game Trailer
Now available on the App Store: itunes.apple.com Best Action Game of the Year by IGN www.near-orbit-vanguard-alliance.com and http Gameplay trailer of the highly-anticipated sci-fi FPS Official site: www.gameloft.com Friend us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Visit our blog: blog.gameloft.com
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The Simpsons Arcade Game w/Nova & SSoHPKC Ep.1
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- Duration: 12:55
- Published: 09 Feb 2012
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.31 - Challenge Accepted
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- Duration: 11:23
- Published: 20 Nov 2011
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Half-Life 2 Synergy w/Nova, Kootra & Ze Ep.1: We Throw Stuff...A lot
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- Duration: 17:08
- Published: 29 Jan 2012
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Leave a like to show some love :) www.youtube.com We've been planning on doing Half-Life for awhile now so since we've held off for so long we finally decided to pull the trigger and go through it. Synergy lets us play co-op so we have all the more funsies Ze: www.youtube.com Kootra: www.youtube.com Fan Mah Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow Mah Twitter: twitter.com Shirts: www.redbubble.com
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![1994–1996 Holden LG Nova SLX hatchback, photographed in Gymea, New South Wales, Australia.This sharing of models proved unpopular with buyers, and original models outsold their badge engineered counterparts.[1] The last of such models, the Toyota Lexcen (Holden Commodore) was dropped in 1997.](http://web.archive.org./web/20120227082549/http://cdn1.wn.com/pd/1a/2e/6a229ea764a1fb789bee4079cca2_medium.jpg "1994–1996 Holden LG Nova SLX hatchback, photographed in Gymea, New South Wales, Australia.This sharing of models proved unpopular with buyers, and original models outsold their badge engineered counterparts.[1] The last of such models, the Toyota Lexcen (Holden Commodore) was dropped in 1997.")
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Plant breeders tend to have their own specialties. For instance, mention coral bells, and in the plant world, Terra Nova Nurseries comes to mind. That's because Dan Heims, owner of the Oregon company,...
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So, you want to grow your own food? For newbie vegetable gardeners, the keys to first-time success: Start small, stick to the basics and plant reliable varieties. Here are nuggets of advice from...
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TAMPA, Fla. – Ivan Nova reluctantly pointed his car toward Scranton and turned on the stereo. CHRIS PEDOTA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER After heading to the minors in early July, Ivan Nova returned to go 8-0 in his last 11 starts of the regular season....(size: 15.1Kb)
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By time the final buzzer sounded on Nova’s 50-39 loss to Lake Howell in the 2009 Class 5A girls’ basketball state title game, then Titans’ freshmen Khadejra Young, Jasmine Kelly and Zachara Bailey walked off the Lakeland Center floor believing a trip to the state final four...(size: 2.6Kb)
Nova more secure after tough stretch last year
24 Feb 2012
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Merengue music rattled the windows of Ivan Nova's car as he embarked on the longest, loneliest drive of his life, the passing scenery of Interstate 80 providing no comfort as he reported for a demotion he didn't deserve. Nova was tied for second on the club in victories, so the...(size: 4.7Kb)
| name | Nova Scotia| AlternateName ''Nouvelle-Écosse'' (French)''Alba Nuadh'' (Gaelic) |
|---|---|
| fullname | Province of Nova Scotia |
| entityadjective | Provincial |
| flag | Flag_of_Nova_Scotia.svg |
| coatofarms | Coat of Arms of Nova Scotia.svg |
| map | Nova Scotia, Canada.svg |
| label map | no |
| motto | ''Munit Haec et Altera Vincit''() |
| officiallang | English |
| Regional languages | French, Canadian Gaelic, Gaelic |
| flower | |
| dog | |
| tree | |
| bird | |
| capital | Halifax |
| largestcity | Halifax |
| largestmetro | Halifax |
| demonym | Nova Scotian |
| premier | Darrell Dexter |
| premierparty | NDP |
| viceroy | Mayann Francis |
| viceroytype | Lieutenant-Governor |
| legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| postalabbreviation | NS |
| postalcodeprefix | B |
| arearank | 12th |
| pci | 39,092 |
| totalarea km2 | 55283 |
| landarea km2 | 53338 |
| waterarea km2 | 1946 |
| percentwater | 3.5 |
| populationrank | 7th |
| population | 946,397 (est.) |
| populationyear | 2011 |
| densityrank | 2nd |
| density km2 | 17.74 |
| gdp year | 2009 |
| gdp total | C$34.283 billion |
| gdp rank | 7th |
| gdp per capita | C$34,210 |
| gdp per capita rank | 11th |
| admittanceorder | 1st, with ON, QC, NB |
| admittancedate | July 1, 1867 |
| timezone | UTC-4 |
| houseseats | 11 |
| senateseats | 10 |
| isocode | CA-NS |
| website | www.gov.ns.ca }} |
Nova Scotia (pronounced ; ; ) is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in Canada with an area of . As of 2009, the population is 946,397, which makes Nova Scotia the second-most-densely populated province.
Nova Scotia was already home to the Mi'kmaq people when French colonists established the first permanent European settlement in Canada and the first north of Florida in 1604. In 1867 Nova Scotia was one of the four founding provinces of the Canadian Confederation.
Tourist bureaus portray Nova Scotia as a province whose true essence is found in primitive, rustic, and unspoiled traditions outside the process of modernization, and highlight all things Scottish,. People with Scottish ancestry are the largest self-identified ethnic group in the province after Canadian (that population is 29.3% as of 2011).
History
Overview
The province includes regions of the Mi'kmaq nation of Mi'kma'ki (mi'gama'gi). Nova Scotia was already home to the Mi'kmaq people when the first European colonists arrived. In 1604, French colonists established the first permanent European settlement in Canada and the first north of Florida at Port Royal, founding what would become known as Acadia.The British Conquest of Acadia took place in 1710. It was formally recognized in 1713 by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Cape Breton Island (Île Royale) was returned to back to the French in the Treaty of Utrecht. What is now New Brunswick was still a part of the French colony of Acadia. The name of the capital was changed from Port Royal to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The capital of Nova Scotia was changed from Annapolis Royal to the newly established Halifax in 1749. In 1755, the vast majority of French population (the Acadians) were expelled and replaced by 8,000 immigrants who came from the New England colonies arrived between 1759-1768.
In 1763, most of Acadia (Cape Breton Island, St. John's Island (now Prince Edward Island) and New Brunswick) became part of Nova Scotia. In 1769, St. John's Island became a separate colony. Nova Scotia included present-day New Brunswick until that province was established in 1784 after the arrival of United Empire Loyalists. In 1867 Nova Scotia was one of the four founding provinces of the Canadian Confederation.
17th and 18th century
The history of Nova Scotia was significantly influenced by the warfare that took place on its soil during the 17th and 18th century. Prior to that time period, the Mi’kmaq lived in Nova Scotia for centuries. The French arrived in 1604, and Catholic Mi’kmaq and Acadians were the predominant populations in the colony for the next 150 years. During the first 80 years the French and Acadians were in Nova Scotia, there were nine significant battles as the English, Scottish, Dutch and French fought for possession of the colony. These battles happened at Port Royal, Saint John, Cap de Sable (present-day Port La Tour, Nova Scotia), Jemseg and Baleine.Beginning with King Williams War in 1689, there were six wars in Nova Scotia before the British defeated the French, Acadians, and Mi’kmaq:
The battles during these wars were primarily fought at Port Royal, Saint John, Canso, Chignecto, Dartmouth, Lunenburg and Grand Pre.
Despite the British Conquest of Acadia in 1710, Nova Scotia remained primarily occupied by Catholic Acadians and Mi'kmaq. A generation later, Father Le Loutre's War began when Edward Cornwallis arrived to establish Halifax with 13 transports on June 21, 1749. During the French and Indian War the Acadians were deported and the New England Planters were brought to the colony to take their place. After the war, the Acadians were allowed to return and treaties were made with the Mi’kmaq.
The American Revolution (1776–1783) also had a significant impact on shaping Nova Scotia. Throughout the war, American privateers devastated the maritime economy by raiding many of the coastal communities. Raids happened regularly on Lunenburg, Annapolis Royal, Canso and Liverpool. There were also two naval battles: the Naval battle off Halifax and another off Sydney, Cape Breton. There was ambivalence in Nova Scotia—the 14th American Colony—over whether or not the colony should join the Americans in the rebellion against Britain (See Battle of Fort Cumberland and the Siege of Saint John (1777)). As a result of the British defeat, approximately 30,000 United Empire Loyalists (American Tories) settled Nova Scotia (which was divided and the present-day province of New Brunswick created). Approximately 3,000 of this group were Black Loyalists.
19th century
During the War of 1812, Nova Scotia’s contribution to the war effort was communities either purchasing or building various privateer ships to lay siege to American vessels. Perhaps the most dramatic moment in the war for Nova Scotia was when the HMS Shannon escorted the captured American Frigate USS Chesapeake into Halifax Harbour (1813). Many of the prisoners were kept at Deadman's Island, Halifax.During this century, Nova Scotia was the first colony in British North America and in the British Empire to achieve responsible government in January–February 1848 and become self-governing through the efforts of Joseph Howe. (In 1758, Nova Scotia also became the first British colony to establish representative government. An achievement that was later commemorated by erecting the Dingle Tower (1908).)
Thousands of Nova Scotians fought in the American Civil War (1861–1865), primarily for the North. The British Empire (including Nova Scotia) was declared neutral in the struggle between the North and the South. As a result, Britain (and Nova Scotia) continued to trade with both the South and the North. Nova Scotia’s economy boomed during the civil war.
Immediately after the Civil War, Pro-Confederate premier Charles Tupper led Nova Scotia into the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867, along with New Brunswick and the Province of Canada. The Anti-Confederation Party was led by Joseph Howe. Almost three months later, in the election of September 18, 1867, the Anti-Confederation Party, won 18 out of 19 federal seats, and 36 out of 38 seats in the provincial legislature.
In the 19th century, Nova Scotia became a world leader in both building and owning wooden sailing ships in the second half of the 19th century. Nova Scotia produced internationally recognized ship builders Donald McKay and William Dawson Lawrence. The fame Nova Scotia achieved from sailors was assured when Joshua Slocum became the first man to sail single-handedly around the world (1895). This international attention continued into the following century with the many racing victories of the Bluenose schooner.
Nova Scotia was also the birthplace and home of Samuel Cunard, a British shipping magnate, born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line.
During the nineteenth century, internationally renoun inventors Sir Sandford Fleming and Alexander Graham Bell both had homes and conducted numerous experiments in Nova Scotia.
Geography
Nova Scotia is Canada's second-smallest province in area after Prince Edward Island. The province's mainland is the Nova Scotia peninsula surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, including numerous bays and estuaries. Nowhere in Nova Scotia is more than from the ocean. Cape Breton Island, a large island to the northeast of the Nova Scotia mainland, is also part of the province, as is Sable Island, a small island notorious for its shipwrecks, approximately from the province's southern coast.
Climate
Nova Scotia lies in the mid-temperate zone and, although the province is almost surrounded by water, the climate is closer to continental rather than maritime. The temperature extremes of the continental climate are moderated by the ocean.Described on the provincial vehicle-licence plate as Canada's Ocean Playground, the sea is a major influence on Nova Scotia's climate. Nova Scotia's cold winters and warm summers are modified and generally moderated by ocean influences. The province is surrounded by three major bodies of water, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the north, the Bay of Fundy to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east.
While the constant temperature of the Atlantic Ocean moderates the climate of the south and east coasts of Nova Scotia, heavy ice build-up in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence makes winters colder in northern Nova Scotia; the shallowness of the Gulf's waters mean that they warm up more than the Atlantic Ocean in the summer, warming the summers in northern Nova Scotia. Summer officially lasts from the first Sunday in April to the Saturday before the last Sunday in October. Although Nova Scotia has a somewhat moderated climate, there have been some very intense heatwaves and cold snaps recorded over the past 160 years. The highest temperature ever recorded in the province was 38.3 °C (101 °F) on August 19, 1935 at Collegeville, which is located about 15 km southwest of Antigonish. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −41.1 °C (−42 °F) on January 31, 1920 at Upper Stewiacke.
The highest temperature ever recorded in the city of Halifax was 37.2 °C (99 °F) on July 10, 1912, and the lowest was −29.4 °C (−21 °F) on Feb 18th, 1922. For the city of Sydney, the highest temperature ever recorded was 36.7 °C (98 °F) on August 18, 1935, and the lowest was −31.7 °C (−25 °F) on January 31, 1873, and January 29, 1877
Rainfall changes from in the south to elsewhere. Nova Scotia is also very foggy in places, with Halifax averaging 196 foggy days per year and Yarmouth 191.
The average annual temperatures are:
Spring from to Summer from to Fall about to Winter about to
Due to the ocean's moderating effect Nova Scotia is the warmest of the provinces in Canada. It has frequent coastal fog and marked changeability of weather from day to day. The main factors influencing Nova Scotia's climate are:
Because Nova Scotia juts out into the Atlantic, it is prone to tropical storms and hurricanes in the summer and autumn. However due to the relatively cooler waters off the coast of Nova Scotia, tropical storms are usually weak by the time they reach Nova Scotia. There have been 33 such storms, including 12 hurricanes, since records were kept in 1871 – about once every four years. The last hurricane was category-one Hurricane Earl in September 2010, and the last tropical storm was Tropical Storm Noel in 2007 (downgraded from Hurricane Noel by the time the storm reached Nova Scotia).
Government and politics
Nova Scotia is ordered by a parliamentary government within the construct of constitutional monarchy; the monarchy in Nova Scotia is the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The sovereign is Queen Elizabeth II, who also serves as head of state of 15 other Commonwealth countries, each of Canada's nine other provinces, and the Canadian federal realm, and resides predominantly in the United Kingdom. As such, the Queen's representative, the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (presently Mayann E. Francis), carries out most of the royal duties in Nova Scotia.The direct participation of the royal and viceroyal figures in any of these areas of governance is limited, though; in practice, their use of the executive powers is directed by the Executive Council, a committee of ministers of the Crown responsible to the unicameral, elected House of Assembly and chosen and headed by the Premier of Nova Scotia (presently Darrell Dexter), the head of government. To ensure the stability of government, the lieutenant governor will usually appoint as premier the person who is the current leader of the political party that can obtain the confidence of a plurality in the House of Assembly. The leader of the party with the second-most seats usually becomes the Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (presently Stephen McNeil) and is part of an adversarial parliamentary system intended to keep the government in check.
Each of the 52 Members of the Legislative Assembly in the House of Assembly is elected by single member plurality in an electoral district or riding. General elections must be called by the lieutenant governor on the advice of the premier, or may be triggered by the government losing a confidence vote in the House. There are three dominant political parties in Nova Scotia: the Liberal Party, the New Democratic Party, and the Progressive Conservative Party.
The province's revenue comes mainly from the taxation of personal and corporate income, although taxes on tobacco and alcohol, its stake in the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, and oil and gas royalties are also significant. In 2006-07, the province passed a budget of $6.9 billion, with a projected $72 million surplus. Federal equalization payments account for $1.385 billion, or 20.07% of the provincial revenue. The province participates in the HST, a blended sales tax collected by the federal government using the GST tax system.
Nova Scotia no longer has any incorporated cities; they were amalgamated into Regional Municipalities in 1996.
Culture
Fine arts
Nova Scotia has long been a centre for artistic and cultural excellence. The capital city of Halifax hosts institutions such as Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Neptune Theatre, Two Planks and a Passion Theatre, Ship's Company Theatre and the Symphony Nova Scotia, the only full orchestra performing in Atlantic Canada. The province is home to avant-garde visual art and traditional crafting, writing and publishing and a film industry.
Film and television
Nova Scotia has produced numerous film actors. Academy Award nominee Ellen Page (''Juno'', ''Inception'') lives in Nova Scotia; five time Academy Award nominee Arthur Kennedy (Lawrence of Arabia, High Sierra) called Nova Scotia his home; and two time Golden Globe winner Donald Sutherland (''MASH'', ''Ordinary People'') spent most of his youth in the province. Other actors include John Paul Tremblay (''Trailer Park Boys''). Nova Scotia has also produced numerous film directors such as Thom Fitzgerald (''The Hanging Garden'') and Daniel Petrie (''Resurrection''—Academy Award nominee).
Nova Scotian stories are the subject of numerous feature films: ''Margaret's Museum'' (starring Helena Bonham Carter); ''The Bay Boy'' (directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Kiefer Sutherland); ''New Waterford Girl''; and ''Evangeline'' (starring Miriam Cooper).
There is a significant film industry in Nova Scotia. Some of the Academy Award winning feature films that have been made in the province are: ''Titanic'' (starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet); ''Bowling for Columbine'' (starring Michael Moore); and ''The Shipping News'' (starring Kevin Spacey and Cate Blanchett). Other films include'' K-19: The Widowmaker'' (starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson).
Nova Scotia has also produced numerous television series: ''This Hour has 22 Minutes'', ''Don Messer's Jubilee'', ''Black Harbour'', ''Haven'', ''Trailer Park Boys'' and ''Theodore Tugboat''.
Literature
There are numerous Nova Scotian authors who have achieved international fame: Thomas Chandler Haliburton (''The Clockmaker''); Alister MacLeod (''No Great Mischief''); and Margaret Marshall Saunders (''Beautiful Joe''). Other authors include Johanna Skibsrud (''The Sentamentalist''), Alden Nowlan (''Bread, Wine and Salt''), George Elliott Clarke (''Execution Poems''), Lesley Choyce (''Nova Scotia: Shaped by the Sea''), Thomas Raddall (''Halifax: Warden of the North''), Donna Morrissey (''Kit's Law''), Frank Parker Day (''Rockbound'').
Nova Scotia has also been the subject of numerous literary books. Some of the international best-sellers are: ''Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mining Disaster'' (by Melissa Fay Greene) ; ''Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Explosion 1917'' (by Laura MacDonald); "In the Village" (short story by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Bishop); and National Book Critics Circle Award winner ''Rough Crossings'' (by Simon Schama). Other authors who have written novels about Nova Scotian stories include: Linden MacIntyre (''The Bishop's Man''); Hugh MacLennan (''Barometer Rising''); Ernest Buckler (''The Valley and the Mountain''); Archibald MacMechan (''Red Snow on Grand Pré''), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (long poem ''Evangeline''); Lawrence Hill (''The Book of Negroes'') and John Mack Faragher (''Great and Nobel Scheme'').
Music
Nova Scotia has produced numerous musicians. The Grammy Award winners include Denny Doherty (from The Mamas & the Papas), Anne Murray, and Sarah McLachlan. Other musicians include: country singer George Canyon, jazz singer Holy Cole; multi-Juno nominated rapper Classified, Rita MacNeil, Sloan, The Rankin Family, Buck 65, Joel Plaskett and Grand Derangement. There are numerous songs written about Nova Scotia: The Ballad of Springhill (written by Peggy Seeger and performed by U2 – See video); Stan Rogers songs Bluenose and Barrett's Privateers; Farewell to Nova Scotia (traditional); She’s Called Nova Scotia (by Rita MacNeil); Cape Breton (by David Myles); Acadian Driftwood (by Robbie Robertson) and My Nova Scotia Home (by Hank Snow).Nova Scotia has also produced some significant song writers such as Grammy Award winning Gordie Sampson. Sampson has written songs for Carrie Underwood ("Jesus, Take the Wheel", "Just A Dream", "Get Out Of This Town"), Martina McBride ("If I Had Your Name",You're Not Leavin Me"), LeAnn Rimes ("Long Night", "Save Myself"), and George Canyon ("My Name"). Another successful Nova Scotia song writer was Hank Snow whose songs has been recorded by The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash.
Sports
Sport is an important part of Nova Scotia culture. There are numerous professional sports teams. Nova Scotia has also produced numerous athletes such as Sidney Crosby (hockey), Brad Marchand (hockey), Colleen Jones (curling), Al MacInnis (hockey), Rocky Johnson (wrestling) and George Dixon (boxer). The achievements of Nova Scotian athletes are presented at the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
Tourism
See Nova Scotia—Wiki Travel GuideNova Scotia's tourism industry showcases Nova Scotia's culture. There are centres that tell the stories of the province's internationally renown musicians: Hank Snow Home Town Museum (Liverpool), Rita McNiel's Tea Room (Big Pond), and the Anne Murray Centre (Springhill). Nova Scotia also has an array of centres and museums which reflect the various communities that make up the province's culture: Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, Grand-Pré National Historic Site, Glooscap Heritage Centre, Glace Bay Miners Museum, and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
There are also numerous music festivals throughout the province such as the Stan Rogers Folk Festival, the Halifax Jazz Festival, the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, Celtic Colours, Deep Roots Music Festival, Clare Acadian Festival, Nova Scotia Multicultural Festival. There is the would renoun Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo. Nova Scotia also hosts the annual Atlantic Film Festival and the Atlantic Fringe Festival.
The province has numerous historical museums. The most notable being Habitation at Port-Royal, Fortress of Louisbourg and Citadel Hill (Fort George).
Nova Scotia's culture is also shaped by the environment. The highlights include going around the Cabot Trail, Whale Watching off of Brier Island, riding the waves or walking on the ocean floor of the Bay of Fundy (the location of the world's highest tides at Burncoat Head) and visiting the rocky landscape of Peggy's Cove.
Demographics
Population since 1851
| !Year | !Population | !Five Year % change | !Ten Year % change |
| 1851 | 276,854| | n/a | n/a |
| 1861 | 330,857| | n/a | 19.5 |
| 1871 | 387,800| | n/a | 17.2 |
| 1881 | 440,572| | n/a | 13.6 |
| 1891 | 450,396| | n/a | 2.2 |
| 1901 | 459,574| | n/a | 2.0 |
| 1911 | 492,338| | n/a | 7.1 |
| 1921 | 523,837| | n/a | 6.4 |
| 1931 | 512,846|n/a | | ||
| 1941 | 577,962| | n/a | 12.7 |
| 1951 | 642,584| | n/a | 11.2 |
| 1956 | 694,717| | 8.1 | n/a |
| 1961 | 737,007| | 6.1 | 14.7 |
| 1966 | 756,039| | 2.6 | 8.8 |
| 1971 | 788,965| | 4.4 | 7.0 |
| 1976 | 828,570| | 5.0 | 9.6 |
| 1981 | 847,442| | 2.3 | 7.4 |
| 1986 | 873,175| | 3.0 | 5.4 |
| 1991 | 899,942| | 3.1 | 6.2 |
| 1996 | 909,282| | 1.0 | 4.1 |
| 2001 | 908,007|||
| 2006 | 913,462| | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| 2011 | 946,397| | 3.6 | 4.2 |
Top ten counties by population
| County | 2001 | 2006 | ||
| ! style="background:#d3d3d3; text-align:left;" |
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359,183 | 372,858 | |
| ! style="background:#d3d3d3; text-align:left;" | 109,330 | 105,928 | ||
| ! style="background:#d3d3d3; text-align:left;" | 58,866 | 60,035 | ||
| ! style="background:#d3d3d3; text-align:left;" | 49,307 | 50,023 | ||
| ! style="background:#d3d3d3; text-align:left;" | 47,591 | 47,150 | ||
| ! style="background:#d3d3d3; text-align:left;" | 46,965 | 46,513 | ||
| ! style="background:#d3d3d3; text-align:left;" | 40,513 | 41,182 | ||
| ! style="background:#d3d3d3; text-align:left;" | 32,605 | 32,046 | ||
| ! style="background:#d3d3d3; text-align:left;" | 26,843 | 26,277 | ||
| ! style="background:#d3d3d3; text-align:left;" | 21,773 | 21,438 |
Ethnic origins
According to the 2001 Canadian census the largest ethnic group in Nova Scotia is Scottish (29.3%), followed by English (28.1%), Irish (19.9%), French (16.7%), German (10.0%), Dutch (3.9%), First Nations (3.2%), Welsh (1.4%), Italian (1.3%), and Acadian (1.2%). Peoples of European descent thus make up approximately 96.8% of the total population. Almost half of respondents (47.4%) identified their ethnicity as "Canadian".
Racism
Throughout the years, many high profile cases of racism against Black Canadians have occurred in Nova Scotia giving it the title of "The Mississippi of the North". The province in Atlantic Canada continues to battle racism with an annual march to end racism against people of African descent.
Language
[[File:Nouvelle-Ecosse langues.png|thumb|Mother tongue in Nova Scotia: Red – majority anglophone, Orange – mixed, Blue – majority francophone.]] The 2006 Canadian census showed a population of 913,462.Of the 899,270 singular responses to the census question concerning "mother tongue" the most-commonly reported languages were:| !Rank | !Language | !Respondents | !Percentage |
| 1. | English | 833,105 | 92.53% |
| 2. | French | 32,540 | 3.62% |
| 3. | Arabic | 4,425 | 0.49% |
| 4. | Mi'kmaq | 4,060 | 0.45% |
| 5. | German | 4,045 | 0.45% |
| 6. | Chinese | 3,370 | 0.37% |
| 7. | Dutch | 2,440 | 0.27% |
| 8. | Polish | 1,570 | 0.17% |
| 9. | Spanish | 1,305 | 0.15% |
| 10. | Greek | 1,035 | 0.12% |
| 11. | Italian | 905 | 0.10% |
| 12. | Korean | 860 | 0.10% |
| 13. | Gaelic | 799 | 0.10% |
Religion
The largest denominations by number of adherents according to the 2001 census were the Roman Catholic Church with 327,940 (37 %); the United Church of Canada with 142,520 (16 %); and the Anglican Church of Canada with 120,315 (13 %).
Economy
Nova Scotia's traditionally resource-based economy has become more diverse in recent decades. The rise of Nova Scotia as a viable jurisdiction in North America was driven by the ready availability of natural resources, especially the fish stocks off the Scotian shelf. The fishery was pillar of the economy since its development as part of the economy of New France in the 17th century; however, the fishery suffered a sharp decline due to overfishing in the late 20th century. The collapse of the cod stocks and the closure of this sector resulted in a loss of approximately 20,000 jobs in 1992. Per capita GDP in 2005 was $31,344, lower than the national average per capita GDP of $34,273 and less than half that of Canada's richest province, Alberta.Due, in part, to a strong small-business sector, Nova Scotia now has one of the fastest-growing economies in Canada. Mining, especially of gypsum and salt and to a lesser extent silica, peat and barite, is also a significant sector. Since 1991, offshore oil and gas has become an increasingly important part of the economy. Agriculture remains an important sector in the province. In the central part of Nova Scotia, lumber and paper industries are responsible for much of the employment opportunities.
Nova Scotia’s defence and aerospace sector generates approximately $500 million in revenues and contributes about $1.5 billion to the provincial economy annually. To date, 40% of Canada’s military assets reside in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia has the fourth-largest film industry in Canada hosting over 100 productions yearly, more than half of which are the products of international film and television producers. Recently, the video game industry has grown with the emergence of developers such as HB Studios and Silverback Productions. The province made international headlines with an investment by Longtail Studios in 2009.
The Nova Scotia tourism industry includes more than 6,500 direct businesses, supporting nearly 40,000 jobs. 200,000 cruise ship passengers from around the world flow through the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia each year. This industry contributes approximately $1.3 billion annually to the economy. The province also boasts a rapidly developing Information & Communication Technology (ICT) sector which consists of over 500 companies, and employs roughly 15,000 people. The Life Sciences sector in the province is flourishing; some of the most innovative life sciences companies in the world can be found in Nova Scotia. In 2006, the manufacturing sector brought in over $2.6 billion in chained GDP, the largest output of any industrial sector in Nova Scotia. There are currently over 360 firms in the Insurance Industry of Nova Scotia; there is a forecasted 25% growth in employment for this industry in the province over the next three years.
The average income of a Nova Scotian family is $47,100, ranking close to the national average; for Halifax, the average family income is $58,262, which far surpasses the national average. This, along with the province’s highly affordable real estate, makes Nova Scotia a cost-effective place to live. Halifax ranks among the top five most cost-effective places to do business when compared to large international centres in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Nova Scotia has a number of incentive programs, including tax refunds and credits that work to encourage small business growth. The province is attracting major companies from all over the world that will help fuel the economy and provide jobs; companies like Research in Motion (RIM) and Lockheed Martin have seen the value of Nova Scotia and established branches in the province.
Though only the second smallest province in Canada, Nova Scotia is a recognized exporter. The province is the world’s largest exporter of Christmas trees, lobster, gypsum, and wild berries. Its export value of fish exceeds $1 billion, and fish products are received by 90 countries around the world.
Education
The Minister of Education is responsible for the administration and delivery of education, as defined by the Education Act and other acts relating to colleges, universities and private schools. The powers of the Minister and the Department of Education are defined by the Ministerial regulations and constrained by the Governor-In-Council regulations.Nova Scotia has more than 450 public schools for children. The public system offers primary to Grade 12. There are also private schools in the province. Public education is administered by seven regional school boards, responsible primarily for English instruction and French immersion, and also province-wide by the Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial, which administer French instruction to students for whom the primary language is French.
The Nova Scotia Community College system has 13 campuses around the province. The community college, with its focus on training and education, was established in 1988 by amalgamating the province's former vocational schools.
In addition to its community college system the province has 11 universities, including Dalhousie University, University of King's College, Saint Mary's University (Halifax), Mount Saint Vincent University, NSCAD University, Acadia University, Université Sainte-Anne, Saint Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Cape Breton University and the Atlantic School of Theology.
There are also more than 90 registered private commercial colleges in Nova Scotia.
Notable People
See also
Notes
Bibliography
External links
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.27 - Earthquakes and Sonic BOOM
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.30 - A Tale Of Triumph
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Happy Wheels w/Nova Ep.30 - A Tale Of Triumph
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NOVA Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance - iPhone/iPod touch Game Trailer
gameloft
NOVA Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance - iPhone/iPod touch Game Trailer
Now available on the App Store: itunes.apple.com Best Action Game of the Year by IGN www.near-orbit-vanguard-alliance.com and http Gameplay trailer of the highly-anticipated sci-fi FPS Official site: www.gameloft.com Friend us on Facebook w...
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