Sydney, Nova Scotia Essays

  • Sydney Tar Ponds

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    southeast side of Sydney harbor in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This mill was named DISCO, or Dominion Iron and Steel Company Limited, which was ultimately a subsidiary of DOMCO, or the Dominion Coal Company Limited. DOMCO coal was mined in Dominion, near Glace Bay and was used to make coke. Coke is a hard, grey, porous material, man-made from the coal and is used to fuel the blast furnaces for smelting the iron ore. (Coke (fuel), 2012) DOMCO along with DISCO merged with the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company

  • Viola Desmond Research Paper

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    established himself as a barber and her mother, Gwendolin Irene Davis was the daughter of a White minister. Her parents were active members of the black community. ROSELAND THEATRE On November 8, 1946, Viola set out for a sales trip to the city of Sydney on Cape Breton Island. Everything was going well, until she arrived at Glasgow. That is when she heard some noises coming from her car

  • Nova Scotia

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    Nova Scotia Nova Scotia, one of the three Maritime and one of the four Atlantic provinces of Canada, bordered on the north by the Bay of Fundy, the province of New Brunswick, Northumberland Strait, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and on the east, south, and west by the Atlantic Ocean. Nova Scotia consists primarily of a mainland section, linked to New Brunswick by the Isthmus of Chignecto, and Cape Breton Island, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Canso. On July 1, 1867, Nova Scotia became

  • Hockey Stick History

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    in the news a couple of years ago when its owner, Mark Presley of Berwick, NS, sold it to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec for $300,000.   Presley came upon the stick during the year 2000 as it hung in George Ferneyhough’s North Sydney barber shop. Fernryhough, who has since retired from the hair-cutting trade, had it on display there for almost 20 years. Carved into the stick’s blade can be found the initials, ‘WM,’ said to be those of its original owner, William Moffatt of the

  • The Mi’kmaq Way of Life

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    each other, the dialect varies between bands. For example, the Mi’kmaq spoken in Quebec differs from that in Nova Scotia. The Mi’kmaq tribe settled in southwestern New Foundland in 1630. They were the “first nation people” (Nova Scotia 1) of Nova Scotia and later also settled in New England. They are the dominant tribe in the Canadian Maritimes and are f Roman Catholic faith, (Nova Scotia 1; Wallis and Wallis14, 21-22; Sultzman 1). In traditional times, men, women and children all wore similar

  • Settlement in the Canadian Maritime Provinces

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    “New France was not merely the settlement of a few fur traders; it was also a colony of Christ in the New World, even more a colony of Christ, or of the Church, than of France.” Due to the pious believers that inhabited New France, the country was run in a particular way, separating itself from France. Although falling under the jurisdiction of “New France,” the Acadians governed separately than the rest of the country and were a separate entity within New France. Today, “the Acadians are the

  • “When Places Becomes Race”: Africville

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    Jennifer J. Nelson’s “Panthers or Thieves”: Racialized Knowledge and the Regulation of Africville focuses on the stereotypical, one-sided, approach that faced most research studies and publications about Africville in the early to mid- twentieth century. The Black community of Africville was understood to be a poor and racialized slum; ultimately key factors in its demise. The city of Halifax viewed it to be their “dump” where all social services were lacking, social conditions declined and a history

  • Hersheys Food Corporation

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    Hershey, Pa (Hershey plant, Reese plant, West Hershey plant0, Hazleton, PA, Lancaster, PA, Memphis, Tenn., Naugatuck, Conn., New Brunswick, NJ, Oakedale, CA, Palmyra, PA, Reading, PA, Robinson, Ill., Stuarts Draft, VA, Wheatridge, CO, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Montreal, Quebec, Smiths Falls, Ontario, and Guadalajara, Mexico. As successful as Hershey’s is, some factors have influenced set backs for the company. Devaluation in Brazil, Russia’s economic collapse, restructuring in China and the Asian financial

  • Analysis Of Aminata

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    Defying Robinson Appleby 's agreement to never teach a Negro how to read, Mamed, the overseer with a raised cane, proposes Aminata an offer which she cannot decline. Being the overseer in Appleby 's plantation, Mamed 's duty is to ensure that the plantation is properly functioning while Master Appleby is absent. In fear of being disciplined for divulging the prohibited prayer, Aminata recognizes Mamed 's humanity as he murmurs, “Allahu Akbar”. With Mamed 's offer to Aminata to tutor her how

  • Summary Of The Black Loyalists By James Walkers

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    Promised Land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, 1783-1870 is a comprehensive study of black loyalists as a unique community in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone. Part of Walker’s book is in direct relation and defense of the work Christopher Fyfe had done previously, History of Sierra Leone. Walker’s view on the subject is, even though Sierra Leone is such a small area comparatively to the rest of Africa, important developments and significant trends developed in Sierra Leone and Nova Scotia that are worth

  • The Clockmaker by Haliburton

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    Clockmaker" is Americans. "The Clockmaker" was written when Nova Scotia had "No capital or markets and with a population which had acquired habits that were not suited for a life of meagre income and sober farming" (Klinck, 92-101). Haliburton blamed the Americans for this. One of the reasons he wrote "The Clockmaker" was to enlighten Nova Scotia and the rest of the world about the true heritage and resources of the colony. "The salvation of Nova Scotia could only come, he felt through a marked change in

  • Ice and Sand

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    weather changes. Greenhouse gasses are causing these ice caps to melt more and more every year though. If the ice caps were to melt completely, it would raise our ocean level ten to twenty stories about what it is now. This would send places like Nova Scotia, Vancouver, and New York completely under water. Scientists are not really quit sure what will happen with green house gases, whether they will cause a flood from melting the ice caps, or whether it will send us into another ice age. If it were

  • Reflections on Privatization and Criminal Justice

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    When the Fraser Institute called me last year, they rang up and said they were having a conference and we would like to invite you, and I thought I think you have the wrong person. Basically, everybody else there, except myself and one person from Nova Scotia, were in favour of privatization and very strongly in favour of it, especially with respect to prisons. It was actually very educational and interesting to engage in that debate. First of all I would like to thank you very much for the invitation

  • Business Plan: Yo-Good

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    A franchise was chosen in lieu of the formation of a new brand as Yo-Good has successfully established a name in the Middle Eastern region, leading us to believe that such success could be replicated in the frozen-yogurt niche market found in Nova Scotia. We also believe that it would be the easiest means of ensuring that a healthy product is being sold to our consumers, and that the low cost of entry would provide us with reasonable revenue, allowing us to continue improving the healthy lifestyles

  • Loyalists Pull Factors

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    Loyalists were American Colonists, who believed if they remained loyal to the crown they would stay safe. There were many types of Loyalists, United Empire, black Loyalists, and Native Loyalists. They were living the thirteen colonies at the time before the American revolution, then the British made an offer to them, which caused them to leave the thirteen colonies to British North America. This all occurred between years 1783 and 1784. Now, this report will investigate the push and pull factors

  • Declaring Independence

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    colonies caused the creation of the Declaration of Independence. The devastation caused by the Battle of Bunker Hill caused General Gage to be replaced with General William Howe. Howe ordered his troops to evacuate Boston and sailed his men to Nova Scotia to wait for reinforcements and to plan his next attack. How planned to isolate New England because it was though that most resistance originated from there. He intended to capture New York City and take control of the Hudson River. He also planned

  • Definitions of Words Relating to Colonial America

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    named for the reigning English king, James I. 7.Royal Colony— In 1691 a new royal charter was granted for the colony of Massachusetts, which incorporated the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket Island, Maine, and Nova Scotia. Under the charter a popular assembly was established to aid the royal governor, and the right to elect representatives to the assembly was based on property qualifications, rather than on church membership. The royal charter ended control of Massachusetts

  • Giovanni Da Verrazano

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    is believed to have been the first European to sight the New York Bay, but it was not explored until Henry Hudson's voyage in 1609. Verrazono also explored the North Carolina coast and he visited the Chesapeake region and then northward to Nova Scotia. In fact, he explored much of the American coast line. When Giovanni was 39, he explored more of the coast, sailing his 100-ton ship Dauphine for the French. While on this mission, he discovered a "beautiful" harbor in April and gave the name

  • Elizabeth Bishop Roosters

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    1911, Bishop grew to be a well-known poet. Her works gained national attention, and her writing style brought her fame. 	Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911. She began her young life in New England, and later moved to Nova Scotia in Canada after her father died and her mother was committed. After basic education, Bishop attended Vassar College in the state of New York. Bishop met Mary McCarthy, and they worked together on a literary magazine while attending Vassar called

  • Dangerous Driving And The Effects On Youth

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    offense. The following analysis will provide a descriptive summary of the functionalist perspective, the social control theory and the power control theory. These theories have been applied to a news story in which two young teens from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Renee and Danielle Orichefsky, were killed in a dangerous driving accident. The driver was Ralph Parker, a twenty year old man from Halifax who lost control of his sports car as he attempted to make a turn on the corner where the girls were sitting