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    their data base that Sarah Frost and her family did indeed board the Two Sisters ship to flee the patriot threat. According to History of the Canadian People’s at the end of the war there was a flood of refugees into Quebec and Nova Scotia. 35000 Loyalists moved to Nova Scotia and another 15 000 to Quebec due to the persecution they were subjected to. The Loyalist refugees consisted of “soldiers disbanded from regular and volunteer regiments. Others were refugees who had burned their bridges behind

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    Sidney Crosby The place was Halifax‚ Nova Scotia. The Day was Friday‚ August 7‚ 1987. On this day‚ a man‚ Troy‚ and a woman‚ Trina‚ rejoiced in the birth of their first born child‚ a son. A son that would soon choose to live‚ eat‚ and breathe hockey. A child‚ unknown at the time‚ who would soon take the National Hockey League by storm. A child who would become the greatest‚ talented player of all the hockey world‚ and who would remarkably achieve this goal by the age of nineteen. This is Sidney

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    Britain was faced with resettling the former slaves who sided with them in the war. They did not want to return them to their former owners nor did they want to keep them fearing they would be more of a liability than an asset. They were sent to Nova Scotia in Canada. This is important because although the Britain no longer wanted the African American’s they did not want to return them

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    “folk” tradition‚ as well as what goes under the name “Celtic music”. The term “Celtic music” usually combines Irish traditional music with various other traditional musics‚ including those of Scotland and the Shetland Islands; Cape Breton Island‚ Nova Scotia‚ Canada; Wales; the Isle of Man; Northumberland in northern England; Brittany in northwestern France; and sometimes Galicia in northwestern Spain. The term‚ though widely used‚ is eschewed by many traditionalists. While once mostly homemade by non-professionals

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    Goals A long term goals I have is to graduate High School and College. I am going to achieve this goal by paying attention in class and studying hard. I am also going to work towards this goal by getting good grades. I want to achieve this goal because I want to have a successful life in the future. Two short term goals I have is to save money and stay away from negative people. I am going to work on saving money by putting change or any spare money I have in a container and not touch it until it

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    Laura Schuessler August 25th‚ 2009 Period 3- Cordova Spanish‚ French‚ and English Colonization In America There’s a few explorers‚ a few countries‚ and a whole lot of effort that got America started many years ago. From tribes of buffalo hunters‚ to civil wars‚ to a world of technology here today‚ America has gone through many stages‚ many battles‚ and many different leaders. At the end of the day the most important years have been the age of colonization

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    Donald Marshall Jr. Story In Nova Scotia‚ Sydney there was a man by the name of Donald Marshall. Donald Marshall was 17 years old‚ and at that time it was hard to earn money and or find a job‚ especially for a First Nation’s person. Donald’s father at most got food and supplies rather then money as a earning. His father installed drywall in houses or buildings as a career. Donald supported his father sometimes as well. His mother was a cleaner at the hospital‚ but soon became a house maid.

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    Good communication skills are also necessary as meteorologists often meet up with representatives of the government‚ industry and the public. College/ University Programs (Canada): - University of British Columbia‚ B.C. - Dalhousie University‚ Nova Scotia - Mcgill University‚ Quebec - York University‚ Ontario What you would do as a Meteorologist? - Analyze data from weather satellites and radar - Launch weather balloons and collect readings - Make weather forecasts based on findings - Study

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    questions that she asks herself in the poem. “Why the extraneous plant? / Why the taboret? / Why‚ oh why‚ the doily?”. Through these questions‚ Bishop tries to understand the reality that lies behind the external appearances. ‘First death in Nova Scotia’ describes a child’s attempts to come to terms with her first experience of death. Even as a child‚ Bishop was sharply observant‚ thinking deeply about her surroundings. She describers the lifeless loon as being ‘cold and caressable’. This shows

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    Robert Borden Robert Borden was born in 1854 in Grand Pré‚ Nova Scotia. He was prime minister of Canada from October 10‚ 1911 to July 10‚ 1920. Background: Robert Borden’s father owned a farm and worked as a local stationmaster. Robert was very promising academically from a young age‚ and became assistant school master of his academy at age fourteen. He later went to study law at university‚ and became a lawyer in Partnership with Charles Hibbert Tupper (son of future prime minister Charles

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