Shortly after 9 a.m. on Dec. 6, 1917, in the midst of the First World War, the largest human-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb was set off when the munitions ship Mont Blanc and the steamer Imo ...

Modern-day Halifax's highrises encased in glass, top, make for a much different vista than in 1890, bottom. The Dec. 6, 1917, Halifax Explosion remains one of the deadliest disasters in Canadian ...

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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, ...

Nearly a century ago, five-year-old Kaye Chapman said goodbye to her four brothers and sisters as they rushed out the door of their north-end Halifax home. She collected her Bible and hymnbook and was ...

On Wednesday night, Dec. 5, 1917, with Canadians entering their fourth year of the Great War, schoolkids across Halifax went to bed dreaming of what they would find under the Christmas tree, just 20 ...

Nine days after the terrible Halifax Explosion, on Dec. 15, 1917, Mary Nehiley went to the Chebucto Road School and walked down the stairs into a vast, harshly lit basement. The building was silent, ...

A towering Christmas tree from Canada stands on Boston Common. It was lit Thursday night with great fanfare, including fireworks, Santa and song. The Boston tradition always brings good cheer. That's ...

Students and teachers at a school in Summerside, P.E.I., went back in time this week to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion. Summerside Intermediate was transformed into Halifax ...

In the aftermath of a disaster that killed thousands and injured thousands more, newspapers from Toronto to Hawaii and France to Australia scrambled to update readers Almost immediately, aid was ...