The National Weather Service office in Norton reports that smoke from raging fires north of Halifax has been blown down here. And unlike with the Alberta smoke, which stayed high up in the atmosphere: Read more.
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By adamg - 5/30/23 - 11:07 am
A bit subtle, but Nova Scotia smoke over eastern Mass. at 12:36 p.m, via the GOES East satellite.
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By adamg - 11/20/20 - 12:12 pm
The mayor's office released this photo of our annual gift tree from Nova Scotia safely arriving on Boston Common this morning. It'll officially be lit up on Dec. 3, come hell, high water or tree pattern baldness. Read more.
By adamg - 11/16/16 - 2:53 pm
The CBC reports the province treats the tree not just as thanks, but as tourism and seafood promotion. And that includes paying WCVB $75,000 to broadcast the tree getting lit on the Common each year - and $41,000 to the city of Boston.
By adamg - 10/30/16 - 1:44 pm
The CBC reports this year's gift from Nova Scotia - to honor the aid Boston sent after the Halifax harbor explosion in 1917 - will be the first from Cape Breton.
The 14-metre white spruce will be taken from Crown-owned land close to the Waycobah First Nation.
The Nov. 15 tree-cutting will feature a drum group from Waycobah as well as a fiddler and bagpiper.
By adamg - 12/4/15 - 6:50 am
Photo by Communications Nova Scotia.
A pair of Mounties bracket Halifax, NS Mayor Mike Savage, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil and Andrea and Kyla MacEachern of Lorne, NS, who donated this year's Boston Tree as thanks for the aid Boston gave Halifax after an explosion in Halifax harbor in 1917 killed 2,000 and destroyed a large part of the city.
By adamg - 12/4/14 - 2:58 pm
The city plans to light the Nova Scotia Christmas tree on the Common at 7 tonight - the same time people protesting a New York grand jury's decision not to issue an indictment in the Eric Garner case plan to rally on the Common.
Boston Police plan to block traffic on Tremont Street between Boylston and Court streets around 6:45 p.m.
By Neal - 4/20/13 - 3:09 pm
Halifax may not be one of Boston's official sister cities, but once again it's asserted its status as Boston's best friend: Nova Scotia to give $50,000 to Boston Children's Hospital after bombings.
The relationship goes back to at least 1917.
By adamg - 11/26/12 - 10:27 am
A cavalcade of Nova Scotians, including red-suited Mounties, the deputy premier of the province and the percussion band Squid, will greet no doubt bemused commuters 7 to 9:30 on Thursday morning outside Park Street station, handing out "I Heart Nova Scotia" toques, um, caps and just generally thanking Bostonians for all that help we sent their way back in 1917.
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