The 1917 Halifax Explosion, which occurred during the First World War, remains to this day the deadliest disaster in Canadian history. Nearly three decades later, during the Second World War, there ...

The Halifax explosion on December 6, 1917 wiped out six square kilometres of the city. It was the largest manmade explosion the world had known. (National Archives of Canada) Ships carrying ...

A city devastated; neighbors coming to its aid; the hunt for a scapegoat: Though the Angelenos enduring wildfires today lead lives dramatically different from those of the people who survived the ...

Standing on land connected to her family history, Martin, a member of Millbrook First Nation, reflects on the Mi'kmaw lives lost during the Halifax Explosion. On the morning of Dec. 6, 1917 ...

On the morning of December 6th 1917, the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia was a bustling, lively place. But in less than a second, Halifax became the center of a tragedy like no other in the history ...