Antonov 124

An Antonov 124 long range heavy transport aircraft, currently the second largest cargo airplane in the world, landed at Halifax Stanfield International Airport 18 December 2007 to pick up six Canadian-made, Trecan Snowmelters for delivery to the City of Moscow, Russia.

Teens Now Talk

Toni Marsman, Shatori Willis, and Tinesha Carvery enjoy the premier edition of Teens Now Talk magazine at the launch party held at the Halifax Forum 7 December 2007. The magazine is the brainchild of Jessica Bowden, who saw the need for a way to allow teens to express themselves in a positive manner and show off their abilities. The magazine is the first of its kind in Eastern Canada.

Halifax Explosion

This is Wilfrid Creighton. Creighton, now 103, recalls sitting on his bed in his LeMarchant Street home studying geography when the house began to shake.

"It seemed to get dark," he said. "And then there was this terrible crash."

The windows of Creighton's house smashed and the doors ripped off their hinges. Creighton's parents peered through the empty door frame to see clouds of white smoke lurking through south end streets.

Horse carriages were darting wildly through the streets as the Creightons' neighbours hollered warnings.

"It's the Germans! It's the Germans!"

Creighton and his father were busy sealing their windows and doors when a cousin came to deliver the shocking news: the entire north end had been flattened.



The Halifax Daily News story is here. Here is more information on the Halifax Explosion.