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This year, Nova Scotia’s Tree for Boston is coming from Cape Breton’s Christmas Island. That’s a storyline that writes itself. But this year’s selection is more than just an honour for musician Carmen Townsend and her late mother.

A white spruce from the aptly-named community of Christmas Island, N.S., will be the province’s 51st “Tree for Boston.”

The tree is an annual gift and will be shipped to Boston later this month.

The Tree for Boston is an annual gift to the city in thanks for the help Boston offered Halifax and Nova Scotia during the Halifax Explosion in 1917

For many, the ocean is life. It provides transportation, work, commerce, food, recreation—tales as old as time and shared by people across the globe.

Halifax residents can see a free outdoor projection show that pays tribute to Mikmaq elders and traditional beadwork during Mikmaq History Month.

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Two animated features will also screen at the prestigious Toronto film festival.

The Canadian duo uses relatable stories and characters to dive into chance encounters, random collisions, and the fragility of existence.

Ken Hynes, curator of the Army Museum Halifax Citadel, had a life of military service before coming home to Halifax to tell the diverse and true stories of Canadian service men and women.