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Corporate body · 1972-

Until 1972, Nova Scotia government information services were delivered by a variety of successive departments. Legislation in 1972 established the Nova Scotia Communications and Information Centre. In 1981 the centre became a division of the Department of Government Services. In November 1987, Nova Scotia Information Service again became a separate agency, with a mandate to facilitate the flow of communication between government and the public and to promote Nova Scotia nationally and internationally. In 1992, Nova Scotia Information Service became a division of the Department of Supply and Services.

Reid, William
Person

Dr. William Reid joined the staff of Xavier Junior College in 1953 as Professor of Physics. He served as President of the University College of Cape Breton during 1983-1989.

James Lotz
Person · 1929-2015

James Lotz was born in Liverpool, England in 1929. He was awarded a B.A.(Honours) from Manchester University after serving two years in the Royal Air Force. He served as a trader in Nigeria, came to Canada in 1954, and became a Canadian citizen. In 1957, he took an M.Sc. in geography at McGill University and undertook post-graduate work in planning, anthropology and theology.

Between 1955 and 1966, he served with scientific groups in Labrador-Ungava and northern Ellesmere Island. In 1960, he joined the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources as a community planning officer, and then became a research officer in the department’s Northern Co-ordination and Research Centre. In 1966, James became research director of the Canadian Research Centre for Anthropology at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, where he taught community development and carried out research on unemployed youth, squatters and urban renewal. From 1971-1973, he taught community development at the Coady International Institute at St. Francis Xavier University, and was a freelance writer, association executive and consultant in community economic development. In 1995, Lotz was appointed Research Fellow and Senior Consultant to the Centre for Community Development at the University College of Cape Breton.

Sutherland, Charles H.

Charles H. Sutherland was born in New Glasgow and served in World War 1. During his service, he married Dorothy Griffiths, a musician. They made their home in Sydney where he operated the family hardware business of Thompson and Sutherland until his retirement.

Mackinnon, Michael J.
Person · 1905-1959

Monsignor Michael Mackinnon was born in Sydney Mines in 1905 and ordained in 1930. Following service in a number of parishes in Cape Breton, he was appointed Director of the St. F.X. University Extension Department in 1952. He was Executive Vice-President of the University at the time of his death in 1959.

MacKenzie, Daniel Duncan
Person · 1859-1927

Daniel Duncan MacKenzie was born in 1859 at Lake Ainslie, N.S., the son of Duncan and Jessie (MacMillan) MacKenzie. MacKenzie made his home at 104 Queen Street, North Sydney. He married Florence MacDonald of Sydney Mines for whom the village of Florence, Cape Breton was named. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar, and, in 1908 was made King’s Counsel. He was a member of the legal firm of Murray and MacKenzie, and, later, of MacKenzie and MacMillan. He entered politics as a Liberal and was MLA for Cape Breton North, 1900-1904, and an M.P. for Cape Breton North-Victoria, 1904-1906 and 1908-1922. In 1919, at the death of Sir Wilfred Laurier, he was chosen House Leader for the Liberal opposition. He was Solicitor-General in the King administration from 1921 to 1923 until he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. While still a Judge, he died in Halifax on June 9, 1927 and is buried at Lakeside Cemetery in North Sydney.

Macdonald, John A.
Person · 1815-1891

The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald was born in Scotland and was raised and educated in Kingston, Upper Canada. He was a lawyer, but during most of his life political duties left him little time for his law practice. He married twice and was survived by his second wife and two children.

He entered provincial politics as a Conservative in 1844, becoming a member of the Executive Council in 1847. Macdonald played a major role in creating the Coalition of 1854 which he moulded into the Liberal-Conservative Party which dominated much of the succeeding half century. He was the central figure in the creation of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Becoming Canada's first Prime Minister in 1867, he retained that post until 1873. He was Prime Minister again from 1878 until his death on 6 June 1891. Besides being Prime Minister, Macdonald held numerous important cabinet posts. Macdonald was central to many Canadian political developments such as the Northwest Rebellions, the Pacific Scandal, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the National Policy.

Macdonald, Angus L.
Person · 1890-1954

Angus Lewis Macdonald was born at Dunvegan, N.S. on 10 August 1890, the son of Lewis and Veronica (Perry) Macdonald. Macdonald was Premier of Nova Scotia from 1933-1940 and 1945-1954.

Murphy, James A.

James Murphy was born in Margaree, Cape Breton in 1893, and began working in a coal mine at an early age. He enrolled at St. Francis Xavier University to complete his high school education, but during his first year at college war broke out and he was selected to go to the Royal Military College where he obtained his commission as Lieutenant. His military career began in 1916, serving at Somme and Vimy Ridge where he was wounded receiving the Military Cross in 1920. He resumed his education after the War, completing two years of engineering. In 1923, Murphy went to the United States where he worked at various jobs, married, raised a family and settled in Detroit where he retired in 1961.

McDonald, Willliam
Person · 1837-1916

Senator William McDonald was born at River Denys Road, Inverness County in 1837. Following graduation from St. Francis Xavier College he became a merchant and Postmaster at Little Glace Bay. He served as Conservative member of parliament for Cape Breton County from 1872 until 1884 when he was called to the Senate, a position he held until his death in 1916.

MacDonald, Annie

Annie MacDonald, born November 17, 1878, enlisted as a nurse with the Canadian Army Medical Corps on April 3, 1916. She served as a nursing sister with the 9th Stationary Hospital.

Canada Registration Board

The Canadian Registration Board was first founded after August, 1917, in order to record the occupations of Canadians and insure that those who were needed to work enlisted to serve during World War 1.

MacNeil, James Charles
Person

"Jim Charlie" MacNeil was a native of the Red Islands district, an active member of the Scottish Catholic Society and an ardent worker for the preservation of the Gaelic language and culture.

Willmot, Percy
Person · 1887-1919

Lieut. Percy Charles Willmot was born in 1887 in Birmingham, England. He came to Canada as a young man and worked at Crowell's Ltd., Sydney until his enlistment in 1914. He served Overseas with the 25th Battalion until 1919 when he was invalided home. He died 27 December 1919.

Croak, John Bernard
Person · 1892-1918

Private John Bernard Croak was born in Newfoundland to James and Cecilia Croak in 1892. The family later moved to Glace Bay, where Croak attended school and later worked in the mines. In 1914, he went to Western Canada and on his way home volunteered for overseas service. He was killed in 1918 in action during the attack on Amiens Defence System that merited him the Victoria Cross.

Day, James Douglas
Person · 1891-

James Douglas Day was born in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, on February 12, 1891. An electrician by trade, he enlisted for military service on September 24, 1914 after serving for 6 years with the 17th C.F.A..

Hill, Harold Lester
Person · 1887-

Harold Lester Hill was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, on March 9, 1887. In March of 1917, he enlisted at St. John's with the Canadian Engineers, with whom he served overseas during World War 1. He was discharged on May 19, 1919.

Stevens, Francis H.C.
Person · 1890-1974

Francis H. C. Stevens was born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1890. He had a distinguished career as a newspaper columnist with the Winnipeg Free Press in the 1930's and 1940's, including a stint as a war correspondent. In the late 1940's he moved to Cape Breton where he was employed with the Cape Breton Post until shortly before his death in 1974.

Wood, Weldon Wood
Person · 1881-1966

Dr. Weldon Patton was born in Roslin, Nova Scotia, in 1881. After graduating from Dalhousie's School of Medicine in 1908, he practised in Newfoundland and numerous locations in Cape Breton, including Glace Bay, Broughton, Dominion, and Port Morien. Patton contributed to the war effort both by serving as a doctor during World War 1, and by tending to disabled soldiers after their return from war. He died in Port Morien in 1966.

MacLean, Charles J.
Person · 1886-1947

Charles J. MacLean was born in Baddeck on October 15, 1886, to parents Michael C. and Effie (Nicholson). During World War 1, he served with the 25th Battalion CEF in England and France and earned the title of Sergeant. Upon return, he married and had five children. MacLean died on November 25, 1947.