REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL. The waiting list for this event is now closed as well. Date: December 2, 2014 Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm (Guests are requested to arrive between 6:30pm and 6:50pm) With the founding of Nova Voce in 2004, a new and distinctive voice was added to Nova Scotia's choral landscape. In January of that year, Terry Hurrell and Giuseppe Renzi, Nova Voce's founding fathers, became the inaugural Artistic and Associate Artistic Directors . They auditioned singers from around the province with the goal of generating performance of the highest possible caliber for...

On Remembrance Day we honour the men and women who died serving their country on battlefields from Vimy Ridge to the Kapyong Valley. We honour them by remembering their sacrifices, expressing our solemn gratitude to veterans and saluting current members of the Canadian Armed Forces and their families. As Canadians, we must never forget that the prosperous and peaceful country in which we are so fortunate to live, was indelibly shaped by the tragic and horrific wars of the twentieth century. We have a responsibility to develop a deeper understanding of the context in which these global...

As Her Majesty the Queen’s representative in Nova Scotia, it my pleasure to extend warm greetings on the occasion of Treaty Day 2014. Today we affirm the bond of friendship between the Crown and the Mi’kmaw Nation and pay tribute to the rich cultural traditions of the Mi’kmaq people in Nova Scotia. In this centennial year of the outbreak of the First World War, let us remember the First Nations soldiers who were among the first to answer the call to serve. Their sacrifice on the battlefields and at home, is an important part of our shared history that must never be forgotten...

Today we mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of Canada's entrance into the Second World War. On September 10, 1939 His late Majesty, King George VI signed the proclamation declaring war on Nazi Germany. Just over one million Canadians would serve in uniform over the course of the war, and 45,000 would lose their lives in the conflict. Canada was one of the first countries to rush to the defence of democracy and throughout the war we served as a lifeline of personnel, material and support to Britain and our allies. Nova Scotia played an auspicious part in the conflict, especially in the...