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What are Nova Scotia's 5 biggest cities?
Nova Scotia has many large population bases, but only two are large enough to have incorporated to cities. Halifax in the south central region and Sydney in the North east on Cape Breton Island....
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Why is Nova Scotia named Nova Scotia?
Nova Scotia means New Scotland in Scottish. The Scotland settlers lived here and then named it for New Scotland. They settled here because the war was happening and they would have to move. It wasn't...
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What were the Top 5 manmade disasters in 2009?
1. union carbide-chemical spill2. Exon Valdez- oil spill3. chernobyl- nuclear power plant blows up4. Castle Bravo- American thermonuclear bomb test5. minamata disease- toxic compound, killed thousand...
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What are the top 5 NZ natural disasters?
New Zealand's most deadly natural disaster was the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake, which killed 256 people. To find out more on this topic, Christchurch City Libraries website has some great info.
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Did Nova Scotia ever had a natural disaster?
There have been many unfortunate disasters in Nova Scotia, some of the worst are man made, such as the Halifax explosion the mining disasters in Springhill and most recently at the now defunct...