On the morning of Dec. 6, 1917, the Mont Blanc exploded (it was the largest explosion created by humans to date, only to be topped by the testing of an atomic bomb, and is still on record as one of ...

HALIFAX - Halifax’s water utility says it needs to divert millions of cubic metres of wastewater into the Halifax harbour and Bedford Basin as part of maintenance work in the coming weeks.

HALIFAX - Halifax’s water utility says it needs to divert millions of cubic metres of wastewater into the Halifax harbour and Bedford Basin as part of maintenance work in the coming weeks ...

In December 2024, the CBC reported that Irving Shipbuilding discovered ship fragments while dredging the harbour as part of an archaeological monitoring program. These pieces were suspected of being ...

6, 1917, an accidental collision of two ships in Halifax Harbour set off an uncontrollable fire. One of the ships was a Belgian relief vessel; the other was the SS Mont-Blanc, a French munitions ...

It was caused when the SS Mont-Blanc, a French ship carrying ammunition, and the Imo, a Norwegian steamship carrying Belgian relief supplies, collided in Halifax harbour. The Mont-Blanc was torn ...

Workers at the Halifax Shipyard have apparently found remains of the SS Mont-Blanc. Marilyn Davidson Elliott's father was blinded in the explosion. Watch her interview with Amy Smith. Lawmaker in ...

On December 6, 1917, a disaster unlike anything the world had seen struck Halifax, Nova Scotia. On that day, the SS Imo collided with the Mont-Blanc in Halifax harbour. The collision caused a fire on ...

O ne hundred and six years ago, on the morning of Dec. 6, 1917, Halifax was forever changed. That morning, the SS Mont-Blanc cargo ship collided with the SS Imo steamship in Halifax Harbour—an ...

The Mont Blanc caught fire and drifted into Pier ... "There's so much stuff that has been thrown overboard in Halifax harbour, there are not enough ships to carry it away," he said.