Canadian civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond has been commemorated with a plaque at the site of the Nova Scotia theatre where she was arrested in 1946.

Parks Canada revealed the plaque at the former Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, where Desmond challenged segregation by sitting in the whites-only floor seats while watching a movie.

Her courageous act occurred nearly a decade before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama.

Desmond, who died in 1965, received an official apology and pardon for her arrest from the province in April 2010.

 

 

MV Saaremaa 1 could begin sailing between PEI and Nova Scotia later this week.

The vessel has been docked in Caribou since arriving from Trois Rivières as a potential interim replacement for the MV Holiday Island, which was knocked out of service because of a fire.

Northumberland Ferries has been assessing the ship over the past week and making modifications to the vessel and docking facilities.

Company vice-president Don Cormier says vessel modification work, certification and inspections, and crew safety training are still being carried out.

 

 

New Brunswick has reported its first case of Monkeypox.

Health officials say the infected individual remains in isolation.

Contact tracers have been called in to determine the source of the infection.

Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province’s chief medical officer of health, issued a statement late Friday advising New Brunswickers that the virus spreads by close contact with infected humans and does not spread like COVID-19.

 

 

Actor Anne Heche has died, nine days after suffering burns and a major brain injury when her car crashed into a home.

Spokeswoman Holly Baird said Sunday night, 53-year-old Heche was “peacefully taken off life support.”

She was a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films opposite actors including Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford.

 

 

While one group of Nova Scotia athletes headed home after a successful week at the 2022 Canada Summer Games, another contingent from across the province travelled to Ontario’s Niagara region for competition.

Week two competition gets into full swing today. Nova Scotia athletes captured five medals during the first week of the Games and achieved personal-best results in several events.