Halifax Explosion will be much more subdued and quiet as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Halifax Regional Municipality has announced that the in-person memorial scheduled for Sunday marking the 103rd anniversary of the tragedy has been cancelled.
Uncovering of cathedral’s spectacular murals reveals Halifax’s tragic past There will be no large gatherings and no memorial as a result of the ongoing pandemic and related provincial restrictions on large gatherings.Instead, Mayor Mike Savage will make an address to Haligonians at 9 a.m.
on all of the municipality’s social media channels.On Dec. 6, 1917, the cargo ships SS Imo and SS Mont Blanc collided in the Halifax Harbour, starting a fire on Mont Blanc.Mont Blanc was full of explosives.