Every stained glass window in the church was shattered that day, with the force of the blast embedding tiny shards into the walls and the murals.

Cecilia Coolen was laid to rest on the 102nd anniversary of the Halifax explosion. She was just 10-days old when the blast killed both her parents.

Friday marks the 102nd anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, which killed approximately 2,000 people and injured 9,000 more.

The 60-year-old, 45-foot-tall white spruce, donated by Desmond Waithe and Corina Saunders of Pictou County’s Black Point, was cut down with much fanfare on Wednesday. 

The 60-year-old, 45-foot-tall white spruce, donated by Desmond Waithe and Corina Saunders of Black Point, will soon be making its 1,100-kilometre trek to Boston.

The smaller of the two bells is marked with the words J. Warner & Sons London 1853.

The vessel — thought to be the only Canadian ship still afloat to have served in the First World War and Second World War — will open for the first time this season on Thursday.

The former United Memorial Church was erected in the North End of Halifax in 1921 to memorialize victims of the Halifax explosion and the president of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia Andrew Murphy, would like to see it saved.    

The event, called the Amazing (North End) Race, was organized to help children from the North End get active and engaged in their neighbourhood.

Thursday marks the 101st anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, when two wartime ships collided in the harbour and sparked a massive blast that claimed almost two-thousand lives and obliterated a section of the city.