Tree For Boston

• Tariff tensions don’t stop annual Christmas tree gift from Nova Scotia to Boston

  Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was on hand to officially receive the tree, and even took a turn holding the chainsaw to cut it down.

  Canada

  Nov 12, 2025
  
• N.S. family donates giant spruce as 2023 Christmas Tree for Boston: ‘It’s an honour’

  A decades-old white spruce that has served as a Stewiacke, N.S. family's outdoor Christmas tree for decades has been chosen as this year's Tree for Boston.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2023
  
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• From dressing up to pickle hunts — Canadians enjoy these funny customs during holidays

  Across the nation, Canada is home to a number of unique holiday traditions — whether it be dressing up in disguise or drinking chicken liquor.

  Canada

  Dec 25, 2022
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• ‘Meant to be’: N.S. family says an honour to donate 2022 Tree for Boston

  The Tree for Boston is Nova Scotia’s annual thank you to the Massachusettes city for sending medical personnel and supplies within hours of the Halifax Explosion in 1917.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2022
• Nova Scotia’s Tree for Boston officially lit Thursday night

  Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said in the release that Thursday's celebration will be a reminder of the importance of working together.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2020
• Nova Scotia to send annual Christmas tree to Boston on Monday

  The tree is the province’s annual thank you to Boston for sending medical personnel and supplies to Nova Scotia within hours of the Halifax Explosion.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2020
• Nova Scotia’s 2020 tree for Boston is dedicated to frontline health-care workers

  Nova Scotia is sending some love to Boston, by way of Cape Breton.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2020
• Nova Scotia’s annual tree for Boston bundled up and on the road to Halifax

  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. 

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2019
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• Pictou County family donates white spruce as annual Tree for Boston gift

  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.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2019
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• Nova Scotia begins annual ritual of honouring its ‘Tree for Boston’

  The "Tree for Boston" was carefully cut down this morning under blue skies as about 200 people watched, including carol-singing schoolchildren

  Politics

  Nov 15, 2018