The missing history of Nova Scotia’s lieutenant governors
Contrarian's old friend Ivan Smith—retired teacher, railway buff, and citizen watchdog—writes to decry the inexplicable removal from Lieutenant Governor Mayann Francis's official website of the brief biographies of former L-Gs it once contained: Nowadays there is a simple list of the previous office-holders, showing names, dates of service, and nothing else. Contrast this sparse treatment with the list that was available in 2005. At first glance, the two look similar, but there is a crucial difference. In the website's 2005 list, each name was a link to a brief but informative biographical note about that Lieutenant Governor or Governor. In the...
09 October, 2009