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Nova Scotia shipbuilding program seeks to draw marginalized groups into industry
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Official Keel Laying Ceremony at Halifax Shipyard for the Future HMCS William Hall, Canada s Fourth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship
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William Hall of Hantsport, N.S., was the first Black person, the first Nova Scotian and the third Canadian to be honoured with the Victoria Cross.(CBC)
African Heritage Month was marked by a special ceremony Wednesday at the Irving Shipyard in Halifax as the keel was officially laid for the first Canadian naval vessel to be named after a Black person.
The fourth Arctic offshore patrol ship will bear the name of William Hall, who was also the first Black person to win the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Relief of Lucknow in 1857.