John van Gurp

In 1893, Archbishop Cornelius O’Brien acquired 15 acres (6 hectares) of land on Quinpool Road, five of which were used for the building of Holy Heart Seminary to be run by the Eudist Fathers. The seminary occupied that part of Quinpool from Chebucto (Monastery Lane) to Vernon Street, and was a familiar landmark from its [...]

DARLING, Peter Duncan, QC, LLM The family is saddened to announce that Peter died on Sunday, November 2, 2008, in Halifax, following a courageous battle with cancer. The son of Barbara (MacPherson) and the late Frank Darling, Peter was born in Vancouver, B.C., and grew up in Calgary, Winnipeg and Montreal. He studied law at [...]