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Learned Societies Conference

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  • ca. 1930 -
The Learned Societies conference was established in 1930, and evolved from the older Royal Society's yearly meetings to become Canada's largest annual gathering of academics and professionals working in the social sciences and humanities. Held at a different university each spring, the conference attracts multiple academic societies as well as universities. The 1981 Learned Societies Conference was held at Dalhousie University, and included lectures, panel discussions and readings, as well as city tours, a book publishers' fair and musical performances. In April 1996, the conference name was changed to the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The May 2003 conference was held at Dalhousie University and the University of Kings College.

Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia

  • Corporate body
  • 1987-1994
Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia (LGRNS) was an activist organization founded in 1987. In 1991 LGRNS lobbied the provincial government for explicit recognition of sexual orientation as a prohibited grounds for discrimination in the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act, the first provincial jurisdiction to do so. LGRNS held a number of demonstrations to petition the Nova Scotian and later the federal government to include sexual orientation in the Human Rights Code. The organization also hosted speakers, media and Pride events before they closed operations in 1994.

Lindwood Holdings Limited.

  • Corporate body

Lindwood Holdings Limited was an investment and holding company incorporated in 1971. The company was formed when Oland and Son Limited sold its brewing assets to John Labatt Limited. After this sale, Oland and Son Limited became Lindwood Holdings Limited, Olands Brewery Limited became Lindwood Holdings (N.B.) Limited and Oland and Son (Que) Limited became Lindwood Investments (Que) Limited. Lindwood Holdings retained the non-brewing assets of Oland and Son and its affiliated companies, including farm land, property and real estate, contracts, and other investments.

At the company's inception, Bruce Oland was President of the company, Don J. Oland was Senior Vice- President, Sidney M. Oland was Vice-President and Assistant Secretary-Treasurer and Norman Stanbury was Secretary-Treasurer. Oland Investments Limited owned a 56% stake of the company's shares. Changes to the company's executive occurred throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.

Lindwood Holdings made investments in a wide variety of sectors, including manufacturing, real estate, natural resources, and transportation. The company owned a minority share of Tartan Seafoods and numerous other regional and national businesses. As President of Lindwood Holdings, and later as Chairman of the company's Board of Directors, Bruce Oland remained active in the brewing industry. He regularly consulted with John Labatt Limited and served on the Advisory Board of Oland's Breweries (1971) Limited, the company established by John Labatt Limited to run the brewery in Halifax. In the 1980s, Lindwood Holdings sold many of its assets and became less active in the investment business. Lindwood Holdings was dissolved and its name struck from the Register on June 10, 2010.

Lipolysis Society of North America

  • Corporate body
The Lipolysis Society of North America became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1983 with the video recording “Lipolysis” which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Live Bait Theatre

  • Corporate body
  • 1988-
Live Bait Theatre was founded in 1988 by Mount Allison University graduates Randy White, Ann Rowley, Ross Murray, Karen Valanne and Charlie Rhindress. It is a professional theatre company and is located in Sackville, New Brunswick.

Luckhardt and Belder

  • Corporate body
  • 1899-
Luckhardt and Belder are listed as publishers in New York starting in 1899.

Lunenburg Marine Railway

  • Corporate body
  • 1897 -
Lunenburg Marine Railway was founded in 1897 to service Grand Banks schooners. The shipyard added a welding and mechanics bay during World War Two, when it became known as Lunenburg Shipyard, and it has been operated by Lunenburg Industrial Foundry and Engineering since the 1960s.

Lunenburg Outfitting Company.

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Lunenburg Outfitting Company was started by William Duff. Their vessels carried salt, molasses and other imports to Canada from the West Indies. The business was purchased by Adams and Knickle in 1943. Graham Knickle was the operations manager, as well as manager for the Lunenburg branch of Booth Fisheries Canada, and the Honorable William Duff continued to be president of the company. Owners of Lunenburg Outfitting Company were listed as Everett Knickle, Frank Adams, Douglas Adams and Jean Whynacht. Lunenburg Outfitting Company operated as a general store, vessel outfitters, fish exporters and importers. Their specialty was in outfitting vessels.

M/V "O.K. Service VI".

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The M/V "O.K. Service VI" was a 149-ton wooden auxiliary schooner built in 1941 by W.C. MacKay and Sons in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. It was owned by Himmelman Supply Company. The vessel was used to transport explosives and other cargo to ports in the Caribbean and Central and South America. It typically returned to Canada with cargos of rum and other commodities.

On October 7, 1960, the M/V "O.K. Service VI" came into San Juan, Puerto Rico with a cargo of explosives. The ship's cargo caught fire that evening. The crew initially tried to pump water on the fire to put it out, but after five or ten minutes, they abandoned ship. The ship sunk around 6:30 AM on October 8, 1960. The hulk was officially abandoned to the U.S. government in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

MacDonald and Westaway

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  • fl. 1883-1886
Malcolm MacDonald and Louis John Westaway were merchants and shipbuilders in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, where they operated a company store and a shipyard.

MacKeel.

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MACLeather

  • Corporate body
  • 1999-2010
MACLeather was an annual competition of leathermen and leatherwomen first organized in November 1999 by Jim MacLeod. MACLeather contests were held in various cities in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick until the organization disbanded in 2010.

Madhash.

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Madhash is a band consisting of two members, Jim Ledgerwood and Gary Stanhope. They released their first album in 1978 and recorded at Solar Audio.
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