In January 1990, I prepared a petition and had it delivered to the British Crown. The petition sought a formal apology for their role 267 years ago in the 1755 Deportation of 18,000 Acadians from ...

In January 1990, I prepared a petition and had it delivered to the British Crown. The petition sought a formal apology for their role 265 years ago in the 1755 deportation of 18,000 Acadians from ...

Expulsion of settlers is history to many, Digital access Digital + home delivery. Acadian gives Queen earful over 1755 deportation ...

In July 1755, British General Edward Braddock's expedition against the French Fort Duquesne, located at the site of what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had ended in an ambush that was to claim ...

Transcripts from a diary kept by a young American soldier fighting for the British is giving historians a new twist on the deportation of Acadians from the Maritimes in the 18th century.

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N.S. — About 30 people gathered at the end of Queen’s Wharf in Annapolis Royal on July 28 to remember more ...

This year, descendants of those expelled people – including the Cajuns of Louisiana – are commemorating the 250th anniversary of the deportation, an event that historians now refer to as an ...

In 1755 all Acadians who wouldn't declare allegiance to Britain were ordered to leave Nova Scotia. Here's where they went. On July 28, 1755, British Governor Charles Lawrence ordered the deportation ...

EVEN in a country with a fondness for far-fetched lawsuits, the case of Warren A. Perrin v Great Britain et al looks quirky. Mr Perrin, a lawyer from Lafayette, is suing the British crown for the ...

Advocate staff photo by MATTHEW HINTON--Nicoline Perrin, 6, a descendent of Acadians waits for her turn to dance at a 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first boatload of Acadians in New ...

Queen Elizabeth may read a royal proclamation issued by the Canadian government recognizing the hardships Acadians faced when the British deported them from Nova Scotia in 1755. Local Cajuns say ...