Origin of provinces' name: Means "New Scotland" in Latin
Entry into Confederation: July 1, 1867
Province Motto: One defends and the other conquers
Area: 55,284 sq. km
Highest Point: White Hill, 532 meters
Lowest Point: Atlantic Ocean, sea level
Provincial Tree: Red Spruce
Provincial Flower: Mayflower
Provincial Bird: Osprey
Population: 908,007
Capital: Halifax
Jodie
Year of birth: 1974
Email Address: jodi_pickering@hotmail.com
Language: English
Lauren Mingo
Year of birth: 1996
Parent's First Name: Wanda
Parent's Email Address: wvmingo@ns.sympatico.ca
Language: English
Cole
Year of birth: 1999
Parents' First Names: Janice & Kai
Parent's Email Address: kjhaus@eastlink.ca
Language: English
Additional Information: There are 48 active known pku people in NS as of 2003
Taylor
Year of birth: 1997
Parents' First Names: Janice & Kai
Parent's Email Address: kjhaus@eastlink.ca
Language: English
Additional Information: I asked my daughter what was "a good thing" about PKU to tell everyone else,
her reponse was:
"that you eat well"! Words of a 6 yr old!! Way to go Tay.
Yolande Dekker
Year of birth: 1961
Email Address: ydekker1961@hotmail.com
Language: English, Dutch, a little German
Additional Information: I was the first baby diagnosed in the Children,s
hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and am now 43.
David
Year of birth: July 16-1967
Parents' First Names: Brenda and Ir huskins
Parent's Email Address: ibdhuskins@auracom.com
Language: English
Additional Information: I was one of the unfortunate ones where there was no screening done in our area in the late 60's I was a year old before I was detected, my sister also has cpku she is 14 months older and was put on diet right away.
