It’s Heritage Day in Nova Scotia.
This year’s statutory holiday marks the contributions of Joseph Howe to freedom of the press and his work for the public good.
Howe was a newspaper owner, premier and lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia.
He successfully defended himself in 1835 against libel charges in a landmark case for a free press.
A new Heritage Day flag is flying today at province house in Halifax.
(Photo Courtesy: Nova Scotia Legislature)
