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Basketball was introduced to Nova Scotia at the YMCA in Amherest in 1894, by J. Howard Crocker who learned the game as a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. [8] [9] Amherst is home of the Amherst Ramblers, a Junior A Hockey League team from the Maritime Hockey League. All home games are played out of the 2,500 seat Amherst ...
Halifax Public Libraries (HPL) is a Canadian public library system, serving residents of Halifax in Nova Scotia.It is the largest public library system in Nova Scotia, [3] with over 2.8 million visits to library branches and 172,520 active registered borrowers or 44% of the municipality's population. [4]
Eastern Counties Regional Library (ECRL) is a regional public library system, providing free public library services to the counties of Guysborough, Richmond and Inverness in Nova Scotia, Canada. The library system is governed by the Eastern Counties Regional Library Board and operates under the terms of the Nova Scotia Libraries Act.
In March 1912 the Nova Scotia Carriage and Motor Car Co., Ltd. was incorporated under the Nova Scotia Companies’ Act. A Board of Directors was established for the new company consisting of the two McKay brothers, four Amherst business and industry owners, four Halifax men, and two others from out-of-province.
James John "Jimmy" Tompkins (7 September 1870 – 5 May 1953) was a Roman Catholic priest who founded the Antigonish Movement, a progressive effort that incorporated adult education, cooperatives and rural community development to aid the fishing and mining communities of northern and eastern Nova Scotia, Canada.
There is a stone marker near the Nova Scotia visitor centre off the Trans-Canada Highway in Amherst, Nova Scotia commemorating the village's existence. The pastured fields of the former Beaubassin village contain extensive archaeological resources including glass and ceramic artifacts and charred buildings that attest to the Acadian way of life.
The Halifax Central Library is a public library in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located on the corner of Spring Garden Road and Queen Street in Downtown Halifax . It serves as the flagship library of the Halifax Public Libraries , replacing the Spring Garden Road Memorial Library.
Dickey was a director of the Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph Company and consular agent for the United States at Amherst. From 1858 to 1867, Dickey was appointed to the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia. In 1867, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada [3] representing the senatorial division of Amherst, Nova Scotia.