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The current hospital, opened by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, on 15 August 1994, [1] is an amalgamation of four [2] formerly independent hospitals and health care centres; the Victoria General Hospital, the Camp Hill Medical Centre, the Cancer Treatment Research Foundation, and the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre. The former Halifax ...
John Boileau (born 1794), author of historical non-fiction (Half-Hearted Enemies: Nova Scotia, New England and the War of 1812, Valiant Hearts: Atlantic Canada and the Victoria Cross, Halifax and the Royal Canadian Navy, Halifax and Titanic, 6-12-17: The Halifax Explosion) Harry Flemming (1933-2008), journalist, columnist, political pundit
Jane Hurshman Corkum (January 25, 1949 – February 22, 1992) was a Canadian woman best known for having killed her abusive husband Lamont William "Billy" Stafford in 1982, [1] and for being acquitted of his murder.
George Raymond Doucet (March 28, 1939 – January 23, 2024) was a Canadian educator and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax Cobequid in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1978 as a Liberal. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Herbert Louis Doucet and Agnes Boudreau.
A blockhouse was built at the site in the 1750s to protect Halifax from attacks by the Mi'kmaq people.The land was subsequently developed as small farms. In 1893, the land was acquired by a private company, the Fairview Lawn Cemetery Limited, for a non-denominational cemetery because the Camp Hill Cemetery in the centre of the city was running out of room.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he was the only son of Leverett Morris and Catherine Larsen. [1] He attended school at Saint Mary's Boys School. After graduating high school, he pursued an undergraduate and graduate degree in political science from Dalhousie University.
Peter Coade (born February 14, 1942) is a Canadian retired meteorologist and television and radio weather presenter.In 2013, he was certified by the Guinness World Records as having had the longest career of any weather broadcaster―50 years, 8 months and 21 days―having started in 1962 and continuing until 2013.
Nolan was one of the first land surveyors in the province of Nova Scotia to receive designation as a Provincial Land Surveyor. With his brother, he opened a surveying company called Nolan Brothers Surveys. Some of their notable works include the layout of the entire Westmount Subdivision at the site of the old Halifax airport on Chebucto Road.