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Most communities of the Halifax Regional Municipality are marked with Welcome to our Community signs . Halifax Regional Municipality has many different communities that vary from rural to urban. With a land area of 5,475.57 km 2 (2,114.13 sq mi), [1] there are more-than 200 communities-and-neighbourhoods within its boundaries. [2]
In 1996, with the creation of the newly amalgamated Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), the Fire Service was consolidated through a merger of the fire departments of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, the town of Bedford and the many volunteer departments located throughout Halifax County. At that time, there were 515 career fire fighters ...
Unlike policing services, Halifax Fire and Emergency (HRFE) is an amalgamation of all fire departments in Halifax County. This created some controversy in rural areas where predominantly volunteer fire companies were being stripped of equipment and trucks which local communities had fund-raised for during the pre-amalgamation period; this equipment was being relocated to service the urban core.
Kelly was the longest-serving mayor of Halifax Regional Municipality, being elected in 2000 then re-elected in 2004 and 2008. During Kelly's time as mayor, the region installed a large and long-delayed sewage treatment system known as Halifax Harbour Solutions which came into operation in 2008, broke down and was restored in 2010. Kelly was ...
Halifax Regional Police: Halifax, Nova Scotia: July 14, 1924 The only fatality in a day-long gunfight with bandits [29] Constable Ian M. MacDonald RCMP: Indian River east of the Herschel Island detachment August 18, 1924 Drowned Park Warden Andrew Bower Parks Canada Park Warden: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta June 6, 1925 Died in a horse ...
The community of Dartmouth is coterminous with the former City of Dartmouth. After 1 April 1996, the former city was turned into a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality. The former city (and current community) consists of census tracts 2050100.00 to 2050114.00. [44] As of 2021, the community has over 72,000 people within its boundaries.
On 1 April 1996, Halifax County was dissolved and all of its places (cities, suburbs, towns, and villages) were turned into communities of a single-tier municipality named Halifax Regional Municipality. Subsequently, Clayton Park and Clayton Park West were both turned into communities within the new Municipality of Halifax.
RCAF Station Beaver Bank was approximately 40 km (25 mi) north of Halifax-Dartmouth. The station sat on 430 acres (1.7 km 2) with about a half a mile (800 m) separation between the domestic and the operations site; both sites being divided by the county line between Halifax County (domestic site) and Hants County (operations site).