Air Chief Marshal Sir John Slessor believed that had the air force been forced to choose among the three British bombers under development in the late 1930s — the Avro Manchester, Short Stirling, and Handley Page Halifax — it would have chosen the wrong one.

* — Halifax academic Laura Penny's study of the phenomenon of bullshit and its impact on modern society.

They were forced to rely more and more on support from the Whigs, and particularly from the Whig Junto — Lords Somers, Halifax, Orford, Wharton and Sunderland — whom Anne disliked.

*** Halifax — East Hants

* Berry Hill Plantation, 1835, Halifax County — home of the Bruce family

Air Canada still uses the flight number 143, but the route is now St. John's — Halifax — Ottawa — Edmonton using an Embraer 190 aircraft.

The airport handled 34 flights — third highest total of flight that landed at a Canadian airport involved in the operation, behind Halifax and Gander — carrying 8, 500 passengers — more passengers than any other Canadian airport — from Asia to destinations on the United States West Coast and points beyond.

The massive British military presence in Halifax focused through Citadel Hill and the Royal Navy's dockyard is thought to be one of the main reasons that Nova Scotia — the fourteenth British colony — remained loyal to the Crown throughout and after the American Revolutionary War.

* 5 – 7 March — Montreal Shamrocks defeats Halifax Crescents in a Cup challenge best – of – three series 2 – 0.

" — Stephen Clare, The Book Club, Halifax

When visiting a circus in Halifax with which Martin Van Buren Bates — another enormously tall person — was travelling, Anna was spotted by the promoter and hired on the spot.

* Halifax Stanfield International Airport — RCMP airport detachment

Another Royal Navy cruiser, HMS Niobe, became the second ship commissioned into the Canadian navy on September 6, 1910, at Devonport in England and arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on October 21, 1910 — Trafalgar Day.

The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence clearly enhanced North Carolina's role — already notable because of the Halifax Resolves of April 1776 — in establishing American independence.

The Halifax Resolves empowered North Carolina's delegates to the Second Continental Congress — Joseph Hewes, William Hooper, and John Penn — to join with those from other colonies to declare independence from British rule.

In 1854 the East India Company promulgated the Halifax Dispatch, which suggested organising education based on the western model in the princely state of Mysore.

East Volusia-also known as the Greater Daytona Beach Area, or the Halifax Area ( named for the Halifax River which runs through the area ), this region includes the cities of Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach Shores, Holly Hill, Ormond Beach, Ponce Inlet, Port Orange, and South Daytona ; and the surrounding unincorporated areas close to these cities.

Holly Hill's beginnings date back to the early 19th century, when Governor Coppinger of Spanish East Florida gave a royal title of on the Halifax River to Fernando de la Maza Arrendonda.

It is a part of two state senatorial districts: 2nd Plymouth and Bristol ( including all or parts of Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson and Whitman ) and Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth ( including parts of Avon, Braintree, Canton, East Bridgewater, Milton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and West Bridgewater ).

Halifax is bordered by Hanson to the north, Pembroke to the northeast, Plympton to the southeast, Middleborough to the southwest, and Bridgewater and East Bridgewater to the west.

With the founding of both Halifax ( 1749 ) and Fort Edward, there was an Acadian Exodus that involved an emigration of most of the Acadians from the Municipality of East Hants ( 1750 ) and from West Hants ( Pisiguit ) as well.

A railway through Canada East to Halifax would provide an all-British route for trade and defence.

The early trade consisted mainly of woollen goods from Leeds, Wakefield, Halifax and Bradford, with wool and corn from Lincolnshire and East Anglia travelling in the opposite direction.

He made his first appearance on the stage at Halifax in 1864, and then played in the provinces alone and with his wife, Caroline Heath, in East Lynne.

The HRM community council for Dartmouth is the Harbour East Community Council and community council meetings are held in the council chamber of the Halifax Regional School Board building ( formerly the Dartmouth City Hall ) on the first Thursday of every month.

The Riverhead Centre development caused some controversy at the time as it followed the 1960s trend of replacing old architecture with new ; in this case it involved the wholesale demolition of much of the old town centre including the historic Bull Ring ( which is now where Wilkinson's, the Halifax Bank and the St James Hotel are based ) and streets going back many centuries including Flottergate ( located at the present day entrance to Freshney Place between British Home Stores and the market ), Brewery Street ( located at the present day entrance to Freshney Place between the branch of Barclays Bank and the offices of the Cheltenham and Gloucester ) and East St Mary's Gate ( no trace remains ).

The city is bordered by West Bridgewater to the northwest, East Bridgewater to the northeast, Halifax to the east, Middleborough to the south, and Raynham to the west.

Hanson is considered one of the inland towns of Massachusetts's South Shore, and is bordered by Rockland and Hanover to the north, Pembroke to the east, Halifax to the south, East Bridgewater to the west, and Whitman to the northwest.

The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Second Plymouth and Bristol district, which includes Brockton, Halifax, Hanover, Whitman and portions of East Bridgewater and Easton.

In 1956, Henri Beaudout crosses the Atlantic from West to East, from Halifax to Falmouth, on a raft of wood and rope, L ’ Égaré II, in 88 days.

In the hours following the storm a state of emergency was declared in Halifax Regional Municipality and parts of neighbouring East Hants Municipal District and Colchester County.

Dartmouth — Cole Harbour ( formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth — Halifax East ) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

The riding of Dartmouth — Halifax East was created in 1966 when the former dual-member Halifax riding was split into two.

In 1987, the Dartmouth riding was created, taking in nearly all of the former territory of Dartmouth — Halifax East.

The electoral district was created in 1976 from Halifax — East Hants riding.

She was immediately assigned to escort a convoy of British troops just arriving from Halifax in American transports, originally destined for the Middle East, but now diverted to Singapore.

In 1871, the boundaries between the Counties of Hants and Colchester and between the Counties of Halifax and Colchester were established.

Enfield, ( 2011 population: 5, 016 ), is a Canadian exurban community located in the Shubenacadie Valley on the border of Hants and Halifax counties.

Specifically, Enfield exists in both the East Hants Municipal District and the Halifax Regional Municipality and is divided by the Shubenacadie River.

* the western part of the Halifax Regional Municipality, i. e., the part lying west of a line drawn south from the intersection of the boundary between the regional municipality and the County of Hants with the western shoreline of Pockwock Lake along the shoreline to the western extremity of Ponhook Cove, then south in a straight line for approximately 2. 7 km to the mouth of the Pockwock River at Wrights Lake, southeast in a straight line for approximately 3. 8 km to the northern extremity of Stillwater Lake, south along that lake, southwest along Route 213 ( Hammonds Plains Road ) to Trunk 3, southeast in a straight line for approximately 18. 6 km to the mouth of the Nine Mile River, southwest along Shad Bay ( passing west of Cochrans Island ) to the Atlantic Ocean.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Annapolis Valley, Halifax — East Hants, and Cumberland — Colchester North ridings.

With its administrative seat in Milford Station, the district occupies the eastern half of Hants County from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the West Hants municipal district.

It consisted of the Municipality of East Hants in the county of Hants, and parts of the county of Halifax and the city of Halifax.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Annapolis Valley — Hants, Halifax and Halifax West ridings.

* Riding history for Halifax — East Hants ( 1966 – 1976 ) from the Library of Parliament

fr: Halifax — East Hants

The station sat on 430 acres ( 1. 7 km² ) 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 ).

* Milford ( Halifax ), Nova Scotia in the Halifax Regional Municipality and Hants County