Secretariat and Halifax Regional Municipality.

*Report does not represent the views or policies of the Province of Nova Scotia or the Halifax Regional Municipality. Nova Scotia Seniors ’ Secretariat The Nova Scotia Seniors ’ Secretariat is a provincial government agency responsible for seniors. The Secretariat consults extensively with governmen...

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Main Authors: Janice Keefe Phd, Brenda Hattie Ma
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.501.45
http://www.msvu.ca/site/media/msvu/agefriendlycities_2007.pdf
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Summary:*Report does not represent the views or policies of the Province of Nova Scotia or the Halifax Regional Municipality. Nova Scotia Seniors ’ Secretariat The Nova Scotia Seniors ’ Secretariat is a provincial government agency responsible for seniors. The Secretariat consults extensively with government departments, seniors, and voluntary seniors' organizations to coordinate the planning and development of government policies, programs and services for seniors. Halifax Regional Municipality Located on the Province of Nova Scotia’s south-central coast, Halifax Regional Municipality, also known as HRM, is the largest (5,577 square kms) economic and urban centre in the Province and on the east coast of Canada. It is also the largest city north of Boston and east of Montreal. Measuring approximately 165 km in length between its eastern and western-most points, it is the newest municipality in Nova Scotia, having been incorporated on April 1, 1996, when the Cities of Dartmouth and Halifax, the Town of Bedford and all of the former County of Halifax except First Nations reserves were dissolved and amalgamated into the current municipality.