{"id":1056,"date":"2013-11-06T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2013-11-06T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T17:18:00","slug":"name-the-new-harbour-ferry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=1056","title":{"rendered":"Name the New Harbour Ferry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 Metro transit has announced voting for the name of the new harbour ferry Currently under construction at  AF Theriault and sons In Meteghan NS. Starting today, until Wednesday, November 20th, residents can log on to www.Halifax.ca\/surveys<\/a> and pick their favorite name from a list of five finalists. Those choices are:<\/p>\n

Chebucto <\/strong>– This Mi\u2019kmaq
\nname means \u2018the biggest harbour\u2019. There is evidence that the Mi\u2019kmaq
\nwould spend the summer on the shores of the Bedford Basin, before
\nheading inland for winter. <\/p>\n

Christopher Stannix<\/strong> –
\nChristopher Stannix was a graduate of Auburn High School and attended
\nSaint Mary\u2019s University. In 2001 he enlisted with the Canadian Armed
\nForces and in 2007 willingly accepted a reduction in rank to serve his
\ncounty. In April 2007, Master Corporal Stannix was killed when the
\nvehicle he was in struck a roadside bomb. He was 24 years old.<\/p>\n

Daniel Brownlow<\/strong> – Mr.
\nBrownlow was a former Mayor of Dartmouth from 1976 until 1985 and was
\nthe longest serving Mayor in Dartmouth\u2019s history. In addition to great
\nservice to public life, Mr. Brownlow also served as the Queen\u2019s Harbour
\nMaster responsible for the safety of Halifax Harbour. <\/p>\n

Robert Keddy<\/strong> – \u2018Captain
\nBob\u2019 as he was known worked as a seaman on both the Bounty and the
\nBluenose II. In 1969 he took over as the Captain of the
\nHalifax-Dartmouth Ferry and later served as Ferry Services Supervisor.
\nCaptain Keddy became synonymous with the ferry service until he retired
\nin 1998. He passed away in March 2013.<\/p>\n

Vincent Coleman <\/strong>– Vincent
\nColeman was a train dispatcher who, on the morning of the Halifax
\nExplosion, December 6, 1917, telegraphed a message instructing all
\ntrains inbound for Halifax to stop. Hundreds of passengers were kept
\naway from the impending explosion because of his efforts.<\/p>\n

Additional information and background on all of the finalists are available on www.Halifax.ca\/surveys<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The original list of 1,200 names was
\nshortened down to 20 names by Metro Transit and HRM Corporate
\nCommunications staff, based on appropriateness and originality. The
\nfinal list of five names was determined by a selection committee
\ncomprised of Mayor Savage and one councillor from each of the three HRM
\nCommunity Councils. This was the process agreed to by Regional Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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