{"id":15077,"date":"2025-02-04T15:07:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T15:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/halifax-considers-3-potential-sites-for-new-police-headquarters-halifax\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T15:07:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T15:07:52","slug":"halifax-considers-3-potential-sites-for-new-police-headquarters-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/halifax-considers-3-potential-sites-for-new-police-headquarters-halifax\/","title":{"rendered":"Halifax considers 3 potential sites for new police headquarters &#8211; Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" 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Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The three suggestions are to either expand the existing place and include land where the Centennial Pool currently sits, move to an existing HRM operations base near Dunbrack Street or use a large swath of land in the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth.<\/p>\n<p>Some members expressed concern.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts 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Virginia Hinch said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had numerous meetings and conversations with residents with regards to that pool and how important it is and how it is very much needed in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report\u2019s timeline anticipates the pre-design and site selection phase will take about a year, with construction to last two to three years.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more on this story, watch the video above.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11001212\/halifax-police-new-hq-location\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size Halifax\u2019s Board of Police Commissioners is considering the future of the aging police headquarters on Gottingen Street and has been presented with three potential sites. 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