CFB Shearwater
Julie Horne
Sales Representative
Royal LePage Anchor Realty
277 Bedford Highway, Halifax, NS B3M 2K5
Office: 902-457-1569
Cell: 902-877-8688
julie.horne@royallepage.ca
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The Shearwater Heliport is the location of the headquarters of 12 Wing, whose sole purpose is to support and operate shipborne helicopters for the Royal Canadian Navy. 12 Wing is a RCAF unit and reports to 1 Canadian Air Division.
12 Wing operates out of two locations with four squadrons:
- Shearwater Heliport
- 406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron is an operational training squadron for training all maritime helicopter aircrew in the Canadian Forces.
- 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron is an operational squadron at Shearwater Heliport which provides CH-124 Sea King helicopters for Maritime Forces Atlantic warships.
- 12 Air Maintenance Squadron provides aircraft maintenance and engineering support to 12 Wing’s operational squadrons.
- Helicopter Operational and Test Evaluation Facility (HOTEF) is responsible for researching and testing state-of-the-art equipment for the CH-124 Sea King to enable crews to operate efficiently, ashore or while deployed.
- Patricia Bay Heliport
- 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron is an operational squadron which provides CH-124 Sea King helicopters for Maritime Forces Pacific warships.
Community Links
Other Useful Links
Cost of Living http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=Canada&city=Halifax
Weather http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/canada/nova-scotia/halifax
The Chronicle Herald thechronicleherald.ca
The Coast www.thecoast.ca
Metro News metronews.ca
Daily News Halifax http://www.dailynewshalifax.com/
Halifax Public Libraries www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca
Utilities
Hydro – Nova Scotia Power www.nspower.ca
Emera Utility Services http://emerautilityservices.com/
Water & Sewer http://www.halifax.ca/hrwc/
Natural Gas www.heritagegas.com
Education
Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB)
Web: http://www.hrsb.ns.ca/
Phone: (902) 464-2000
The HRSB is the largest school board in the HRM, which offers educational opportunities for children ages 4-18 years old and encompasses English only and English with French Immersion mixed schools.
Le Conseil scolaire acadien provincial
Web: http://csap.ednet.ns.ca/
Phone: (902) 433-7046
This school board offers Francophone education to children ages 4-18 years old through 4 schools in the Halifax area.
Halifax Independent School http://halifaxindependentschool.ca/
Montessori Monarch http://montessorimonarch.com/
Halifax Grammar School http://www.hgs.ns.ca
Colleges & Universities
Dalhousie University http://www.dal.ca/
University of King’s College http://www.ukings.ca/
Saint Mary’s University http://www.smu.ca/
Mount Saint Vincent University http://www.msvu.ca/
N.S.C.A.D. http://nscad.ca/
Universite Sainte Anne www.usainteanne.ca
Atlantic School of Theology http://astheology.ns.ca/
Medical
Government of Nova Scotia
Web: http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/physicians/
The Province of Nova Scotia lists all physicians taking new patients on their website.
Health Link 811
Telephone: 811
Web: http://811.novascotia.ca/
Medical Services Insurance Program (MSI)
Once you have an address in Nova Scotia, you must call the MSI Registration Department (902) 496-7008 or 1-800-563-8880 (toll-free within Nova Scotia), to start the application process. Once the 3 month period has passed, your card(s) will be mailed to your home.http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/msi/faq.asp#1
For more information on the Medical Services Insurance Program go to the provincial websitehttp://gov.ns.ca/health/msi/
Hospitals & Clinics
Queen Elizabeth Sciences Centre http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/
Victoria General Hospital http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/careers/working-here/unit-profiles/victoria-general-building
Family Focus Medical Clinics http://www.thefamilyfocus.ca/
Scotia Square Medical Clinic http://www.scotiasquaremedical.ca/
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