History of Nova Scotia
with special attention given to
Communications and Transportation

Chapter 78
2001 March

We have built a communication system that lets anyone in the world send information to anyone else in the world, arriving in seconds, at any time, at an extremely low and falling cost.

This was not a mistake. It was not an accident!

The world collectively has spent trillions of dollars and millions of person-years, over hundreds of years, to build this system — because it makes society vastly better off than when communication was slow, expensive, regional, and unreliable.

150 years ago, warriors killed civilians and each other for months after the combatants had signed peace treaties, because the news of peace had not reached them yet. Even a decade ago, a friend of mine died of a rare cancer, because the existing Japanese research paper that showed how to treat it wasn't findable in time by his US doctors. These are just the tiny tip of an iceberg of problems and inefficiencies that rapid cheap worldwide communication has solved...

John Gilmore
http://www.toad.com/gnu/
John Gilmore was employee number five at Sun Microsystems Inc. He is a co-founder, with Mitch Kapor, John Perry Barlow, and Steve Wozniak, of Electronic Frontier Foundation.

The above appeared in an e-mail, 28 February 2002, to PoliTech, Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list
PoliTech http://www.politechbot.com/
Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.eff.org/

2001 March 1

Nova Scotia Fire Department Websites

Nova Scotia Fire Department Websites as of 1 March 2001

Abercrombie Fire Department
Pictou County
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3255/
http://www.geocities.com/abercrombiefire/
Alma Fire Department
Pictou County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/WestvilleNSCA/
Aylesford & District Volunteer Fire Department
Kings County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/AylesfordNSCA/
Bay Road Fire Department Station 59
Halifax County: Lewis Lake
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/HalifaxNSCA/
Bay Road Junior Fire Department Station 59
Halifax County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/Halifax2NSCA/
Bear River Fire Department
Annapolis and Digby Counties
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dave-esther.lewis/FireWeb/fire.htm
Bedford Volunteer Firefighters Association
Halifax County
http://bvfd.firedirectory.com/main1.htm
Berwick & District Volunteer Fire Department
Kings County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/BerwickKingsCounty2NSCA/
Cape Breton Regional Municipality Fire Services
http://www.cbnet.ns.ca/~cbrm/fire.html
Dayspring & District Fire Department
Lunenburg County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/Bridgewater2NSCA/
Dutch Settlement & Area Volunteer Fire Department
Halifax County
http://www.navnet.net/~dcampbell/
Guysborough Fire Department
Guysborough County
http://www.grassroots.ns.ca/guys/firedept/guysfire.htm
Greenwich Volunteer Fire Department
Kings County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/WolfvilleNSCA/
Halifax and Regional Fire and Emergency Service
http://www.region.halifax.ns.ca/Fire/index.html
Halifax Regional Municipality Zone Four Volunteer Fire Department
Halifax County: Devon, Fall River, Fletchers Lake, Goffs, Grand Lake, Lakeview, Oakfield, Waverley, Wellington, and Windsor Junction.
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/WaverleyNSCA/
Hammonds Plains Volunteer Fire Department
Halifax County
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ns/fletch/hpvfd.htm
Howie Centre Fire Department
Cape Breton County
http://highlander.cbnet.ns.ca/~hcvfd/
Ingonish Beach & Area Volunteer Fire Department
Victoria County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/IngonishBeachNSCA/
Kennetcook Volunteer Fire Department
Hants County
http://www.twrsoft.com/Kennetcook/firedept.htm
Lakeside Volunteer Fire Department
Halifax County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/TimberleaNSCA/
Lakeside Fire Department Halifax Regional Station 58
Halifax County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/Timberlea2NSCA/
Lantz Volunteer Fire Department
Hants County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/LantzNSCA/
Lawrencetown & District Volunteer Fire Department
Annapolis County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/LawrencetownNSCA/
Lawrencetown Beach Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services
Halifax County
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/amackay/lbvfes/lbvfes.htm
Little Brook Voulunteer Fire Department
Digby County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/LittleBrookNSCA/
Little Harbour Volunteer Fire Department
Pictou County
http://www.firehall.com/lharbour/index.html
Lunenburg & District Fire Department
Lunenburg County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/LunenburgNOVASCOTIACANADA/
Maitland & District Volunteer Fire Department
Hants County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/MaitlandNSCA/
Middleton Fire Department
Annapolis County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/MiddletonNSCA/
Milford Volunteer Fire Department
Hants County
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/molenaar/mvfd/
Mira Road Volunteer Fire Department
Cape Breton County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/SydneyNSCA/
New Victoria Volunteer Fire Department

http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/NewVictoriaNSCA/
New Waterford Volunteer Fire Department
Cape Breton County
http://www.cbnet.ns.ca/cbnet/comucntr/nwcomreg/nwfiredp/main.htm
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/NewWaterfordNSCA
Nictaux & District Volunteer Fire Department
Annapolis County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/NictauxNSCA/
Nine Mile River and District Volunteer Fire Department
Hants County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/NineMileRiverNSCA/
Noel & District Volunteer Fire Department
Hants County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/NoelHantsCountyNSCA/
North River & District Fire Department
Colchester County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/TruroNSCA/
Oakhill and District Fire Department
Lunenburg County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/OakhillNSCA/
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/BridgewaterNSCA/
Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade
Colchester County
http://www.angelfire.com/oh/obfb/
Parrsboro Volunteer Fire Department
Cumberland County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/ParrsboroNSCA/
Pictou Landing Fire Department
Pictou County
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/1085/
Port Morien Fire Department
Cape Breton County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/PortMorienNSCA/
Prospect Road & District Fire Department
Halifax County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/ShadBayNSCA/
Pugwash & District Volunteer Fire Department
Cumberland County
http://pugwashfire.homestead.com/home.html
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/PugwashNSCA/
Rawdon District Volunteer Fire Department
Hants County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/RawdonNSCA/
Sackville Volunteer Firefighters Organization
Halifax County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/SackvilleNSCA/
Saint Bernard Volunteer Fire Department
Digby County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/DigbyCountyNSCANADA/
Shag Harbour - Bear Point Volunteer Fire Department
Shelburne County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/ShagHarbourNSCA/
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/cdsmith/index.html
http://home.klis.com/~cdsmith/fdhomepage2.html
Shinimicas Volunteer Fire Department
Cumberland County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/AmherstNSCA/
Sydney River Volunteer Fire Department
Cape Breton County
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/srvfd.rescue/
Emergency Medical Care — Tantallon Station
Halifax County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/HalifaxRegionalNSCA/
Thorburn Fire Department
Pictou County
http://www.thorburnfd.cjb.net/
Uniacke & District Volunteer Fire Department
Halifax County
http://welcome.to/udvfd/
Wallace and District Volunteer Fire Department
Cumberland County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/WallaceNSCA/
Wedgeport & Plymouth Fire Department
Yarmouth County
http://www.geocities.com/wedplyfd/
Westmount Volunteer Fire Department
Cape Breton County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/WestmountNSCANADA/
West River Fire Department
Pictou County
http://www.geocities.com/cwrfd/
Windsor Fire Department
Hants County
http://www.glinx.com/~wfd/
Wood's Harbour Volunteer Fire Department
Yarmouth County
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/WoodsHarbourNSCA/

Nova Scotia Fire Marshal
http://www.gov.ns.ca/enla/ofm/
Fire Prevention Act, Chapter 171 of the Revised Statutes, 1989
http://www.gov.ns.ca/legi/legc/statutes/firprev.htm
Firefighters Museum of Nova Scotia, Yarmouth
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fm/
Guysborough County Volunteer Fire Departments
http://www.grassroots.ns.ca/guys/comnty/fire.htm
Nova Scotia Firefighters' Burn Treatment Society
http://home.istar.ca/~mlavoie/about.html
Halifax Regional Professional Fire Fighters Association
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/iaff268/

2001 March 4

Decision-Makers Never Use the Service

A Sunday Daily News survey over the last two weeks discovered not one of Halifax Regional Municipality's 24 political leaders uses the public transit bus service regularly. Six haven't taken a public bus in more than a year. Three haven't in ten years, and it's been more than twenty years for two others. And one councillor has never ridden a Metro Transit bus. These 24 regional councillors are the people who make all the important decisions about this public transit service.
[Halifax Sunday Daily News, 4 March 2001]

2001 March 6

New Online Newspaper

ALLnovascotia.com

Frank founder David Bentley and daughter Caroline Wood are launching an online newspaper this week. Relax — it's about business.

The two, who worked side by side at the gossipy biweekly almost since its 1987 start, have given up newsprint for cyberspace. "I think Web publishing is certainly going to be where it's at, with its accessiblity. Regular newspapers just can't compete with that," says Wood, who followed her 58-year-old dad out the door of Frank after he retired last year. The 38-year-old Dalhousie accounting grad had been the business manager for Frank since 1989.

For the past year they have been planning to combine her business acumen with Bentley's news instincts to create a five-day-a-week Nova Scotia business newspaper on the Internet. Their office consists of two computers in Wood's Halifax home.

She is publisher. Bentley's new title? "Dad," says Wood. "I see myself doing the lion's share of the work. He's supposed to be in retirement mode."

The two have hired Elmsdale computer consultant Miles Thompson to set up the Web site: ALLnovascotia.com. They will file three to four stories a day and compile classifieds. The site will also have an up-to-date list of who's suing whom. The online newspaper won't have any paid advertisements, but will survive on subcriptions. Readers will be offered a free trial and then can sign up for $2 a week. The official launch date is Tuesday, March 6th.

[Halifax Sunday Daily News, 4 March 2001]

Reference:
ALLnovascotia.com website
http://www.ALLnovascotia.com

Calling all Nova Scotians who thinks this province is ready for its very own daily business newspaper! ALLnovascotia.com has just started to publish Monday through Friday over the Internet — and our aim is to fund our operations exclusively from a two dollar-a-week subscription. That means no paid ads to clutter our site (but we are planning to give subscribers free classifieds). You can sign up for your free introductory subscription by e-mailing us your name and phone number to us now. We'll e-mail your temporary password to you within the hour.
Source (4 March 2001):
http://www.allnovascotia.com/newpage2.php

2001 March 6

Two Nova Scotia Byelections,
All Six Candidates Ignore the Internet

On this day, two byelections were held in Nova Scotia to fill vacant seats in the legislature — one in Cape Breton North and the other in Halifax Fairview. On March 1st, five days before these elections, I did an extensive search of the Internet to find any campaign websites which might exist. No trace of any campaign website was found, not even so much as an e-mail address for any candidate.

Nova Scotia Progressive-Conservative Party

No trace was found of a campaign website for either Cecil Clarke, the PC candidate in Cape Breton North, or for Narayana Swamy in Halifax Fairview. The following websites/pages contained no mention of any campaign website related to either of these byelections; in fact, with the single minor exception noted below, none even mentioned the byelections.
Nova Scotia Progressive-Conservative Party
(No mention of byelections)
http://www.pcparty.ns.ca/
Blue Links
(No links to campaign websites)
http://www.pcparty.ns.ca/cgi-bin/view?src=bluelinks2001_index
http://www.pcparty.ns.ca/cgi-bin/view?src=links
Nova Scotia Progressive-Conservative Caucus
(No mention of byelections)
http://www.pccaucus.ns.ca/
NSPC Caucus press releases
The only item here about the byelections was a brief four-sentence press release dated 25 January 2001, announcing that two byelections had been scheduled. The candidates were not named.
http://www.pccaucus.ns.ca/releaselist.asp

Nova Scotia Liberal Party

No trace was found of a campaign website for either Wes Stubbard, the Liberal candidate in Cape Breton North, or for Jeremy Akerman in Halifax Fairview. The following websites/pages contained no mention of any campaign website related to either of these byelections; in fact, with the single minor exception noted below, none even mentioned the byelections.
Nova Scotia Liberal Party
(No mention of byelections)
http://www.liberal.ns.ca/
Keeping in Touch — Constituency Event Announcements
(No mention of byelections)
http://www.liberal.ns.ca/keepingintouch/index.htm
Nova Scotia Liberal Caucus
(No mention of byelections)
http://www.liberalcaucus-ns.com/
N.S. Liberal Caucus press releases
The only item here about the byelections was a brief six-sentence press release dated 25 January 2001, acknowledging that two byelections had been scheduled. The two Liberal candidates were named, but there was no contact information for them.
http://www.liberalcaucus-ns.com/press_releases.shtml
Nova Scotia Young Liberals (NSYL)
(No mention of byelections)
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/4319/
NSYL Upcoming Events in Nova Scotia
(No mention of byelections)
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/4319/nsylevents.html
NSYL Links
(No links to campaign websites)
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/4319/nsyllinks.html

Nova Scotia New Democratic Party

No trace was found of a campaign website for either Helen MacDonald, the NDP candidate in Cape Breton North, or for Graham Steele in Halifax Fairview. The following websites/pages contained no mention of any campaign website related to either of these byelections; in fact, none even mentioned the byelections.
Nova Scotia New Democratic Party
(Nothing here — "Under Construction — "Please visit the caucus website for current news")
http://www.ns.ndp.ca/
Nova Scotia New Democratic Party Caucus
(A search of the news releases on keyword 'byelection' reported no results)
http://www.ndpcaucus.ns.ca/

Index with links to the other chapters

Go To: Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html
Go To: History of Electric Power Companies in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625electric.html
Go To: History of Telegraph and Telephone Companies in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625telephone.html
Go To: History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625railways.html
Go To: History of Automobiles in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625automobiles.html
Go To: Index to other online Nova Scotia History
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625histindx.html
Go To: Home Page
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625index.html

W3C HTML Validation Service
http://validator.w3.org/