Halifax Memorial Library

• Heritage groups, historians push for decision on Halifax Memorial Library site

  Historians and heritage organizations are pushing the city to make a decision about the old Halifax Memorial Library site, more than a decade after the building was left vacant. 

  Canada

  Jan 6
  
• Pages finally turning on future of Halifax Memorial Library site

  In this year's municipal budget, $100,000 was set aside for a consultant to determine how to move forward with the former Halifax Memorial Library site.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2025
  
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• Past comes back to complicate future of Halifax’s Memorial Library

  Many of the estimated 20,000 remains buried under the grounds of the old library were residents of the city's poorhouse or prison inmates

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2020
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• Halifax declassifies report on proposed redevelopment of Memorial Library

  The proposal recommends redevelopment of the Halifax Memorial Library in partnership with the government of Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University.

  Politics

  Nov 13, 2018
• Old Halifax Memorial Library could be home to Volta Labs

  Volta Labs is a company that encourages entrepreneurship, giving guidance and education to people starting new ventures.

  Economy

  Jan 8, 2016
• Future of former Halifax Memorial Library still up in the air

  The Halifax Memorial Library on Spring Garden Road is quieter than usual -- the shelves are bare, the patrons are gone and the building's future is yet to be written.

  Oct 27, 2014