Halifax Gazette
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City of Halifax
Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...
, it was published weekly by John Bushell
John Bushell
John Bushell was the first printer in what is now Canada.Bushell was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was apprenticed as a printer there...
. Bushell was carrying on a project that had been initiated by his partner, Bartholomew Green Jr.
Bartholomew Green (printer)
Bartholomew Green Jr. was a son of Bartholomew Green, printer of the Boston News-Letter.Green married Hannah Hammond in 1724 and they had five children. He apprenticed with his father until he went on his own in 1725. Almost immediately he began printing the Boston Gazette which was a rival to his...
Nova Scotia Royal Gazette
The Gazette published as a newspaper until 1867, three days after Nova ScotiaNova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
was established when it became the Nova Scotia Royal Gazette, the official publication of laws and legislations for the Government of Nova Scotia
Government of Nova Scotia
The Government of Nova Scotia refers to the provincial government of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867....
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In 1977, Part II of the Royal Gazette was introduced to publish provincial regulations and was reunited with Part I to form the current Gazette.
The Gazette is managed by the Ministry of Justice of Nova Scotia's Registry of Regulations.