https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Centre
The Halifax Convention Centre is a conference centre that will replace the nearby World Trade and Convention Centre as the main convention venue in the city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Centre#Convention_centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Centre_Limited
Trade Centre Limited was founded in the early 1980s in preparation for the opening of the new World Trade and Convention Centre (WTCC), championed by then-Premier John Buchanan who believed that the new facility would serve as a scaled-down version of the famous World Trade Center in New York City...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Centre_Limited#History
The WTCC was championed by then-Premier John Buchanan who boasted to reporters in 1981 that the new facility would serve as a scaled-down version of the famous World Trade Center in New York City, eventually becoming the economic and business capital of Atlantic Canada. An opening ceremony was held on 24 February 1985, for 1,200 invited guests.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_and_Convention_Centre#History
| In office October 5, 1978 – September 11, 1990 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant Governor | Clarence Gosse John E. Shaffner Alan Abraham Lloyd Crouse |
| Preceded by | Gerald Regan |
| Succeeded by | Roger Bacon |
| MLA for Halifax Atlantic | |
| In office May 30, 1967 – September 11, 1990 | |
| Preceded by | new riding |
| Succeeded by | Robert Chisholm |
| Senator for Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| In office September 11, 1990 – April 22, 2006 | |
| Appointed by | Brian Mulroney |
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