Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday expressed solidarity with Canada as he met with his Canadian counterpart, Peter MacKay, in Tel Aviv. "Canada…
Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The municipality is commonly called Halifax or HRM. The population in 2006 was 372,679; the urban area of HRM had a population of 282,924, giving the municipality the largest urban area in Atlantic Canada and largest population centre in Canada east of Quebec City. According to Statistics Canada the census metropolitan area of Halifax reached 398,000 in 2009. HRM's urban area is a major economic centre in eastern Canada with a large concentration of government services and private sector companies. Major employers and economic generators include the Department of National Defence, various levels of government, and the Port of Halifax. Agriculture, fishing, mining, forestry and natural gas extraction are major resource industries found in the rural areas of HRM.






















