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Alderney Gate
40 Alderney Drive, 1st Floor
Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2N5
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday

Bayers Road Centre
7071 Bayers Road
2nd Floor Towers
Halifax, NS B3L 4P3
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Email: contact@halifax.ca

Phone: Dial 311

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