Truro
Location – 40 minutes north of Stanfield International Airport (Halifax)
Population – 12,035
http://www.town.truro.ns.ca/
http://www.cooltruro.ca/
Major Employers – Tandus-Crossley Carpets, Stanfield’s Clothing, Intertape Polymer Plastics, Nova Scotia Agricultural College (affiliated with Dalhousie University) Chignecto-Central Regional School Board, Colchester East Hants Health Authority, Nova Scotia Community College
Industrial Parks – Truro Industrial Park
The Truro Industrial Park employs more than 2-thousand people. A 500-acre expansion is currently underway to facilitate growth from the area’s key location along Canada’s Atlantic Gateway.
Culture-Infrastructure-Facilities
Truro is home to key cultural facilities, a large library, museum, shopping malls, a lively downtown and several performing arts venues, including the Marigold Cultural Centre. The town is located at the geographic crossroads of Nova Scotia and is served by Via Rail passenger and CN freight service. Truro is growing steadily and the choice of housing ranges from brand new homes, condos and apartments, to lovely Victorian homes in established tree-lined neighbourhoods or mid-priced bungalows and one-of-a-kind designs.
Recreational attractions include the town’s Victoria Park, which boasts almost 1,000 acres of hiking trails and waterfalls, combined with a new outdoor swimming pool which was built in 2005. There are also fine beaches and tidal river rafting within a 45-minute drive of the downtown core.
Relevant Links:
http://www.truro.ca
“Judges again tough on Fifield following Maria presentation”
The Truro Daily News14/07/08
TRURO DAILY NEWS TRURO — Truro’s Tamara Fifield endured another round of disappointing critiques last night during the TV reality show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? Fifield is one of six young women vying for Maria, the lead role in The Sound of Music, during a musical theatre production in the fall in Toronto. Fifield sang You Don’t Own Me by Leslie Gore. “You have many more colours ... but I’m still not sure you’re the top Maria .... You just don’t knock me dead ... you need more acting training but it was a game effort,” were some of the judges’ comments following her performance. Two of the performers will be eliminated tonight, leaving four women in the competition. Tonight’s results show will air on CBC at 8 p.m.