http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/9370/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/federal-cutbacks-force-closure-coast-guard-bases/17769 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Halifax base will stay open and serve larger area </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/st-johns-coast-guard-base-protest.jpg" alt="" title="Newfoundlanders protest the closure of the St. John&#039;s Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre. [Photo: Mayday NL] " width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>HALIFAX&mdash;The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has announced the closure of 10 of its 22 Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Service (MCTS) Centres. The MCTS Centre in Inuvik has already been closed, leaving Iqaluit as the only one left in the territories. The centres in St. John&#39;s, St.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/federal-cutbacks-force-closure-coast-guard-bases/17769" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/federal-cutbacks-force-closure-coast-guard-bases/17769#comments Julian Renaud Governance Labour Solidarity Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:51:31 +0000 Miles Howe 17769 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca