{"id":60025,"date":"2025-11-04T12:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=60025"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:28:46","slug":"municipality-offering-free-lifeguard-certification-for-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=60025","title":{"rendered":"Municipality offering free lifeguard certification for residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> The Halifax Regional Municipality is offering free lifeguard certification this fall for residents, with priority given to those living in rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants must complete a series of courses throughout November and December to receive full certification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courses include Intermediate First Aid, Bronze Medallion, Bronze Cross and National Lifeguard \u2013 Pool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sessions will be held in Musquodoboit Harbour, Sackville Sports Stadium and online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative supports future aquatics programming and aligns with recommendations from the municipality\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/about-halifax\/regional-community-planning\/rural-recreation-strategy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Rural Recreation Strategy<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applicants must be 15 years of age or older, with priority given to rural residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free transportation is available for the sessions from Sheet Harbour and Musquodoboit Harbour to Sackville Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration is required. For more information, including course dates and registration details, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/parks-recreation\/programs-activities\/recreation-activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our website.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56526&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX: The Halifax Regional Municipality is offering free lifeguard certification this fall for residents, with priority given to those living in rural areas. Participants must complete a series of courses throughout November and December to receive full certification. Courses include Intermediate First Aid, Bronze Medallion, Bronze Cross and National Lifeguard \u2013 Pool. Sessions will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[9631,50,121,9632,9411],"class_list":["post-60025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-free-lifeguard-certification","tag-halifax","tag-hrm","tag-musquodoboit-harbour","tag-sackville-sports-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}