The MINEVILLE EARTH DAY ROADSIDE CLEANUP will be held on SATURDAY APRIL 18
**** Info via the Mineville Community Facebook page SAVE THE DATE: The MINEVILLE EARTH DAY ROADSIDE CLEANUP will be held on SATURDAY APRIL 18. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of ‘Earth Day’! We encourage everyone to join us at Bennett Park on April 18 to help us take part in the ‘Earth Day Great...
(Cancelled) Help Support the Kyle Currie Memorial Golf Classic
**** Event info **EVENT CANCELED** “Unfortunate news. With all thats going on I have been unable to do any work on this Tournament and I sure can’t ask local businesses and people to support it when folks are laid off or shut down completely. Also when this thing does start to clear up, I dont...
Help save an animal by doing something sweet!
**** NS SPCA Release (NS SPCA) Great cause! Info via the NS SPCA “Help save an animal by doing something sweet 1️⃣ Click on http://help.spcans.ca/bakesale and create a free account ???? 2️⃣ Share your personalized page on social media and encourage your friends, family members, and colleagues to donate to the SPCA on your page...
Sneak peek: Egyptian Mummies and Eternal Life makes its North American debut at the Museum of Natural History this February
**** Info via the Museum of Natural History ** Note: Phitos in this post are no substitute for seeing this display in person! Egyptian Mummies and Eternal Life makes its North American debut at the Museum of Natural History this February. In collaboration with the noted Museo Egizio of Florence, Italy, this exhibition features more than...
Africville Honoured on Heritage Day
****COMMUNITIES/CULTURE/HERITAGE Media Release Africville Honoured on Heritage Day ————————————————————— The community of Africville and its former residents are an important part of Nova Scotia’s history and culture. That is why Africville is being honoured on Heritage Day, Monday, Feb. 17. “Heritage Day is a time to commemorate the remarkable individuals and places that have contributed...
Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency Historic Display For African Heritage Month
If you are around Alderney Landing, make sure you swing by the display (across from Tims) and check out the HRFE historic display for African Heritage Month. There is strength in the displays stories...
In honour of African Heritage Month, RCMP welcomed some of the incredible women who are featured in tge bokk “HerStory”
**** Info via RCMP In honour of African Heritage Month, RCMP welcomed some of the incredible women who are featured in “HerStory,” a book authored by Sgt. Craig Smith that tells the story of 40 black women across Canada who have made differences in Canadian law enforcement. Black women making a difference in law enforcement...
(Cancelled) Clear vision set for EcoEndurance Challenge 2020
**** Halifax SAR Release Clear vision set for EcoEndurance Challenge 2020. **** Update: Cancelled this year due to COVID-19 . . The EcoEndurance Challenge 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the E2C event- and the end of an era for the event. Organizers are promising to make this years event the best one ever. Through...
2020 Marks The 13th Anniversary of the Halifax St. Patrick’s Day Parade
In its current iteration, the parade brings together Irish and non-Irish alike to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in our city! The parade has grown year after year and is not to be a missed event in Halifax. Come out on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 1pm. The parade marches through historic Irishtown beginning at Terminal...