Events & Entertainment

**** HRM Media Release Road Closure – Sackville Christmas Tree Lighting ​ Location: Sackville Drive, from Acadia Lane to Sackville Cross Road ​ Date: Friday, Nov. 26 ​ Time: 7:25 p.m. to 7:35 p.m. ​ Details: Street closures will be in place to facilitate attendees’ exit from the Sackville Christmas Tree Lighting. ​ Traffic impact: RCMP will be on-site to briefly...

**** HRM Media Release Traffic Delays – Parade in Downtown Halifax ​ Location: Upper Water and Barrington streets, Spring Garden Road, Queen Street, Morris Street and University Avenue, and Robie Street ​ Date: Saturday, Nov. 20 ​ Time: 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. ​ Details: Traffic delays will be in place to facilitate the Holiday Parade of Lights. ​...

Via Beaver Bank – Kinsac Stn 48 Once again it’s that time of year! It’s time for our 4th annual Fill a Port-a-Tank for a local food bank! The last few years were a great success and we want to continue it again this year. On Tuesday evenings (our regular training nights) from 7pm-9pm we...

**** CNS Media Release L’NU AFFAIRS–New Exhibit Explores Mi’kmaq Connection to Land and Sea Nova Scotians can learn more about the experiences of Mi’kmaw communities through a new exhibit, featuring Mi’kmaw historian and guest curator Salina Kemp, at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax. Ta’n me’j Tel-keknuo’ltiek, which translates to ‘how unique we...

**** HRM Media Release Municipal service level adjustments for Remembrance Day 2021 ​The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents of the following municipal program and service level adjustments for Remembrance Day, Thursday, Nov. 11: Solid Waste Collection and Facility Hours No municipal garbage, organics or recyclables collection services will take place on Remembrance Day. The...

**** HRFE Media Release Reset your clocks, change your batteries  Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE) wishes to remind residents to ‘fall back’ tomorrow before heading to bed. When residents turn their clocks back an hour, they should also change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Also, residents are reminded to check...

**** HRP Media Release Halloween safety tips ​ Halloween – a night filled with candy, creepy costumes and time with friends – is just around the corner. To ensure that the night is fun and memorable, Halifax Regional Police is sharing these Halloween safety tips: ​ Trick-or-treaters, parents and guardians: Follow normal pedestrian safety rules...

Updated with drop off locations via Moo Nay Farms That Halloween Pumpkin you carved is gonna get gross, fast. Let Moo Nay Farms take care of it for you. Each November, they collect your old pumpkins as feed for their farm animals. See below for a list of locations to drop your jack o lanterns...

Info via the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission. ???? DO IT IN DARTMOUTH ???? Scotia Shores is hosting the Spooky Downtown Community Clean Up event! ????Saturday Oct. 30th, 11:00am – 1:00pm ????Meet at the Alderney Landing Parking Lot to sign in and get free cleanup supplies! ????️Wear your costumes and get entered to win some spooky...

**** RCMP Media Release RCMP share tips for a safe Halloween night ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​...