Events & Entertainment

**** Info via Airshow Atlantic Canada UPDATE: Air Show Atlantic Drive-In Show Details‼️ What will a Drive-In Air Show look like? We have a series of informational posts planned to explain just that! We are going to start that process by explaining our vision with a simple map layout. Fans will have 2 viewing options...

**** PREMIER’S Office Release Women’s World Hockey Championship Cancelled ———————————————————- The 2021 IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship, scheduled for May 6-16 in Halifax and Truro, is being cancelled due to concerns over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia. Premier Iain Rankin withdrew permission for the event to take place in the province...

**** HRM Media Release Celebrate National Volunteer Week with Neighbourhood & Volunteer Services April 18 – 24, 2021 is National Volunteer Week. Celebrate by learning more about the programs offered through Parks & Recreation’s Neighbourhood & Volunteer Services, and the Community Developers who help our municipality thrive. Thank you to all of the volunteers throughout the municipality who contribute their...

**** NS Government Release A province-wide moment of silence will be observed at 3 p.m. on April 18 to honour and remember the 22 Nova Scotians who were killed on April 18 and 19, 2020. A confidential, toll-free line is now open to help anyone in need of emotional support as a result of the...

**** HRP Media Release HRP salutes its volunteers ​ As part of National Volunteer Week (April 18-24), Halifax Regional Police (HRP) is recognizing the volunteers who make positive contributions to our community. ​ We celebrate the 74 citizen volunteers who generously contribute their time and skills to deliver programs ranging from neighbourhood watch to victim...

**** PREMIER’S Office Media Release Honour and Remember Nova Scotians Lost During April 2020 Tragedy —————————————————————- The Province of Nova Scotia is inviting people to unite in honouring and remembering the 22 Nova Scotians who were killed on April 18 and 19, 2020. ​ “Last April an unthinkable tragedy broke our hearts and shattered lives...

**** HRP Media Release National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week Halifax Regional Police is honoring the public safety telecommunicators employed in our Integrated Emergency Services (IES) dispatch centre during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 11-17. These dedicated employees truly put the first in ‘first responder’; they are a voice of calm at the other end...

**** RCMP Media Release Today marks Vimy Ridge Day in Canada. The RCMP has a significant military history and connections. During the First World War, hundreds of members of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police (RNWMP, the RCMP’s precursor) took their discharge from the force to fight overseas, including the Battle of Vimy Ridge. In 1918...

Never forget. Via HRFE “Today all HRFE stations will fly their flags at half-mast from sunrise to sunset to mark Vimy Ridge Day, in remembrance of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. 3,598 Canadians were killed and another 7,000 wounded during the World War I battle. We owe them our thanks and our remembrance, lest we...

**** THE ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA INTERNATIONAL Tattoo Release  THE ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA INTERNATIONAL TATTOO PRESENTS “THE SPIRIT OF NOVA SCOTIA VIRTUAL WORLD TOUR 2021” The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo will tour the world virtually this summer presenting a series of geo-gated online shows in select territories across the globe. The Tattoo will partner with...