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Big Day Downtown Launch Party
Submitted by Fashionable People, Questionable Things on 07.28.10 at 6:34am.
Last night, we attended the Big Day Downtown launch party at Pipa on Argyle Street (excellent food and sangria!). The launch was in celebration of Downtown Halifax Business Commission’s new campaign created in collaboration with Extreme Group, which will see 30 bloggers from Halifax receive $100 ...
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Big Day Downtown Halifax: Part 1
Submitted by East Coast By Choice on 07.27.10 at 6:23am.
Tonight I’ll be heading out to a launch party at Pipa for a fun venture put on by the Downtown Halifax Business Commission.
The Big Day Downtown program is meant to highlight downtown Halifax as a destination for shopping, dining, doing business, working and living. Participating bloggers, colum...
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cool idea
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 07.27.10 at 6:22am.
This is John Doull's Bookstore on Barrington Street. One of the spots I plan to pop into on my "Big Day Downtown" adventure. A few weeks ago I got an email asking me if I would be interested in participating in a cool promotional event for our downtown area.
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Great glass hope could be white elephant | the Herald
Submitted by Halifax Politics blog on 07.27.10 at 6:07am.
Better said than most, certainly sums up what I have been thinking, I turn this space over to Laura Penny and her article from the Herald.
I LIVE ON Argyle Street, between two of Halifax’s most talked-about vacant lots.
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Talking about cock.
Submitted by Paris a la Mode blog on 07.23.10 at 7:03am.
Ok, so this is a fashion and lifestyle blog right? I've written some pretty opinionated posts in the past but this one is where this bitch is going to shine. I'm about to go ornithological...literally. So let's talk about going green for a minute. I live in Northend Halifax. I love my city a...
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Response to Paul from DBTC on WTCC2
Submitted by Halifax Politics on 07.16.10 at 5:56am.
Downtownpaul just posted a pro wtcc2 article, linking resistance to WTCC2 to some kind of malaise and downtown death spiral. Here is my comment, spell corrected (paint fumes overcame me.. :) We shall see if this gets published on the DBTC site:
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Anchor Zine Archive in the Roberts Street Social Centre celebrates five prolific years
Submitted by Spacing Atlantic on 07.13.10 at 8:26am.
The Roberts Street Social Centre is here for you. It's true.
The little red shingled house near the corner of Roberts and James has quietly been there for anyone with something to say the long way for five years now.
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No, they didn’t…did they?
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 07.12.10 at 8:13am.
A couple of crazy Bedfordites jump off the jetty at the Bedford Waterfront on a hot and humid Friday afternoon.
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Police seek public’s help locating missing teen
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 07.9.10 at 8:10am.
Halifax Regional Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing Dartmouth female.
Fourteen-year-old Samantha Leger was last seen on Friday, July 2 in the early morning hours. Her parents reported her missing just before noon that day after a note was found saying she was leaving.
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Bike Lanes in HRM?
Submitted by Waye Mason's blog on 07.7.10 at 6:14am.
The Coast HRM council twitter is reporting that city hall just voted for paving, but against bike lane extensions. Aparently 13 councillors all feel bike lanes are un-needed.
Anyone who follows me on Facebook or Twitter knows I just spent two weeks in Tuscany with my family, and being the nerd ...
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Video from 2010 Canada Day fireworks in Bedford
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 07.5.10 at 7:52am.
A collection of videos posted on YouTube from the 2010 Canada Day fireworks at DeWolf Park in Bedford, Nova Scotia.
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Canada Day 2010: It was a blast
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 07.2.10 at 8:40am.
Thousands of area residents were at DeWolf Park to take in some live entertainment and witness a spectacular fireworks show. To see photos, click on thumbnails below.
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Waste oil spill reaches Bedford Highway and Sackville River
Submitted by Bedford Beacon on 06.29.10 at 7:47am.
At around 10 a.m. today police responded to a waste oil spill which resulted from an insecure cap on a hauling truck on Dartmouth Road.
The spill eventually reached the Bedford Highway and the Sackville River.
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Native Pride
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 06.28.10 at 6:33am.
Last night I went downtown to the Halifax Commons where a huge celebration of Aboriginal culture is taking place over the next few days. It is a Mawiomi-Powwow. I was tired after a busy day and was half thinking I wouldn't go BUT I am so glad I did!
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Drink the convention centre Kool Aid
Submitted by Stephen Kimber blog on 06.25.10 at 7:09am.
Last Friday, a group calling itself the Coalition to the Save the View held a press conference to release its analysis of four reports on the financial viability of a new convention centre for downtown Halifax. Promoters want the province to ante up one third of its $300-million cost.
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Council ok’s Community Access Plan for new arena
Submitted by Bedford Beacon on 06.24.10 at 7:43am.
The $39-million, HRM 4 Pad Arena has moved another step closer to relieving some of the pressure on the many existing arenas across the region.
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Editorial: Why I’m running the 5k to Beat Lung Cancer
Submitted by Bedford Beacon on 06.23.10 at 7:41am.
Even though it still feels like yesterday, it has been two years since I lost my dad to lung cancer. A few days after I came home from the funeral and the many weeks spent in Ontario leading up to my father’s death, I read about Jean St-Amand organizing the first annual 5k Run to Beat Lung Cancer.
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Halifax Magazine interview: Why pay more?
Submitted by East Coast By Choice on 06.18.10 at 6:52am.
One of the standard complaints about living on the East Coast is that comparatively speaking, we don’t make the same amount of money that peers in other bigger cities do. Alison DeLory interviewed a number of professionals around the city of Halifax, including me, to get our opinions on the matter.
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A banner day for Bedford
Submitted by Bedford Beacon on 06.17.10 at 8:16am.
Crews started mounting floral "Bedford" banners yesterday along the Bedford Highway. The banners will be on every second black lamp post from Hammonds Plains Road to the Dartmouth Road, on the Basin side!
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Let Them Have the Stones, We Have the History
Submitted by A.I.M.S. blog on 06.16.10 at 7:04am.
So the big mystery has finally been revealed and was, to no surprise, less then shocking. The Chronicle-Herald, for weeks, touted a comparison between Halifax and a “mystery city”, which led to a fair bit of intrigue by the readership who wanted to know just how well their city stacked against a...
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Bedford Days 2010
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 06.15.10 at 8:04am.
Bedford Days 2010 takes place from June 25 to July 1.
Come out and enjoy the events. There is something for everyone – food, fireworks, outdoor movies, Beerfest, 5k Run, and much much more. Don’t miss out!
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Naked! Cyclists!
Submitted by The Newcomer on 06.14.10 at 8:22am.
The newcomer family are on Halifax Commons, lounging in the warm friendly sun. It is Saturday afternoon, and they have just picnicked on Indian takeaway (butter chicken, tandoori chicken). The excellent combination of hot curry and warm sun brings peace and serenity.
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A big birthday party on John Street
Submitted by North and Agricola on 06.14.10 at 7:22am.
Eight neighbours celebrated a birthday on or close to Saturday, so birthday cake was the natural thing to take over the John Street street party this weekend. Afternoon festivities — including street hockey, live music and zumba dancing — also got a boost from the unexpected drive-by appearance o...
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John Street to celebrate ‘good city life’
Submitted by North and Agricola on 06.10.10 at 7:20am.
Residents on John Street are organizing a street party for Saturday, June 12, that, according to the invitation, will celebrate “the street and the good city life.”
North and Agricola sources confirm that at least two architects and one set of baby twins will be celebrating their birthday at the...
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Bedford teen in motor vehicle collision identified
Submitted by Bedford Beacon blog on 06.4.10 at 7:41am.
Blake Neville MacKenzie, a passenger of a vehicle involved in a collision in Bedford, passed away on Thursday morning.
The incident occurred at 1:57 p.m. at the intersection of Duke Street and Damascus Road.
The Volkswagen Jetta, in which Blake was a passenger, turned into the path a Chevrolet...
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How big is too big?
Submitted by Halifax Magazine blog on 06.3.10 at 8:15am.
As I mentioned in my May 20 post, here at Halifax Magazine, we’re pretty concerned with the size of HRM Council. We fear, with a great deal of empirical evidence to back us up, that Council is simply too big and unwieldy to govern effectively.
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