February 2022
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
Super Bowl LVI, the 56th Super Bowl and the 51st modern-era National Football League championship game, will decide the league champion for the 2021 NFL season. The American Football Conference champion Cincinnati Bengals will play the National Football Conference champion LA Rams at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The halftime show will be headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar.
Find out more »VALENTINE’S DAY
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Western Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine and is recognized as a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have given way to mass-produced greeting cards. In North America, about 190 million Valentine's Day cards…
Find out more »“WHITE JUAN” (2004)
White Juan is the unofficial name given to the hurricane-strength nor'easter blizzard of February 2004 that affected most of Atlantic Canada and the Eastern United States between February 17 and 20, 2004—five months after Hurricane Juan devastated Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Snowfall amounts for February 18–19 The aftermath of White Juan Halifax and Dartmouth: 95.5 centimetres (37.6 in) Yarmouth: 101.0 centimetres (39.8 in) Charlottetown: 74.4 centimetres (29.3 in) Halifax International Airport: 66.8 centimetres (26.3 in) Enfield: 66.6…
Find out more »NOVA SCOTIA HERITAGE DAY
Heritage Day in Nova Scotia is a provincial holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Introduced in 2015, each year this holiday will honour a different person or event, chosen by Nova Scotian school children. Heritage day in 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of the Landscape of Grand-Pré becoming a UNESCO World Heritage site. Today we celebrate the rich heritage of this landscape which features an exceptional traditional agricultural settlement still in use today and an iconic place of…
Find out more »March 2022
DR. SEUSS DAY
Today we celebrate Dr Seuss! Born on this day in 1904! Fun Fact: “Seuss,” which was also his mother’s maiden name — was pronounced “Zoyce” by the family... and by Geisel himself!
Find out more »SACKVILLE SANDWICH WEEK
A week-long sandwich celebration and fundraiser where you can try exclusive sandwiches from participating Sackville restaurants and enter to win exciting prizes! With every sandwich sold, a donation is made to food literacy programming at the Sackville Public Library!! Click HERE for a complete list of restaurants and a "sandwich map" to find them!
Find out more »INTERNATIONAL WOMAN’S DAY
International Women's Day 2022 theme is 'Break the Bias' There are MANY events celebrating the day. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY Here in HRM, all are welcome to a free virtual event. When: from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Where: Zoom. Please register for the virtual event https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J3lzwuwsR_GmzAwqz4M9eQ
Find out more »DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS
Time to "spring forward"! Officially clocks go ahead Sunday morning at 2:00am (to 3:00am), but most of us do it tonight before we go to bed. Don't worry, we'll get the hour back... in the fall. ALSO... test and change the batteries in your smoke detectors!
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SAINT PATRICK’S DAY
Saint Patrick's Day is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (for provincial government employees), and the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat.
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