October 2019
Shag Harbour UFO Festival
Annual festival (in 2019, October 4–6). 5615 Highway 3, Shag Harbour, South Shore The Shag Harbour Incident Interpretive Centre, located in the fishing village of Shag Harbour along the South Shore, chronicles the sighting of a UFO which crashed into the waters of Shag Harbour leaving no trace other than yellow foam. Visitors to the Centre can view television documentaries, newspaper articles, other memorabilia, and an exhibit on outer space. After a tour of our centre, visitors can browse through…
Find out more »Halifax Oyster Festival
5th annual Halifax Oyster Festival October 4- October 5 Selected as one of the Top 10 reasons to visit Halifax in 2019
Find out more »Terri on vinyl
Terri's latest album, Raising The Bar, is coming to vinyl today (October 4) Signed limited edition double vinyl from her web site ..... https://www.terriclark.com/
Find out more »The Shag Harbour UFO incident
The Shag Harbour UFO incident was the reported impact of an unknown large object into waters near Shag Harbour, a tiny fishing village in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 4, 1967. The reports were investigated by various civilian (Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Coast Guard) and military (Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force) agencies of the Government of Canada and the U.S. Condon Committee. The Shag Harbour UFO incident is featured on a new commemorative coin "with sci-fi glow" that's already 96 per cent sold. The release of the…
Find out more »Election
The municipality runs elections for Mayor and Council, as well as the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial. On Saturday, October 5, 2019 there will be a special election in HRM District 15, Lower Sackville to fill the vacant Council seat. Advance polling dates will be Saturday, September 28, 2019 and Tuesday, October 1, 2019. A list of declared candidates will be published by the Election Office and will be updated daily. This election will be entirely electronic. All votes will be cast either online or by…
Find out more »IWK Fall Fun Fair
Saturday October 5 (noon-3 pm) The Chickenburger 1531 Bedford Highway Join us for our annual Fall Fun Fair in support of the IWK! Lots of fun & activities for the whole family! Cost: $10 per bracelette We'll have bouncy castles, face painting, games, prizes, treats & much more! ALL proceeds from the event in support of the IWK Foundation
Find out more »Kidney Walk
Join us on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at DeWolfe Park for our annual Kidney Walk! Registration: 10:00 am Start: 11:00 am Register online: www.kidneywalk.ca About This Walk Volunteers, family and caring members of great workplaces are leading the way in support of patient services, education, awareness, and kidney research through Kidney Walks.
Find out more »Glow in the Park
Join us for a night of fun with Glow in the Park - a free walk/run for the whole family! Participants can choose to do one or two loops of the 1.5 km route, or just enjoy our other activities. Activities along the run/walk route include a dance zone, camp fire zone, and color powder zone. Before, during, and after the event, we'll also have an obstacle course, face painting, glow powder station, blacklight photo bomb tent, night fever dance floor…
Find out more »Alexander Keith’s birthday
Alexander Keith (5 October, 1795 – 14 December, 1873) was the founder of Alexander Keith's Brewery, a businessman, and politician. After learning the brewing trade from his uncle in Northern England, Keith immigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1817 and became manager at a brewery, which he bought out in 1820. In 1822 he moved the brewery to larger facilities, and built a new brewery in 1836. In 1842 he served as a commissioner of public property and in 1843 was selected mayor of Halifax. He continued as…
Find out more »Halifax Beer Run
Sunday October 6th (11 am start) Love running? Love beer? Yeah you do! Why not throw ‘em together and celebrate with us at The Canada Beer Run, for it's fourth year in HALIFAX!! Here’s how it works: we get some awesome breweries to come together for the love of beer, and we share it with you! Participants begin in waves every 30 minutes (75-125 in each of our 4 waves) and run from brewery to brewery, running through the city…
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