
October 2019
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…
Find out more »Spryfield Community Food Market
Spryfield Community Food Market Wednesday, October 9, 2019 2:00 PM 4:00 PM Chebucto Connections531 Herring Cove RoadHalifax, NS Affordable fresh produce, bread and friendly faces Stop by Chebucto Connections in Spryfield for their pop-up market! They will be offering a variety of affordable, healthy fruits and vegetables and bread products for customers to browse and purchase. All welcome! For more information or to find out about available subsidies through their Community Support Worker call 902-477-0964.
Find out more »Reel Family Movie Night
Alderney Landing and Scotiabank are happy to announce we are bringing back the Reel Family Movie Night the first movie being Casper on October 11 . This is a FREE Family event held in the theatre at Alderney Landing. Friday, October 11, 2019 at 7:00 PM
Find out more »Breaking Bad (movie) Netflix
The film, called “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,” was written and directed by Vince Gilligan, the creator of “Breaking Bad,” and will be released on Netflix on Oct.11. The film is also expected to be broadcast at a later date on AMC, the cable network where the TV series was originally shown from 2008 to 2013.
Find out more »Raptors debut in Halifax
October 14, 1995 The Toronto Raptors debuted in Halifax in front of over 9,000 fans. Halifax was the host city for the teams first exhibition game against Philadelphia. The Raptors won the game 120-107.
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