There are few places that top Nova Scotia in the summer and fall seasons. Unlike the west coast of Canada Nova Scotia has more sunny days and better beaches. But best of all, Nova Scotia has the festivals. Stay tuned for our amazing festival schedule!
Take The Roof Off Winter (TTROW), is Nova Scotia’s new winter active campaign. It has been designed to point Nova Scotians of all ages in the direction of activities that will improve their health during the winter days by being outdoors and active.
On the TTROW site you can find ideas for having fun in the outdoors this winter. While you are on the web site make sure to sign up to be a TTROW Supporter, and use the great resources available: media materials, kids zone activities, posters, etc.
Nova Scotians can create your their own Take The Roof Off Winter event:
Winter doesn’t have to be a dull affair. After the thrill of indoor activities wears off make that extra effort to get outside and get the lead out.
rom February 26 to 28th the harbour-side of Halifax will erupt into a festival that will take the edge off the long winter.
What Ground Hog’s Day symbolizes is that winter, although far from over, is now winding down. It’s a time for we North Americans to realize that the sun is staying longer in the late afternoon and getting up earlier in the morning.
The new NDP government has been saddled with many problems in its first few months in power: labour disputes, budget deficits and even traveling expenses. However, as troubling as these items are now nothing will come back to bite Nova Scotia and the other Atlantic problems like the termination of a ferry service between the U.S. and Nova Scotia.
In the heart of Bedford there is an amazing property called Blue Forest Lane Bed and Breakfast that goes against the bustle of this bedroom community of greater Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Each year in the area around Sheffield Mills, Nova Scotia, in the Annapolis Valley area, hundreds of the majestic birds congregate to what amounts to as a month-long feast.
The decision this month by Nova Scotia’s government to end its subsidizing of the fast-ferry service from Bar Harbor, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has left many tourism operators scrambling to reorganize their businesses.
Jon Tattrie, a 32 year-old Halifax freelance writer, has set up a table at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, complete with laptop computer, to record many of the interesting stories of people flying to and from Halifax.
The traditional gateway to the U.S. by water has now closed. But this does not mean that southwest Nova Scotia is doomed. The loss of the ferries just means that Nova Scotia has to change its campaign for drawing tourist dollars into the province.
This year marks the 8th year that representatives from Nova Scotia joins in with the City of Boston to present the Christmas tree on Boston Common. It is also the 38th year that Nova Scotia has given a tree to the people of Boston as thanks for relief efforts following the December 6, 1917, explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax Harbor.
Dartmouth native Sidney Crosby, the captain of the Stanley Cup-winning Pittsburg Penguins, will carry the Olympic torch on November 18th. Crosby will miss one practice but will fly to Ottawa the next day to join his team against the Senators.
In the heart of Bedford there is an amazing property called Blue Forest Lane Bed and Breakfast that goes against the bustle of this bedroom community of greater Halifax, Nova Scotia.
