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Best Local Athlete

He has been boxing for 16 years. He fought for Nigeria in the ‘92 Olympics, moved to Halifax four years ago and won a silver medal at this year’s Olympics. And now David Defiagbon has to start up all over again. Senator Walter Twinn sought him out for professional management shortly after the Olympics. Defiagbon’s […]

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Best Place To Skateboard

Though pitifully small for our skateboard-crazed colony, The Bowl is the best (legal) place to skate in Halifax. Located in the old drained duckpond on the Commons, the smooth concrete crater was planted, along with a nice paved run up, by the Recreation Dept in the autumn of ‘95. Since then, skateboarders have been happily […]

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