Gold Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op Silver Winner Aerobics First Bronze Winner Sport Chek, Halifax Shopping Centre Kent Walsh credits Mountain Equipment Co-op’s repeat success in this category to a “focus on service.” The manager of MEC’s Halifax store, he says the ability to focus comes from having a clear corporate mission to encourage and enable […]
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Best Shoe Store
Gold Winner John David Shoes Silver Winner Courtside Sneakers Bronze Winner Aerobics First There’s a reason why shoes can spark an obsession in people like no other item of clothing or accessory. (What would be the purse equivalent to a sneaker head? A bag lady? Hard pass). Shoes are the bookend the rest of an […]
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Levi Store opening doubles as a presidential homecoming
Not only did the president of denim dealers Levi Strauss & Co. come to town for the jean store’s grand opening celebration, but that president is from Halifax. For James Curleigh, better known as JC, helping open a store in his hometown is pretty spectacular. “I’ve been on a world journey, and I never thought […]
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Best Sporting Goods Store
Gold Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op Silver Winner Cleve’s Source For Sports, Park Lane Bronze Winner Aerobics First If you’re craving adventure, but can’t actually manage to get out of dodge and find it, just follow your compass to MEC and spend an hour there. The outdoorsy plans, goals and daydreams that can come out of […]
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Best Sporting Goods Store
Gold Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op Silver Winner Aerobics First Bronze Winner Cleve’s Source for Sports, Spring Garden Road Two floors of adventure await you at Halifax’s location of the Canadian outdoor gear shop. This isn’t your standard source for sports though, it’ll outfit your backcountry wilderness escape, put a roof over your head for your […]
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30 things to do on Quinpool Road
1. Celebrate Quinfest The annual street wide, family friendly festivities honouring the one of Halifax’s busiest streets, returns this Saturday, September 20 from 11am-3pm. “It is important for the [Quinpool Road Mainstreet District] Association and its members to host Quinfest every year because it gives us a chance to show appreciation to our many customers […]
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Eco-wear
1. Aigle 5507 Spring Garden Road, 406-7495 Aigle Parcours rubber boots $169 French company Aigle prides itself on thinking green, with textile collections that utilize organic fabrics and recycled materials. There boots are handmade with 100 percent natural rubber, built for hiking. 2. Aerobics First 6166 Quinpool Road, 423-1470 Brooks Green Silence $110 A racing […]
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Go Local: Quinpool
One of the city’s main links between downtown and the suburbs, complete with gas stations and a McD’s drive-thru, it’s very commuter. But it’s a whole lot of community, too, serving as the west end’s Main Street. You can find all kinds of local restaurants—anchored by mainstays Athens and Freeman’s Little New York—and happening boutiques […]