Q uestion: What did the pedestrian’s $100 bill say to the Walmart in Bayers Lake? Answer: You ain’t getting none of this! Bayers Lake Business Park and Dartmouth Crossing are two of the busiest shopping areas in Halifax Regional Municipality, but are the most neglected when it comes to accessibility. HRM has done well with […]
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Save the date: IKEA finally opens September 27
It’s official. On Wednesday, September 27 Haligonians will officially have nothing left to look forward to. That’s when the monstrous home decor wonder IKEA (645 Cutler Avenue) will be opening its doors to its first customers in Dartmouth Crossing—at 9am to be exact. The store will include a full restaurant for all of your meatball […]
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AFW 10 years strong
Atlantic Fashion Week showcases 3 and 4 Friday, November 25, 8pm Saturday, November 26, 8pm 174 Hector Gate, Dartmouth Crossing, $25 Showcases continue until December 10, for a full event lineup see: atlanticfashionweek.com Atlantic Fashion Week’s creator and director Angela Campagnoni isn’t interested in reminiscing about the past 10 years—how the event has grown from […]
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Yes, a “full size” IKEA is opening in Halifax in 2017
Haligonians have been pining for the impossible furniture store’s return since its Burnside outlet closed late last millennium. Today’s announcement from IKEA Canada’s president, Stefan Sjöstrand, earned media coverage as if it was the biblical Second Coming—which might happen before IKEA’s new shop in Dartmouth Crossing is built. The press release says the giant (328,000 […]
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Banana Republic to open in Dartmouth Crossing
Shoptalk has learned that Banana Republic will open a factory outlet store in Dartmouth Crossing this summer. For those of you getting tired of Gap and Old Navy, you’ll now be able to shop at the third store in the US fashion empire. (All are owned by Gap Inc.) No word on exact opening dates […]
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Buses beg as cars cash in
Halifax council has been doing good work on the transit front. Councillors have committed to buying 45 new articulated buses—15 will hit the streets in coming months—and have agreed “in concept” to an aggressive five-year transit expansion plan that, if implemented, will see big improvements in bus service. Of course it will cost more money […]
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Dio Mio cafe location closed down
Shoptalk spoke with Jed Roche, one of the owners of Dio Mio (Dartmouth Crossing, 21 Logiealmond Close, 469-0187), about the closure of their Brenton Street café, a longtime destination for lovers of homemade gelato and other tasty gourmet snacks. “We owed the landlord rent and he closed it,” reports Roche, simply, adding, “We’d like to […]
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Transit plan: not perfect, but necessary
Forget about the fast ferry to Bedford. Forget about an airport bus. Make the Barrington Street and Spring Garden Road shopping districts car-free so more buses can use those streets, but cut the already paltry bus service to Dartmouth Crossing. Increase transit use by 18 percent in five years, by spending $93 million on new […]
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Dartmouth daytripper
As San Francisco has Oakland and New York has Jersey, Halifax has my dear Dartmouth. I opted to settle there when I moved back from Toronto a month ago. Plenty of Haligonians think Dartmouth is just a place to drive through on the way to the airport, but here are a few of the reasons […]