Gold Winner Public Gardens Silver Winner Point Pleasant Park Bronze Winner Halifax Common The Public Gardens is one of those places that makes you feel like anything is possible—everything except walking on the grass. “It’s so beautiful, just make sure you stay on the trails,” warns one voter. “Just beautiful! Wish you could walk on […]
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Best Public Space
Gold Winner The Public Gardens Silver Winner Point Pleasant Park Bronze Winner Halifax Commons “Jolly good!” responds The Public Gardens when we notify it by telegraph that it has won the gold. “I feared I may have let people down with the unfortunate demise of Momma, the goose, so I tried to keep my flora […]
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Best Man on the Inside
The 35-year-old Jamie MacLellan is Halifax’s first Public Art Facilitator, a position that was created for him. A King’s grad in Contemporary Studies, he went out west to continue his fine arts education, but wound up back here sitting on the Khyber’s board in 2007 as the art centre’s liaison with the city government. “That’s […]
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Horatio the swan’s last song
Halloween brought a nasty surprise to the Public Gardens. Gardens staff found their swan, Horatio, dead on the morning of November 1. Horatio is remembered for his cantankerous disposition. “He was crazy and mean,” says gardener Tracy Jessen, who was often attacked by the swan while feeding him. “He could definitely draw blood.” This is […]
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Best Public Space
The Victorian green space remains a gorgeous retreat within the city, from the magnificent wrought iron of the gate at Spring Garden and South Park to the geese, ducks and swans floating through the gentle waterways. Through the summer’s warmer days it’s a popular spot for wedding photos, though we know people who like to […]
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Go local on Spring Garden Road
Strolling down the most popular shopping district in Atlantic Canada, from Robie down to Brunswick—including side-streets bristling with boutiques—the sheer number of vital businesses provides an embarrassment of riches for Shoptalk. More than anywhere else in our fine city, we slam up against the limitation of space on this page. A street that provides a […]
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Sloane wants more garden time
Halifax councillor Dawn Sloane wants the Public Gardens to be more public. At Tuesday’s council meeting she asked that the city consider lengthening the season for the park. “I understand it can’t be open when there’s three feet of snow on the path,” she says. “But there’s no reason we can’t keep it open until […]
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Momma’s death: fowl play or old age?
A prominent figure is missing from the Public Gardens. Mother Goose, called “Momma” by her friends, passed away this week under mysterious circumstances. Momma was over 20 years old, which in goose years made her a senior citizen. Though she may have died of old age, Police and Gardens staff haven’t ruled out foul play. […]
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My summer: Shauntay Grant, poet, broadcaster
Grant is a performer who has been writing and singing as long as she can remember. After high school she did a music degree at Dalhousie and a journalism degree at King’s. She now works at the music department of the CBC and hosts the CBC Radio One program All The Best. Her children’s book […]
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Hot Summer Guide: Concerts and music festivals
Paul McCartney July 11 A Beatle is coming to Halifax. Some come down on the man for his stand against the seal hunt—though it sounds like these days most blame the militancy on his ex-wife, Heather Mills—or some say that his wanting to change the order of the songwriting credits on “Yesterday” from Lennon/McCartney to […]