Gold Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op Silver Winner Sport Chek, Halifax Shopping Centre Bronze Winner The Trail Shop “There’s not many places that someone would suggest that you bring something in to be repaired rather than buy something new,” says manager Kent Walsh. MEC’s approach, he says, comes “from a place of purpose around enabling and […]
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Best Sporting Goods Store
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 Eco-conscious Store
Gold Winner P’lovers, Dartmouth Silver Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op Bronze Winner Organic Earth Market Shelby Lendrum hopes that one day this category won’t be needed, that all stores will be stuffed to the sky with the good-for-you-and-the-planet items P’lovers is all about. In the meantime, her Dartmouth location is a readers’ favourite for green products. […]
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Best Sporting Goods Store
Gold Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op Silver Winner Sport Chek, Halifax Shopping Centre Bronze Winner Pro Skateboards & Snowboards Despite being a city mouse, even I know that the Halifax Regional Municipality is home to some amazing stretches of nature. There are gorgeous hiking trails, isolated campgrounds where you can pitch a tent under the stars […]
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Best Sporting Goods Store
Gold Winner MEC Silver Winner Cleve’s Source for Sports, Park Lane Mall Bronze Winner Sport Chek, Halifax Shopping Centre When the zombie apocalypse hits, here’s hoping you’re head-to-toe in MEC gear. Those people always look so prepared, ready to tell the elements—all of ’em—to go suck a lemon. The two-storey outdoor clothing and gear shop […]
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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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Best Eco-conscious Store
Gold Winner P’lovers Silver Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op Bronze Winner Nurtured Everybody may have gotten bitten by the green bug recently, but P’lovers has making it happen since 1992. Now that eco-friendly products are no longer a fringe market, business is booming and readers have reflected that in their choice for best eco-conscious store in […]
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Best Sporting Goods Store
Gold Winner Cleve’s Source for Sports, Park Lane Silver Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op Bronze Winner The Trail Shop Everyone knows the jingle: “Source for Sports—we know our stuff!” There have been fewer more apt mottos than this one for Cleve’s and its Spring Garden store exemplifies it (plus, man that jingle’s catchy). No matter what […]
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Best Sporting Goods Store
Gold Winner Cleve’s Source for Sports, Park Lane Silver Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op Bronze Winner Sport Chek, Halifax Shopping Centre Cleve’s has by far the broadest selection of sporting goods in Halifax, with each of its stores jam-packed with seemingly every item related to every sport you can think of: running, hockey, golf, swimming, et […]
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Best Eco-conscious Store
Gold Winner P’lovers Silver Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op Bronze Winner Carbonstok P’lovers was created by Ann Caverzan and Liz Crocker in 1992, making this their 20th anniversary. Partially in celebration, they moved the store from its long-time Park Lane Mall location south a block to the Trillium building on South Park Street. “We’re completely thrilled […]
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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 The Trail Shop This year MEC celebrates 10 years in Halifax and 40 years as a company. The business continues to offer an impressive example of environmental consciousness in a retailer, operating out of energy-efficient buildings and offering everything you’ll […]