Gold Winner Apple Store Silver Winner GBS Technologies (formerly PC Medic) Bronze Winner Octopi Computers Voting for the 2017 Best of Halifax awards ended September 15, with winners announced in The Coast’s BOH issue, out in print and online November 2. In between, we at The Coast tabulate the votes to figure out the winners, […]
Octopi Computers
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Best Computer Store
Gold Winner Apple Store Silver Winner PC-Wizrd Bronze Winner Octopi Computers The Halifax Shopping Centre’s Apple Store opened back in 2012, making it the first Apple Store in Atlantic Canada. Since the Halifax Mac Store on Barrington closed earlier that same year, the mall is the only place Apple fanatics can get their fix on […]
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Best Computer Store
Gold Winner Octopi Computers Silver Winner Apple Store Bronze Winner PC Wizrd All due respect to the geniuses staffing the pads at Halifax’s Apple Store, but those cephalopodic shopkeepers at Octopi Computers have the coolest mainframes in town. Don’t believe us? Go and PC for yourself. Apple might download some free U2 onto your phone, […]
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Not in my backyard
[Image-1] Halifax has seen more than its fair share of live music venue closures in recent years. The reasons for closure are complex and diverse, ranging from regulations that can best be described as “hostile to business,” to economic factors revolving around people being unable to spend all night paying $6 per drink in a […]
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Best Computer Store
Gold Winner Octopi Computers Silver Winner Apple Store, Halifax Shopping Centre Bronze Winner Downtown Digital “I think it’s doing our best to look after our customers,” says co-owner Kris McCann of why his still-brand-new Octopi Computers took home this year’s Best Computer Store award. Barely three months old, Octopi has been making a name for […]