The Oval, 5775 Cogswell Street, 902-490-2347 You’re not alone if you’re counting down the minutes until Oval-time. Are we there yet? Not quite. The first skate of the year is weather dependent but currently pencilled in for December 15. Stalk halifax.ca/skatehrm and @skatehrm for the latest on Halifax’s backyard rink. Scotiabank Centre, 1800 Brunswick Street, […]
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Tuesday night is CKDU night at the Oval
CKDU 88.1FM is as cold as ice on Tuesday nights (5:30-10pm). Our beloved Oval features music from the community radio station every Tuesday evening and all you have to do is soak it up. Check the public skate schedule before you head over, in case there is some freaky weather thing that not even CKDU’s […]
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New Tunes: The Graboids – Aftershocks
Those delightful curmudgeons The Graboids are releasing a 5-song EP today titled Aftershocks. The band’s first EP and the new one can be bought as a single CD called The First One Years a la Black Flag. If you enjoyed their first EP (and who didn’t really) the second features a similar blend of hijinks, […]
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Keep the Common skating oval
Keep the oval. That message is coming through loud and clear from the 1,000-plus (some days over 2,000) people skating on the Common skating oval. The original plan was for the oval to be open to the public before and after the Canada Games in February, but then dismantled in March. There are six refrigeration […]
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Ice capading at Sportswheels
If the sweet perfume of zamboni fumes and hot chocolate is luring you back rink-side, but you’re bladeless and kinda broke, there are options. Equipment and service shop Sportswheels (209 Sackville Drive, 865-9033, sportwheels.ca) sells used pairs, starting at around $20 for women’s figure skates, $50 for men’s hockey. What’s available depends on what’s been […]
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Wayne Doucet, skate doctor
His name is Wayne Doucet. And he isn’t called The Skate Doctor for nothing. “Here’s the mentality,” he says, pulling down his respirator halfway through sharpening a pair of nicely worn-in but not worn-out black Bauers: “What idiot can’t sharpen skates?” Doucet’s brother and business partner Howard pipes up. “They say this must be a […]
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Skate it while we got it
The following rinks are open, weather permitting: George Dixon Recreation Centre (off of Gottingen St., near Uniake Square) Larry O’Connell (Fourth St. off of Newton, off of Chebucto) Ardmore Park Community Rink (Oxford and Almon) North End Community Rink (Agricola and Lady Hammond) Halifax Commons (Pool near the skate park) Porters Lake Community Centre (4693 […]