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Amanda & Shannon

Two years before they were officially introduced, Amanda Assoun and Shannon Huckle locked eyes at a gas station, unable to look away but too nervous to say anything. That moment burned in their memories until a mutual friend finally introduced them after hearing both sides of the same story. The couple began planning their wedding […]

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Jamie & Matt

Jamie Randell and Matt Kallio found love online in 2007. At the time, Jamie was living St. John’s and Matthew in Wolfville, but after two years of chatting long-distance, they finally met in 2009, relocating to Halifax soon after. “As cliche as it sounds,” says Jamie, “I knew from that moment, he was the one […]

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Rongze & Jiapeng

“When the big day finally came, we had experienced a lot of things together, and every moment just appeared in my mind like a movie,” says Rongze Xu. Her real-life romance flick goes like this: Girl meets boy—Jiapeng Sun—six years ago through mutual friends when they’re both studying Saint Mary’s University. Boy pops the question […]

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Sukhpal & Tim

Sukhpal Kaur and Tim Villermet met on an airplane, where she was a flight attendant and he was a passenger. There is certainly something magical about their story, meeting tens of thousands of feet in the air. Following their conversation about spirituality on the aircraft, Tim took Sukhpal out for her first Montreal bagel and […]

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Thanh & Jon

Thanh Phung and Jon Johannsson’s worlds collided when they were still teenagers. After he moved to her small town from Iceland, the pair—then high school seniors—got to know each through the school musical they were both involved in. Thanh ended up in the hospital later that year, and was touched by how much Jon was […]

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Zelda & Paul

They say good things come to those who wait, but gorgeous weddings come to them, too. After nearly 14 years together, Paul Smith and Zelda Carter tied the knot last fall on a day that was both a DIYer’s dream and a Halloween-lover’s fantasy. They’d only been dating a year or so when Paul popped […]

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Sheryl & Matthew

The picturesque ceremony marrying Sheryl Chisholm and Matthew Quinn on the Crystal Cliffs beach in Antigonish was 12 years in the making, longer if you count the fact that the couple met when they were only children. A few months after their 10-year anniversary, well ahead of the commitment curve, Matthew proposed on a sunset […]

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Tassia & Shawn

After four years together and two weeks apart, Tassia returned home from a family vacation to find Shawn on one knee with an empty box, “knowing I always wanted to choose my own,” says Tassia. They finally decided on a beautiful ring together, and the couple approached wedding planning much the same way. “Planning was […]

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Jess & Shauna

Love is blind to lobster-style sunburns and high fashion aircasts, or at least it was for Jess Healy and Shauna Neary. The two met while coaching at a hockey camp in 2005, and instantly connected despite any injuries or rosy cheeks. After living in Halifax and Houston then Halifax again, and growing their fur family […]

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Shelly & Mark

Shelly Maynard and Mark Foley mastered the art of meeting in the middle on the first day they met. After arriving on the pier of the Saint John ferry, Shelly and her best friend bumped into Mark—a med school classmate of Shelly’s friend who was waiting on a ferry to Digby—and “it was love at […]

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Barbara & Shaun

Born worlds apart – Shaun is originally from Bermuda and Barbara, Ghana – these two lovebirds might never have met if it weren’t for Mount Saint Vincent University. One day they had to share a book in class and the rest is history. Four years and one romantic dinner later they were ready to spend […]

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Sindura & Aneesh

When Aneesh Chhabra proposed to Sindura Dar it was a leap of faith – literally. Poised to dive out of a private plane, he asked her to answer him back on the ground, giving Sindura a lot to think about as she parachuted down. “At first, I thought Aneesh was joking because he is a […]

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