Past Events

Alexander Keith (5 October, 1795 – 14 December, 1873) was the founder of Alexander Keith's Brewery, a businessman, and politician. After learning the brewing trade from his uncle in Northern England, Keith immigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1817 and became manager at a brewery, which he bought out in 1820. In 1822 he moved the brewery to larger facilities, and built a new brewery in 1836.  In 1842 he served as a commissioner of public property and in 1843 was selected mayor of Halifax. He continued as…

Sunday October 6th (11 am start) Love running? Love beer? Yeah you do! Why not throw ‘em together and celebrate with us at The Canada Beer Run, for it's fourth year in HALIFAX!! Here’s how it works: we get some awesome breweries to come together for the love of beer, and we share it with you! Participants begin in waves every 30 minutes (75-125 in each of our 4 waves) and run from brewery to brewery, running through the city…

Born October 7, 1951. Tonight 89.9 The Wave will play John's best from the 70's, 80's, 90's and more. Tonight @ 9 Happy Birthday Johnny Cougar, John Cougar,  John Cougar Mellencamp and John Mellencamp.

Spryfield Community Food Market Wednesday, October 9, 2019 2:00 PM  4:00 PM Chebucto Connections531 Herring Cove RoadHalifax, NS Affordable fresh produce, bread and friendly faces Stop by Chebucto Connections in Spryfield for their pop-up market! They will be offering a variety of affordable, healthy fruits and vegetables and bread products for customers to browse and purchase. All welcome! For more information or to find out about available subsidies through their Community Support Worker call 902-477-0964.

89.9 The Wave puts the spotlight on John Lennon today with double-shots of his solo music and Beatles favourites all day. John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon, 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history. In 1969, he started the Plastic Ono Band with his second wife, Yoko Ono. After the Beatles disbanded in 1970, Lennon continued as a solo…

Rebecca Cohn Auditorium – Halifax  Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Doors: 6:30 PM / Show: 7:30 PM

Alderney Landing and Scotiabank are happy to announce we are bringing back the Reel Family Movie Night the first movie being Casper on October 11 . This is a FREE Family event held in the theatre at Alderney Landing. Friday, October 11, 2019 at 7:00 PM

The film, called “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,” was written and directed by Vince Gilligan, the creator of “Breaking Bad,” and will be released on Netflix on Oct.11. The film is also expected to be broadcast at a later date on AMC, the cable network where the TV series was originally shown from 2008 to 2013.