🔱 14-year-old catches a blue lobster

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In today’s newsletter:

• 1/2,000,000 catch off of Ingonish

• Outdoor pools and beaches open

• Full list of Canada Day event7

Let’s dig in!

‐ The Halifax Insider Team

What’s The Scoop? Top Stories Around Halifax

• A blue lobster? Read how 14-year-old Finley Campbell found quite a surprise with his grandfather lobster fishing off the coast of Ingonish, NS. A blue lobster is a 1/2,000,000 occurrence in nature.
  

• Are you ready for a swim? Here is a note from HRM with a list of outdoor pools and beaches that are open for the 2024 season. Lifeguard supervision starts on June 29th.

• Your guide to Canada Day, 2024. See this article from The Coast listing several options to celebrate KANA’TA this year. The Halifax Insider team has also compiled a list of activities below.
  

• More that just books. You can borrow sports equipment, radon detectors, memory kits, puzzles and more from the Halifax Library. Anyone curious about what items are available can find more information here.

From the Community

• An Oldie But a Goodie. Halifax Love Language Gift Guide by Sarah Birch (at) littlesarahbirch.com. What is your love language - Affirmation, Time, Acts of Service, Touch or Gifting?
  

• Have you used a cleaning service? Five benefits of using a cleaning service from Coleen ODea (at) curtainsareopen.com.

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Weather

Thursday

• Morning / 🌡️ 17° 🌧️ rainy

• Afternoon / 🌡️ 19° 🌧️ rainy  

• Evening / 🌡️ 18° 🌧️ rainy

Friday

• Morning / 🌡️ 17° ⛅ overcast

• Afternoon / 🌡️ 21° ☀ sunny

• Evening / 🌡️ 21° ☀ sunny

Business

• Only four days left to Nominate a 30 Under 30 Innovator for Atlantic Business. Nominees must be 30 ages or younger and live in one of the four Atlantic provinces.

Live Music, Activities & Shows

Thursday

🎵 The Carleton / Alfie Zappacosta / 7:30 - 10:00 / $40.25
🎵The Old Triangle / Travis Hatcher / 8:00 / Free
🎵 The Loose Cannon / Local Bands / 9:30 / Free
🎵 Bearly’s / Buddy Daniels Trio / 9:00 - 12:00 / Free
🎵Montes Showbar Grill / The Montes Jam / 7:30 / Free
🎵 Halifax Public Gardens / The Farm Team w/ Angie Davidson / 6:00 - 7:30 / Free

Friday

🎭 Halifax Public Gardens / Spring Garden Buskers - Local Artists / 12:00 - 1:00
🍎 Halifax Waterfront, Foundation Wharf / 5th Annual Supernova Market / 1:00 - 6:00 / Free
🎵 The Carleton / Alfie Zappacosta / 8:30 - 10:30 / $40.25
🎵The Old Triangle / Jordan LeBlanc w/ Kyle Boudreau / 9:00 / Free
🎵 Bearly’s / Mark Green Blues Band / 9:30 - 12:00 / Free
🎵 The Loose Cannon / The Bologna Colorado Blues Band / 10:00 / Free
🎵The Marquee / Moon Hooch / 8:00 - 1:00 / $35
🎵 Seahorse / Human Missle Crisis + Waxforest / $10-$15
Sanctuary Arts Center / Secondhand News - A Musical Comedy / 7:30 pm / $30
💃🏽 Steel Wheels / All-Ages Taylgate Dance Party (Taylor Swift Theme) / 7:00 - 9:00 / $20
💃🏽 Queen's Marque Courtyard / Latin Dancing in the Courtyard / 7:00 - 11:00 / Free

🍁 Canada Day Events 🍁 

Halifax

• Halifax Citadel Hill / Free Admission all day / 9:00 - 5:00

• Pier 21 Museum / Canadian Museum of Immigration FREE admission all day / 9:30 - 5:30
  

• Downtown Halifax / Royal NS International Tattoo - Canada Day Parade / 10:00
  

• Halifax Waterfront / Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo bands performances / 10:30 - 11:30
  

• Foundation Wharf / Mawio’mi on the Halifax Waterfront / 11:30 am - 11:00 pm
  

• Halifax-Dartmouth Fireworks / Best views from Halifax Waterfront Foundation Wharf, Dartmouth Ferry Terminal Park / 10:00 - 10:30 / rain date is Friday, July 5
  

• Georges Island / Free Admission all day / 10:00 - 3:00
  

• Dewolf Park (Bedford) / All day activities for kids and fireworks / 9:00 - 10:00
  

• Maxwell’s Plumb / Canada Day - Block Party / 3:00 - 8:00 / $15

Dartmouth

• Ferry Terminal Park / Canada Day Drumming Celebration / 12:30 - 4:00
  

• Ferry Terminal Park / ANDMA Canada Day Concert / 7:00 - 10:00
  

• Alderney Landing / 9th Annual Harbourside Ribfest / Live Music from 11:30 to 6:30.

Elsewhere in HRM

• Exhibition Grounds (Middle Musquodoboit) / The Valley Communities Picnic / 10:00 - 3:00
  

• Memory Lane (Lake Charlotte) / Dominion Day “Old Time” Village Fair / 11:00 - 3:00

Upcoming Events

Harbourside Ribfest 2024

• Alderny Landing / Dartmouth / June 28 to July 1, 2024
  

• June 28 / Giorgio Frausin / 2:30 - 4:30 / Josh Janes Band / 5:00 - 7:15 / Diamondback / 7:45 - 10:00
  

• June 29 / Paul Brushett / 11:30 - 2:00pm / Brock Stock & Barrell / 2:30 - 4:30 / Joe Murphy w/ the Water Street Blues Band / 5:00 - 7:15 / Toy Shed / 7:45 - 10:00
  

• June 30 / Leona Burkey / 11:30 - 2:00 pm / Brooklyn Blackmore / 2:30 - 4:30 / The FirsherKings / 5:00 - 7:15 / Stuntrock / 7:45 - 10:00 / Maurice Aucoin / 11:30 - 1:00 pm
  

• July 1 / Maurice Aucoin / 11:30 - 1:00 / Jon Hines Trio / 1:30 to 3:45 / Witchitaw / 4:15 - 6:30
  

• View Harbourside Ribfest Calendar Here

Bedford Days

• Various Locations / June 22 to July 1
  

• June 27 / Seniors Dinner | Bedford Lions Club | 5:30 p.m. / Pups n' Pints | Propeller Brewery | 3 to 6 p.m. / Propeller Cornhole Tournament | Propeller Brewery | 2 p.m.
  

• June 28 / Health Classes / LeBrun Rec Centre | Pilates 10:00 - 11:00 / Yogalates Class | 11:15 to 12:30 / Maritime Music | St. Ignatius Church | 7:30 pm | $15 Online / Beer Fest (19+) | DeWolf Park | 6 p.m. to midnight
  

• June 29 / Zumba in the Park | DeWolf Park | 10 a.m. / Yoga in the Park | DeWolf Park | 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. / Georgian Social | Scott Manor House | 2 to 4 p.m.
  

• June 30 / Yoga in the Park | DeWolf Park | 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. / ARABIC NIGHT | 150 Waterfront Drive, Bedford | 6 to 9:00 p.m / Outdoor Movie | The Chickenburger, 1531 Bedford Highway | 9 p.m.
  

• July 1 / Canada Day Pancake Breakfast* | DeWolf Park | 9 to 11 a.m. / Glow’s Fun Land | DeWolf Park | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. / Canada Day Live Music* | DeWolf Park | 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m / Kids’ Canada Day Party* | DeWolf Park | 1 to 3 p.m. / Glow’s Fun Land | DeWolf Park | 6 to 9:45 p.m. / Canada Day Celebrations* | DeWolf Park | 8 to 10 p.m. / Canada Day Fireworks*| DeWolf Park | 10 p.m.
  

• View Bedford Days Calendar Here 

Royal Nova Scotia Tattoo

• Various Locations / June 23 to July 1, 2024

• View Royal Nova Scotia Tattoo Calendar Here.

Dartmouth Festival Series

• Alderny Landing / Dartmouth / June 23 to August 10
  

• June 29 / The Desi Summer Fest / 6:00 - 10:00.
  

• July 1 / Dartmouth Canada Day Programming / 12:00 - 10:30
  

• More events to come…

• View Dartmouth Festival Series Calendar Here

Sports

• 🏒 Halifax Mooseheads close to naming new coach as team prepares for rebuild.
  

• 🏎️ Pat Healy from The Laker was on site to shoot photos from racing FanFest at Scotia Speedworld.
  

• ⚽ Halifax Tides FC launches as HRM’s first-ever pro women’s soccer club.

Recreation

• Burn Ban - Burning is allowed between 2:00 pm and 8:00 am 🟢. Note that burn ban is updated at 2:00 daily on the burnsafe website.
  

• Algea Blooms - New blooms reported in Chocolate Lake (Halifax). Blooms reported this month in Penhorn Lake (Dartmouth), Oathill Lake (Datmouth) and First Lake (Lower Sackville). See full list on reported blue-green algea website.

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