🔱 Guzzling Glizzys and Sizzing City

Good morning, HRM!

This is the Halifax Insider, where the news is as satisfying as finding a perfect parking spot on Spring Garden Road and as inviting as the Dartmouth farmers' market.

In today’s newsletter:

• Halifax heat wave warning in effect for next 2 days.

• First ever hot dog event took place in Halifax.

• New plasma donation centre opens in city.

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What’s The Scoop? Top Stories Around Halifax

• 🌭Halifax sizzles with excitement at first-ever hot dog eating contest. The owners of the Halifax Beer Garden in downtown hosted the event, marking a first in Halifax.
  

• ☀️ Heat warning for Halifax Metro and Halifax County West. Humidex values reaching 37 are expected for the next 2 days.

• 💧 Over 30M earmarked to improve stormwater system. Province will help replace a stormwater system and surrounding infrastructure in downtown Dartmouth.

• 🏳️‍🌈 Halifax has another 2SLGBTQ+ bar, named after one that broke barriers years ago.

From the Community

• 🥖 Delicious Buttermilk Biscuits, by Halifax Chef Craig Flynn
  

• 🏚️ Nova Scotia Crafter John Eaton breathes life into abandoned buildings.

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Weather

Monday

• Morning / 🌡️ 20° 🌫️ foggy

• Afternoon / 🌡️ 28° ⛅ mainly sunny

• Evening / 🌡️ 23° ⛅ chance of shower

Tuesday

• Morning / 🌡️ 207° ⛅ cloudy with sunny breaks

• Afternoon / 🌡️ 27° ⛅ cloudy with sunny breaks

• Evening / 🌡️ 22° 🌦️ cloudy with showers

Wednesday

• Morning / 🌡️ 19° 🌦️ cloudy with showers

• Afternoon / 🌡️ 25° ☁️ mainly cloudy

• Evening / 🌡️ 21° ⛅ cloudy with sunny breaks

Business

• New Plasma Donation Centre, Drumlin Plasma Inc, opens in Downtown Halifax.

• How 'ropeless' gear could save North Atlantic right whales. An environmental agency is urging Fisheries and Oceans Canada to release its whale safety gear strategy in the wake of another North Atlantic right whale getting entangled in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Live Music, Activities & Shows

Monday, July 08, 2024

🎵 Bearly's | Morgan Davis | 7 - 10 |
🎭 The Good Robot | Court of Nonsense - Improv Comedy | 7 - 10 | 10$
🎵 The Carleton | Sasha Brideau and Friends | 9 - 12 | Free
🎵 The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse | Dave MacIsaac | 8 - 12 | Free

Tuesday, July 09, 2024
🎵 The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse | Eric Hardiman | 8 - 12 | Free
🎵 TD Main Stage | Killer Mike | 7:30 | various

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
🎵 TD Main Stage | Fitz and the Tantrums | 7:30 | various
🎵 St Matthews Church | Jill Barber | 7:30 | 33.5$
🎵 The Carleton | Quintet with Bellbird | 7:30 | 33.5$
💼 Halifax Central Public Library | Halifax Networking Nights | 6 - 8 pm | Free

Festivals this summer

🎭 Shakespeare by the Sea | Various | Jul 06 - Sep 01
🎨 Halifax Mural Festival | TBD | Jul 06 - Jul 14
🎷🎵 Halifax Jazz Festrival | Various | Jul 09 - Jul 14
🎵 Vibrancy Festival | Various | Jul 12 - Jul 13
🏳️‍🌈 Halifax Pride | Various | Jul 18 - Jul 28
🎉 Afrifest | Lower Water St, Halifax | Jul 18 - Jul 21
🎵 Acoustic Maritime Music Festival | Ocean View Campground | Jul 18 - 21
🎉 Nova Multifest | Alderney Landing | Jul 19 - Jul 21
🤹 Buskers Festival | Halifax and Dartmouth Waterfronts | Jul 31 - Aug 05
🎵 Crescendo Fest | Ferry Terminal Park | Aug 03 - Aug 03
🍻 Seaport Beers Fest | Halifax Seaport | Aug 08 - Aug 10
😂 Great Outdoors Comedy Festival | Garrison Grounds | Aug 09 - Aug 11
🏮 Northern Lights Lantern Festival | Needham Community Centre | Aug 10
💃 Salsa and Batchata Festival | Various | Aug 15 - Aug 18
🎵 Rock the Harbour 2024 | Dartmouth Waterfront | Aug 16 - Aug 18
🏖️ Sandcastle Competition | Lake Charlotte, NS | Aug 18
🎉 Lebanese Festival | Cedar Event Centre, Clayton Park | Sep 06 - Sep 08
🎬 Atlantic International Film Festival | | Sep 11 - Sep 18

Sports

• 🥊 Boxing Canada officially names Kennetcook, NS born Wyatt Sanford to Paris 2024 Olympics.
  

• 🏒 NHL Rumor Roundup: The Latest on Sidney Crosby, Leon Draisaitl and Mitch Marner. Some of the speculation in the NHL has turned to three star players who are eligible to sign contract extensions but haven't yet.

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.
  

• Algal Blooms - New blooms reported in Fenerty Lake (Beaver Bank). Blooms reported over the past month in Mortons Lake (Hammonds Planes), Lake Echo (Halifax), Chocolate Lake (Halifax) Penhorn Lake (Dartmouth), Oathill Lake (Datmouth) and First Lake (Lower Sackville). See full list on reported blue-green algae website.

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