Pavia opened their new Art Gallery of NS coffee shop this morning. This adds to their Central Library cafes and original cafe and gallery on Herring Cove The question keeps coming up “what’s going in the old...
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CORRECTION: There is no McDonalds in the Food Court The new food court at Halifax Shopping Centre...
Read MoreBrandSpark released their survey of the most trusted retail brands to Canadain shoppers; they broke it down by five regions BC/ON/QC/Prairies and Atlantic. While we align with the national consensus on many categories, we differ...
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There will likely be another Stillwell Beer Garden this summer they are exploring a few potential...
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In the coming weeks, the NSLC’s Port of Wines on Doyle Street will close, and it will be...
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Did You Know: Bulk Barn carries Quality Street at $1.85/100g. A tin is 725g, therefore, the...
Read MoreSobeys is acquiring Pete’s Fine Foods (Frootique). The word is that Pete’s will see no changes and operates as is, though you can only imagine there will be “Compliments” brand creep into the stores. The...
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A rare mid-week update instead of the usual Sunday morning, but lots of retail news over the last...
Read MoreBeazley Bowling Lanes in Forrest Hills has closed, a shame as Beazley Bowling is part of the fabric of Dartmouth for many people. Sometimes I get things wrong, the Irving fully renovated, reopened in Beechville and there is no...
Read MoreChanges at Halifax Shopping Centre: -Food court to basement level where bowling alley was new escalators going in where Lawtons currently is. -Lawtons to old Dollarama -RUMOUR: H&M expected to move in what is currently food...
Read MoreLittle Mysteries on Barrington St. closed its doors last weekend after 20 years, I wonder where the Wicca community goes now? Of course the big news was Burger King acquiring Tim Hortons and moving BK headquarters to Canada. I...
Read MoreA weird week I launched NSReTales on twitter and Facebook, to cover things I find on the outside of the city. I went to McDonalds against my no chains philosophy for a meal and blogged about it. I was invited by the Downtown...
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