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HALIFAX The countdown is on for local soccer fans: the Halifax Wanderers will play their first home game on Natal Day. We re a full go,” says Derek Martin, president of the Halifax Wanderers. “There s no doubt in anyone s mind that games are on for the second and seventh. Martin says they’re excited to welcome back fans. We ve been able to create 16 independent, 250-person zones which will allow us to have up to 4,000 people on site,” says Martin. We’re just working through now the final stages of how each of those zones can look and what the actual final number will be, but it will be somewhere in that 3,500 to 4,000 person capacity for those first few games.
HALIFAX For the second year in a row, Atlantic Credit Unions are incentivizing its employees to buy local. The challenge will see every single employee in Atlantic Canada get $25 to spend at their favourite local store. The #Loyal2LocalChallenge is a national initiative from credit unions from across the country in support of our local small businesses,” said Kate Steele, brand marketing specialist. Our hope really with the challenge is to support those small businesses that really need our love right now. I know personally I am going to spend mine at Birch and Anchor,” said Payton Conrad, Atlantic Credit Unions community impact coordinator.
As Nova Scotia's provincewide lockdown approaches its final stage, a drop in traffic data suggests many followed public health guidelines to limit their movements. But the drop this time wasn't as drastic as it was during the spring 2020 lockdown.
Posted: Mar 13, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: March 13
Halifax police say a man broke into the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation store on Agricola Street in February.(Paul Palmeter/CBC)
Smashed-in doors and stolen goods: it s a familiar sight and hard-hitting financial reality for some Halifax-area businesses as the number of break-ins continues to rise in the municipality.
Restaurants, liquor stores and even hobby shops have all been hit. In a sense it is a personal violation, said Paul MacKinnon, the CEO of the Downtown Halifax Business Commission. Then of course there s the cost that comes with that, the cost of repairing a door or repairing a window . and of course the cost of the product being stolen.