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Natal Day weekend is marked by events across Nova Scotia including parades, picnics, concerts, local markets, street performers, fireworks, and a local road race. [14] The National historic site Fort Anne in Annapolis Royal hosts encampment reenactments of 18th century British military camps over Natal Day weekend as well as a historic parade. [15]
In Nova Scotia, the first Monday in August is celebrated as "Natal Day" in the Halifax–Dartmouth area and Annapolis Royal, which began in 1895 as a celebration of the province's history. In the late 1900s, the rest of the province became entitled to celebrate a civic holiday, which falls on the same day as Natal Day. It is not a statutory ...
The Halifax Forum is an arena and multi-purpose facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Its uses include sporting events, bingo, ice skating, concerts and markets. [1] It was built in 1927 on the site of the former Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition which was badly damaged by the Halifax explosion in 1917. [2]
Arena Gardens/Mutual Street Arena – Toronto, Ontario; Barton Street Arena – Hamilton, Ontario; Cahill Stadium – Summerside, Prince Edward Island; Chilliwack Coliseum – Chilliwack, British Columbia
Occupy Nova Scotia camp at Halifax's Grand Parade. An Occupy Nova Scotia camp was established at the Grand Parade on October 15, 2011. An occupation by about 300 people began with about 25 tents including a medical tent, art supplies, a food and entertainment tent hosting discussion groups, art creation as well as a daily General Assembly.
The Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre is a multi-purpose arena located in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. In 2007, Business Week Online named the Civic Centre as one of the top ten most impressive sports arenas in the world.
The permanent name for the holiday, Nova Scotia Heritage Day (French: Jour du patrimoine de la Nouvelle-Écosse), was announced on June 26, 2014. [40] Each year it honours a different person; the first was Viola Desmond . [ 41 ]
The remaining funding was shared by the Province of Nova Scotia and the Halifax Regional Municipality, with each contributing $56.4 million. With funds in place for the convention centre portion of the project, the developer, Rank Inc., continued to work on preliminary designs and securing tenants for the other aspects of the Nova Centre project.