Category Archives: Ian Robinson

I did a special O negative blood donation back on Wednesday at Canadian Blood Services on Bayers Road in Halifax, as it was number 50 since 2014. I made it in a time of 6:10, my record is 4:33 to dona...

"Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe," has debuted at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. It will also be featured here in Halifax at The International Atlantic Film Festival. The film...

It's the end of an era for a local family restaurant in Dartmouth. After 54 years, John's Lunch on Pleasant Street will close for good on October 31st. When John Sarganis opened the doors to John's Lu...

Upcoming Canadian singer/songwriter Owen Riegling dropped by for a chat. Find out about his music, what it was like at Boots 'n Hearts in the summer, who his music influences are, plus who he'll be op...

The Halifax Mooseheads will retire Nathan MacKinnon's number 22 jersey when the Herd host the Charlottetown Islanders in the home opener at Scotiabank Centre on Friday, September 22nd. Nate's jersey r...

The 43rd annual Terry Fox Run for cancer research is coming up on Sunday, September 17th. I've so been honoured since 2007 to be asked to MC the Halifax run at Point Pleasant Park. (Above: Ian MC's th...

Some sad news to pass along of the passing of singer Bruce Guthro who has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 62. Bruce was originally from Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, but lived here in Hammonds ...

Jimmy Buffett passed away back on the long weekend at the age of 76. Many of us woke up to the news on Saturday morning. He'd been battling a rare and aggressive form of skin cancer called Merkel cell...

25 years ago tomorrow, Saturday September 2nd, Swissair Flight 111 crashed into the sea off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, on a flight from New York to Geneva, Switzerland. All 229 passengers and crew die...

Recently at a Toronto Blue Jays Game, we were lucky to meet up with the Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brad Treliving. He was in the same skybox we were in. I introduced myself as Ian a life long...