Category Archives: Ian Robinson

You may have heard me mention that my son Drake is a Hockey Canada referee on-air from time to time. This is his 12th season officiating and he had a cool assignment in Pictou, Nova Scotia on the week...

Where were you when the world stopped turning? I was at home getting my then 2-year-old son Trent ready to take to the sitters. I can still see him getting a pack of raisins out of the pantry, when my...

The Pittsburgh Penguins will start the season without their Captain Sidney Crosby. The 34 year old Cole Harbour native has just had surgery Wednesday on his left wrist and he will need at least six we...

It's nice to see more and more accessible picnic tables in our local parks! This summer I've noticed them at various locations on the Dartmouth waterfront and most recently at Beach Meadows down Liver...

What a weekend it was at Country Rocks the Hub in Truro! Fifteen Hot Country acts over three nights was epic, it was so great to have a bit of normalcy back. I was lucky enough to get to MC all three ...

23 years ago tonight Swissair Flight 111 crashed in the sea off Peggy's Cove, on a flight from New York to Geneva, Switzerland. All 229 passengers and crew were killed. I can remember waking up the ne...

As the Halifax Mooseheads are a few short weeks from the start of the hockey season and as the fall events season kicks off, Scotiabank Centre will require proof of full vaccination for all event atte...

Actor Ed Asner passed away yesterday at the age of 91 in California. The seven-time Emmy winner is best known for playing Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Asner worked right up until his death....

Hot Country 1035 is playing in the "Smash Out Hunger Softball Tournament" this Saturday on the Halifax Commons! This is great fundraiser for the Adopt-a-Meal Program that provides daily meals to the i...

For 30 years now sun seekers going to Bayswater Beach have seen a familiar sight, Sheila's Canteen! Sheila started out in 1991 working out of a trailer and progressed to today's wagon that's become a ...