Category Archives: Announcer Blogs

I recently made O negative blood donation number 51 at Canadian Blood Services over on Bayers Road in Halifax for the Christmas season, wearing the "Home Alone" t-shirt. Every holiday season, donation...

What an understatement to say, "boy it was windy yesterday!" Halifax Harbour Bridges reported wind gusts of 114 km/h and at one point on Monday, over 55,000 of us were without electricity. Therefore, ...

This morning's traffic was absolutely a testament to Halifax's patience. Phone lines were blowing up with updates as it appeared that every possible route into the city center faced some sort of colli...

65 years after it's release, 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' by Brenda Lee went to number 1. It was recorded when she was just 13. Here she is performing it, as cute as ever, just the other night....

The Halifax Mooseheads held their first-ever "Toque Toss" on the weekend, replacing the "Teddy Bear Toss." (Above: Our donations in the Announcer booth/Penalty Box area.) With the demand for bears not...

Friends and fans of the morning show, you know very well by now that I am a multi-genre enthusiast and Country Music is no exception. A few weeks ago I started to decipher that Country Music has any c...

As a knitter, Dartmouth's Mary Crosby makes 50 pairs of socks each year. Since starting SOCKS FOR SHELTERS two years ago, she's been able to make and collect over 11,500 pairs for homeless people in H...

It's something I look forward to every year. Finding the place that can do the most annoying stuff for me. Now, it's not that I can't wrap gifts, I just dont like to...it takes a lot of time. So...why...

Pete's Frootique employee Tyson Boyd has said, "I felt such pride in each person I spoke to who committed the strike. I felt pride at myself for committing to do this and it got me thinking about the ...

Close to 100 workers at Sobeys-owned Pete's Frootique in Halifax have launched a strike on November 18th asking for fairer wages. Workers are currently paid Nova Scotia's minimum wage of $15 . Sobeys'...