Month: December 2015

Plans for Fort Needham Park Present Another Blow to North End Dog Owners

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It’s Christmas Eve!  Which means I am home for the holidays in New Brunswick; the stockings are hung; the egg nog is chilling.  Life is good.  I had planned to sit down to do a quick post before putting away the laptop for the next couple of days, but that was an hour ago.  In follow up to Martha’s post last week, I was working on adding Fort Needham Memorial Park to the directory when I fell down a rabbit hole.  But I don’t want to get ahead of myself.

As Martha mentioned last week, Fort Needham Memorial Park is home to the City’s most notable tribute to the Halifax Explosion. It’s also a fantastic fetch spot, offering a large grassy field that is off-leash approved!  In fact, Fort Needham Memorial Park is our favourite North End haunt (due in large part to the serious lack of options in this area).

Fort-Needham

With the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion on the horizon (December 6, 2017), HRM plans to use this as an opportunity to develop a “Master Plan” for the park.  A public meeting was held on October 1, 2015, to discuss ways to improve the park and enhance its “commemorative” aspects.  Continue reading →

Fort Needham Park Scores Two Paws Up from Our First Guest Blogger

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I am beyond excited to introduce you guys to my first guest blogger, and one of my oldest and loveliest friends: Martha aka Gordy’s Mom! When I told Mar how my planned post for this week had gone to the dogs (yup, it was a real dog’s breakfast), she quickly and graciously offered to carry the torch (leash? .. okay, I’ll stop) this week. Because she’s just that kind of friend. So here it is: Fort Needham Park from the eyes of a true North Ender (and his mom).  Continue reading →

Graham's Grove Park with dog

Graham’s Grove Park and What Can Happen When You Break the Rules

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Graham’s Grove Park is one of those little nooks you can drive by a hundred times and hardly notice. It covers a small peninsula that juts out into Lake Banook, making for a lovely green space that is surrounded by water on three sides.

We decided to explore this gem a few weeks ago after the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Sullivan’s Pond Cenotaph. If you were there, I was the one in the back with the black lab going bonkers. Continue reading →