Happy Canada Day. Grateful to be here! 🇨🇦

I love that kid’s trading hockey cards is back. Maybe it never went away? But it’s a bit of nostalgia for us millennials

I learned today that this is a Wolf's Milk slime mold. We observed it closely, popped them, and the vibrant colour was a colour I've never seen before. I bet someone's tried to create a paint colour from it! Found in Hemlock Ravine, among many other mushrooms (and mosquitoes) today

For those in #BikeHfx curious about the multi use path adjacent to Commons skate park — is fully blocked off at the moment, no reasonable or marked detour yet. So many signs!

Had a great #KidicalMassHfx ride. I'm pretty pleased that we can bike to the North End, downtown, and back in majority protected infra or quiet streets (latter doing some heavy lifting). On a Sunday morning, is good. 5yo getting used to her new wheels, the follow-me tandem really helped us today!

We visit Hope for Wildlife a few times a year. It's always a beautiful day with some nice stops at the ocean / local shops along the way. Today we were lucky to chat with Hope herself, realized the scale of this operation. 653 patients in care at this moment, many staying for 6+ months. Incredible!

Regularly reminding my kids we have a creek near our house so when they’re older they can bike here themselves and do the things youth do (throw rocks!)

Much of the bike lane discourse ignores the need for (both independent and not) child mobility. Our optometrist appointment today is a much safer and easier bike ride today thanks to councillors like @lecwhite.bsky.social who fought for this infra.

#BikeHfx As far as I understand there is a light timing issue on E. Perimeter Road. Vehicles leaving the mall turning right have a dedicated right, it goes red, then this nebulous moment: red light, no pedestrian signal. 3s later, ped light. I see many people almost getting smoked in those 3s

Piece of an animal skull my daughter (who is clearly a zoologist in training given her obsession with all things bugs) found in the south shore this long weekend. She was super stoked. Found it on a beach during low tide. We looked it up and it looks to be of a deer.

The first signs of what I can only assume is a new road as the grand reshaping of the Windsor Street Exchange continues. This is adjacent to Bayne St., which is a common "short cut" through the WSE for many drivers.

Look who’s on the #BikeHfx Almon bike lane this fine morning.

The IWK has probably the best #BikeHfx service station I've seen. How do we get more of these in the city? (spoken as someone who was fiddling with his kid's brakes today after school :) )

#HaliSky Anyone know of an open database which contains the locations + details of all wind farms in Nova Scotia? This stuff seems like it'd be standard public record I found www.thewindpower.net/zones_en_14_... but some data is hidden behind "premium access"

Only on a quiet Sunday morning can you hear the birdsong on Bayers Rd., otherwise absolutely dominated by car traffic. Neighbourhood pockets are *bursting* with song while car dominated areas like Windsor Street Exchange are dead zones (literally?!) The odd bus sometimes wins the battle for sound.

Love how much the Commons comes alive in good weather. Picnics, scooters + bikes, a drum circle, and more! #hfxws

Enjoyed a morning walk in the rain and observed three magnolia trees which I was happy to notice aren't yet on the very excellent magnoliamaphfx which includes crowd-sourced findings and even walking routes! (curated by @libbysometimes.bsky.social) www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

Biking home with my little (but growing up :)) crew. From cargo carrier to one independent rider + trail gator to now somitemes two independent riders 😀

When wife and I finish putting the kids thru school: A cafe + book shop combo. Open late. A real third space type of vibe!

Ice cream weather #hfxws

This popped up in a feed and I think it's a great idea for #BikeHfx families, so sharing here. Details in alt text. Our family is still getting comfortable on mountain bike trails and we'll definitely aim to try a few rides

@yhzweatherguy.bsky.social Hey Jim. Wondering if you can help me out. Trying to plan for kids street hockey on Sunday, but showers. Based on Windy it looks like my best bet is late afternoon (4pmish), but there's some gaps earlier. Halifax/Fairview area. What do you think? :) Help a parent out?

On a simple but functional airport bus. HOV lane, every 10-20 minutes departure, straight into the city. It doesn’t have to be complicated 🙂

The quoted reminds me of a moment ingrained in my mind observed in Montreal. Was renting a space on Rue Lajeunesse. They converted the 2 lane road into a one way, with dedicated bike way. A mom was similarly supporting her young child in learning to ride Ample space for cars, but safe for all ages

Kids and I took the morning to join the “Ditch Divers” and help beautify the Keshen Goodman Library grounds. No surprise, actual ditch diving was had and it was a mess. Polar Pop cups (who sells these???) were abundant. Snack wrappers. Car parts.

This resonated with me: "In the post war era, after the boomers, we could have said we're going to make all of our cities like Disneyland. They are primarily for children. Children will have the run of these places. They'll be safe. They'll be able to go anywhere they want, it's not a problem, 1/2

@halifaxretales.bsky.social You got this one? New pottery studio at Almon/Agricola I passed by today

First consistently beautiful day of Spring 2026 #hfxws

I've been making my kids sushi & onigiri for their lunches for a few years now and I'm still not great at rolling sushi, but onigiri is so easy and delightful (thanks to the molds). I smile each time they are done and ready in the lunch container.

Halifax geo guesser! Where is this? If you look closely there’s some hints.

Neighbour update. One of five builds on or adjacent to Dutch Village Rd.

We are dog sitting this huge suck this weekend. I love him. His name is Gus.

Not a lick of snow on the trail. Birds chirping, a pheasant sprinting away from me. Spring, is it real?! #hfxws

Sunday evening tweaks while my kids chill out with Lilo & Stitch: Consolidated categories (e.g. now there is a single "Magnolia" entry, feels more intuitive), removed some now redundant UI, and added a "Year Planted" filter cause it's neat to look at. This feels mostly done! justbartek.ca/hfxtrees/

Effective street calming on Elm St. (Halifax)

I was at a seed swap today and someone was saying it'd be great if there was a map of public fruit/flowering trees. Well, Halifax *does* publish the data but it's not user friendly (data-hrm.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/HRM...) So here's a little map that's more user friendly justbartek.ca/hfxtrees

Goood morning! Are you going to plant a garden this spring? Perhaps just some herbs on your windowsill? Or a flower pot with something that makes local pollinators love you? Could you use advice? Seeds? A cup of coffee? Come to 2177 Gottingen this Saturday. 11am to 3pm :-)

The #KidicalMassHfx team is getting ready for Spring. We've done a lot of planning this week, and put together our first real newsletter. Read about our plans for the 2026 season here. Hit the 'subscribe' button (top right) to hear from us again. kidical-mass-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/kidical-ma...

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This is an excellent podcast and I've enjoyed every episode. Helpful way to digest changes in the city over a walk/etc. Grateful for @lecwhite.bsky.social providing their time so often, would love to see more councillors on the show!

Family milestone: the oldest kiddo has decided he wants to learn Agricola; doing great!

One of the coolest blends of human-made and natural wonder in Nova Scotia is, IMO, the Bay of Fundy Discovery Site. The park can easily entertain kids for hours and the (growing) space is wonderful to walk through. Even better if you can catch the tidal bore!

Few things beat landing back in Nova Scotia and breathing in that fresh, crisp air.

First train of the day

Slippery as all heck out there #hfxws Thawed and slush mostly gone by afternoon?? Think so!

A few #hfxws #bikehfx snaps on a nice evening otherwise made a bit messier due to poor clearing standards. Fairview starts off OK. Dutch Village, local sidewalks, a COLT and connections good! (Apparently forgot to take COLT pic but trust me 😅)

@danp.net What does "Pending" mean here? I assume Pending as weather event is incomplete but may be useful to indicate why

Another storm coming, another round of updates to snowhfx.danp.net: There's now support for community reports on sidewalks and cycling routes. Click on a segment and let others know how it looks! Use the Reports view to what's been reported. They expire after 3d or when there's a new event.

#hfxws Even when cleared, somewhat slippery underneath due to the wetness of the early snow. Will be interesting to see if the city can execute clearing as well as they’ve done lately!

Went skiing and didn’t break anything. Success!