Because Google is the worst, does anyone have a good recommendation for a portable party speaker that can be used in a parade? Looking at the JBL Partybox 320.

OPC is pleased to support the International Day of Play on Jun 11, highlighting the value of play to communities and families across the 🌍. The theme for this year’s Day of Play is “Protect play, protect childhood”. To learn more about this day, click here: www.internationaldayofplay.org

Today I saw a #BikeHfx family on an orange cargo bike ride up Bayers Rd (inbound) in the vehicle lane, and get into the left-turning lane to make the turn onto Connaught. 😱 But I get it. It should be easy and straightforward like that. Unfortunately, the safe routes are circuitous or non-existent.

The first handlebar flower arrangement of the season. A little bit of #BikeJoy for my morning commute.

ICYMI: “A lot of us are trapped in 1-Hour Cities right now. The alternative — having a lot more things close by, and a lot more time in our day — isn’t the conspiracy. It’s the cure.” Read all about the #1HourCityCinsoiracy in @usa.streetsblog.org. #UrbanTruth usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/27/u...

We can simultaneously hold that cycling (including ebikes!) helps people to build exercise into their lives in a way that is more convenient & ideally more pleasant WITHOUT doing the weird improving thing that scolds tired people for "laziness," deprioritises accessibility & is usually fatphobic.

I captured this quiet moment (and thoroughly enjoyed 45 min on the beach with the family) before the dog cut her foot on a rock and we had to carry her out of here. Happy long weekend everyone. I could have used a little less excitement I think!

#BikeHfx: What is my best route into/out of downtown tomorrow at 8:30am given all the Bluenose events? Will I be more likely to be able to use the Brunswick & Rainnie lanes, or the South Park & Bell Rd lanes? Or University Ave? Also, why isn't there a MAP?! The list of streets hurts my brain.

Mamdani isn’t the only U.S. mayor doing cool shit

Yay! 15 minute service returns.

Nova Scotia school calendar released - Kids' first day back is the Friday *before* Labour Day. www.hrce.ca/families/cal...

Road Safety Experts Confident Asking Kids To Be Perfect So Adult Drivers Can Be Dangerous Is The Right Approach

Obligatory #BikeHfx selfie for my employer’s bike to work day contest. Did you know that today is “Bike to Work Day” in #Halisky?! I probably wouldn’t have known if it wasn’t for the efforts of the sustainability office at my workplace. Excuse the smirk, I blame the gusty weather.

Heads Up Halifax! Don't forget your hi-viz & running shoes to dodge out of the way of the 2-ton truck about to mow you down at the crosswalk or on the street! #ZeroVisionHFX

We’re at the point in the pandemicine (and have been for awhile) where capitalism and personal freedom are more important than stopping the spread of covid, measles, avian flu, meningitis and hantavirus, among other viruses. There’s no going back from this.

Only $20/year per homeowner? The province had better step up across the whole province.

Strange how so many will shame people on bikes for not wearing helmets yet don’t have much to say about bike lanes without protection. Via @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

I’m optimistic about the next generation of kids liberated from motonormativity

No bingo today friends. Item 15.2.1 “Incorporating young people in active transportation” just passed unanimously as part of the consent agenda. Will we go a whole Tuesday without talking about bike lanes?

Children are roughly 20% of our population- their needs matter, too! Active transportation is a health intervention and it has to be safe for families to do it together…

The Mayor of NYC is just repeatedly showing folks how easily cities can make bold changes for our kids. Here in #Halisky these initiatives get buried in years of studies and council proceedings until someday we get more crossing guards and a road safety education program.

J’adore!

The #KidicalMassHfx prompted motion to engage kids in transportation planning is on the agenda for Halifax Regional Council today. Tune in (sometime after 10am) to find out which council members don't really care about our kids. www.youtube.com/live/HtmavQV...

This appears to be the source of the loud bangs, flashes, and subsequent power outage in my neighbourhood. I'm covered in orange polygon on the outrage map, but seem to have been spared the actual outage this time.

Getting tired of waiting for the Nova Scotia government to legalize speed cameras. This is why:

Timeline cleanse. Here's a short video of my dog selectively weeding the backyard. She's looking for the tastiest of dandelion and goutweed stems.

Heads up, #BikeHfx! Starting May 18, a ton of buses are going to be using Almon St between Windsor & Connaught, instead of Bayers Rd, for the next 2 years. There are already temporary bus stops in place. I think we’ll likely lose the WB bike lane divider west of Windsor but that’s a guess.

It’s my first rhubarb harvest of the season, thanks to the forced rhubarb experiment. This afternoon I’ll be using these pink stalks to make a rhubarb and almond traybake.

Thinking a lot today about the Tancook youth who use this ferry. We saw a group of Tancook kids on the ferry who had (presumably) spent the morning in Chester unaccompanied. They will lose that independence when the ferry comes & goes from Blandford and the only way to get anywhere is in a car.

It was a great day to ride a bike on Tancook Island.

Attention #BikeHfx. If you lost a large black covered-chain style lock, it’s in the westbound Bell Rd lane, nearest Trollope St.

Hey Nova Scotia, a small thread about something politically very troubling we all need to prepare for. The more I think about it, the more I start thinking about how Houston's govt is moving. Yes, they have a supermajority, but, like, no one likes what they're doing. Follow me here...1/ #nspoli

A few weeks ago, #KidicalMassHfx was invited to an Eco-Fair at a local private school. We brought a couple of surveys on giant sticky notes, as one of the interactive components for our 'table'. The first survey asked students to tell us how they got to school that day in mid-April. 1/5

What’s it like to have a mayor who doesn’t hate kids on bikes??

He has risen baby girl!

I spent my lunch break today at the outdoor multi-gym in Saunders Park, attempting to start a strength training habit. Does anyone know of other similar outdoor fitness equipment at other parks in #Halisky?

My kid is totally capable of riding a few miles but not old enough for me to trust yahoos in cars without a protected bike network.

Attn #BikeHfx, #Halisky, & #KidicalMassHfx: Here's an HRM survey about kids active school travel. The survey is for parents, community members, school staff, and children/youth 13+. Unfortunately, the survey appears to have options for children under 12, but then abruptly ends. Deadline is May 29.

Attention #KidicalMassHfx families: this engagement session is 5-7pm this evening. You can register by emailing [email protected] by 4:30pm today. I’ll be there, so come say hi if you attend!

We tell our 6-year-old he can't dribble his basketball on the sidewalk while walking to school (he drops it a lot and we don't want him to chase it onto the road). Once he got to the schoolyard gate this morning, he took off running and dribbling, shouting, "I'm free!!!"

Due to the special weather statement, we've made the decision to cancel today's #KidicalMassHfx ride. This is our first cancellation in 4 years of rides, so we're pretty bummed about it. But, it will be June before you know it! We'll have more details for that ride soon. Stay dry today #BikeHfx.

We are bummed to cancel #KidicalMassHfx for the first time ever. There’s a special weather statement and we want everyone to stay safe in the impending weather. See you June 14!

Every year, we seem to have at least one #KidicalMassHfx prize to foster kids’ creativity. In past years, we’ve had bike-themed colouring books and DIY bike bell painting kits. I’m working on this year’s crafty kit right now. Can you guess what it is?

Good to see the lane sweeper out in action this morning on Devonshire #bikehfx

The latest edition of our little monthly e-newsletter is out, just in time for this weekend's ride. Kidical Mass Halifax (almost) May News kidical-mass-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/kidical-ma...

Yesterday on my ride home in #BikeHfx I saw a couple of teenagers attempting to move a couch with rental e-scooters. They balanced the couch on the scooters, then sat themselves on the couch and rode a whole block of Ashburn Ave before seemingly losing control.

BOLO for these 2 wheels please #BikeHfx. They were stolen from a front porch on Willow St sometime in the last week.

The first #KidicalMassHfx ride of the season is on Sunday! The forecast is currently calling for showers, so, as a reminder: we don’t do rain dates. That means that we’re pretty likely to take on risk of showers, rather than cancel. We’ll update by 7:30am if the ride is cancelled.

The polygon is now gone from this map. But has power actually been restored? HRM just closed their Bayers Rd office for the day due to the power outage, and I'm hearing about other closed businesses in the area too. #Halisky

This is how many thousands of dollars in damages to public property? How much more in healthcare costs? For what? Galen Weston's steak?