1. When Nova Scotia Power blamed outages on squirrels, crows, seagulls and "salty fog."
2. When a TV series involving a bunch of weed-smoking, rum-drinking, shopping cart-stealing high school drop-outs became a big hit and a local institution.
3. This sign at the liquor store.
4. A very expensive lobster theft.
5. This Cape Bretoner's "redneck snowplow."
6. "Barrett's Privateers" as a church sermon.
Only in Halifax would that be considered a hymn
7. When a guy created a Twitter account about dumb people who go out too far on the rocks at Peggys Cove.
So uh, any thoughts, Charles Darwin? #peggyscove #moronsofpeggyscove
8. When city bureaucrats were tasked with preparing an official report about naming the donair Halifax's official food.
9. When Food Network came up with something they called a "Nova Scotia Donair Kebab"...
Just popped up on my FB lol T'is a crime to call that a donair
10. And people were having none of it.
11. This meal preparation.
Blowtorching dinner. Donair Meat east coast style.
12. A batshit crazy political scandal involving an MLA being bitten by his (former) lover at a a park called "The Dingle."
13. This car accident.
Harbour Hopper fender bender.
14. When a groom left his own wedding reception to plow-out his guests during a snowstorm.
15. This response to the Rob Ford crack scandal.
16. This lobster trap Christmas tree, featuring "Santa Claws."
17. This pairing.
@UweBollocks Peak Nova Scotia up in hurr
18. This shade-throwing ad.
So Nova Scotia put this up in the middle of downtown Toronto :)
OK, technically the ad ran in Toronto — but there's no ad if you ain't got no Scotia to begin with.
19. A fog-delayed baseball game.
Ballgame called on account of fog is so Nova Scotia.
20. When Cape Breton MP Rodger Cuzner and a mall security guard named Chris chased down a shoplifter who'd stolen two duvets from The Bay.
View this video on YouTube
21. ...and the shoplifter paused mid-escape to light a smoke!
@pdmcleod "Boys, boys, time out. Got a dart?"
22. This graffiti.
Only in #Halifax
23. These street names.
24. This photo:
25. A band named Donair Supply.
26. When this guy wore his best weed outfit to catch a glimpse of Snoop Dogg while he was filming a scene with the Trailer Park Boys in Bible Hill.
27. And then he became a local celebrity forever known as Weed Kid.
28. When it looked like this two days before the official start of spring.
Did someone not tell #winter that #spring is 2 days away in #Halifax #WinterISurrender
29. And people were like:
This person has it right! #novascotia #nsstorm
30. When a Bridgewater man got drunk, drove his lawnmower to the liquor store, and then parked it at Wendy's to get a bite.
