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Friday March 6th  on The Morning News

Viva Italia!  How would you like to take a trip to Italy – without having to leave Halifax?  You can with a wine education workshop offered by Autour du Vin.  At 6:45am Genevieve Loughlin and Tracey Dobbin give us a preview of their class on how to better appreciate the wines of Italy.

And we’ll tell you about an unusual fundraiser happening in Bedford and Halifax this weekend. Adept Tattoos will be offering tattoos at both of its locations – and all of the proceeds will go to support two local charities that work with homeless animals. Ink for a good cause Friday at 7:15am.

This Saturday hundreds of people will gather at the World Trade and Convention Centre between 9 a.m and 5 p.m. to spin, groove and stretch to raise funds for GoodLife Kids Foundation. The funds will be used to support programs that help kids be physically active. At 7:45am we’ll talk with the organizers of Spin4Kids Halifax and get all the details on how Halifax fits in to this nationwide initiative.

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At 7:50am we chat with the owner of a Nova Scotia business who’s not afraid to monkey around:   Dale Kearney, the owner of Monkeys and More.  Learn about his recipe for success that includes creativity, heart and plenty of social media.

Halifax businessman Dennis Campbell drops by at 8:20am to tell us all about the 2015 Stanfield’s Pants off for Prostate Cancer event happening next month. The annual fundraising event has now become a staple here in the city and we’ll get all the details about what to expect this year.

The University Cup is coming to Halifax and Friday is the unofficial kick-off of the event with “Show Us Your Colours casual Friday” in our city! Haligonians are encouraged to wear their favourite university hoodie or minor hockey t-shirt to display our pride for our alma maters. At 8:45am Derek Martin, President of Sports & Entertainment Atlantic will stop by to talk more about the big day and tee up next week’s big hockey tournament.

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