Heritage Day

• What’s open and closed for Heritage Day in Halifax

  Monday is a designated retail closing day in Nova Scotia. Here's a list of what businesses will be open, operating on reduced hours, or closed for Heritage Day.

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  Feb 18
  
• What’s open and closed for Heritage Day in Nova Scotia

  This year’s Nova Scotia Heritage Day honouree is Mi'kmaw poet and writer Rita Joe, who was known as a 'gentle warrior.'

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  Feb 20, 2023
  
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• As provinces celebrate regional holidays, here’s what is closed on Monday

  It's Family Day in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, while Manitoba is celebrating Louis Riel Day.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2023
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• Mi’kmaw poet Rita Joe celebrated as this year’s Heritage Day honouree in Nova Scotia

  The Mi'kmaw community of Eskasoni First Nation cheered and celebrated this week, as their "gentle warrior" Rita Joe was named Nova scotia's Heritage Day honouree. 

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2023
• What’s open and closed for Heritage Day in Nova Scotia

  This year's Heritage Day honouree is the landscape of the Grand-Pré World Heritage Site.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2022
• This year’s Heritage Day honouree is Lieut. Edward Arab

  "This is a very special day for a Canadian of Lebanese descent to be one of the first seven to receive this [Heritage Day] distinction is truly a great honour," said Wadih Fares.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2021
• A piece of Africville will return home as Nova Scotia Heritage Day focuses on razed community

  On Nova Scotia's Heritage Day Monday, ceremonies focused on Africville, the historic Black community demolished by the City of Halifax in the 1960s.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2020
• Calgary traffic: August long weekend sees road closures spanning the city

  Road work, paving, construction projects, and numerous special events will cause road closures in Calgary over the 2019 Heritage Day long weekend.

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  Aug 2, 2019
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• Nova Scotia to honour beloved folk artist Maud Lewis for Heritage Day

  Maud Lewis is this year's honouree for Heritage Day, a Nova Scotian holiday dedicated to recognizing a person, place or event that helped shape the province's history and identity.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2019
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• Here’s what is open and closed in Halifax on Heritage Day 2019

  Plan ahead for your holiday Monday. Heritage Day means some places in the Halifax Regional Municipality will be closed.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2019