PREAMBLE & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN
IN LATE MARCH THE TOQUE TEAM TREKKED OUT EAST TO OUR FAVOURITE MARITIME PORT OF CALL, HALIFAX, FOR BUSINESS (AND, AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE, SOME PLEASURE). TO BE PRECISE, WE TRAVELED TO NOVA SCOTIA TO ATTEND THIS YEAR’S JUNOS, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT SCOTIABANK CENTRE IN DOWNTOWN HALIFAX, AND WHERE TOQUE PARTNER CAI SEPULIS HAD BEEN INVITED TO SERVE AS A JUDGE FOR THE CATEGORY OF ‘ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR’.
IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE JUNOS WE MANAGED TO SNEAK AWAY TO A FEW OF OUR MOST LOVED HAUNTS – INCLUDING THE STILLWELL FREEHOUSE (FOR PINTS, ELEVATED PUB GRUB, AND THE COOLEST ATMOSPHERE), ARMVIEW RESTAURANT & LOUNGE (FOR BUTTERY LOBSTER ROLLS & TASTY MILKSHAKES), LAWRENCETOWN BEACH CAFÉ IN LAWRENCETOWN (FOR THE MOST SPECTACULAR OCEAN VIEWS), AND THE KNOT IN LUNENBURG (FOR THE MOST MEMORABLE FISH ‘N CHIPS). AND WE DISCOVERED NEW GEMS TOO – INCLUDING THE NARROWS PUBLIC HOUSE (FOR THE BEST PUB-Y VIBE ANYWHERE), TUSKET FALLS BEER PROJECT (FOR LATE-NIGHT PINTS), AND TWO CROWS BREWING CO’S OXFORD TAPROOM (WHERE WE WERE BLOWN AWAY BY THE YEAH YEAHS PIZZA).
WE HAD A RIGHT GOOD TIME.












