On May 15, Atlantic Business Magazine named Events East President & CEO Carrie Cussons one of the Top 50 CEOs in Atlantic Canada at the 2025 Top 50 CEO Awards at the Halifax Convention Centre.
Since 1998, the annual celebration of corporate leadership excellence recognizes business leaders across all four Atlantic provinces who demonstrate exceptional performance in their organization’s corporate growth, industry innovation, and community involvement.
Events East Executive Vice-President Suzanne Fougere won the Sport Tourism Industry Champion at the 2025 Sport Tourism PRESTIGE Awards in Calgary on March 20. This award recognizes Suzanne's experience and efforts to significantly enhance and strengthen the sport tourism sector in Canada for over a decade.
HALIFAX – Today, Scotiabank, the Halifax Regional Municipality, and Events East Group, announced the renewal of Scotiabank’s naming rights partnership with Scotiabank Centre for an additional five-year term. Scotiabank continues as the exclusive naming rights partner of the venue and the official banking partner of the Halifax Mooseheads.
Sport Tourism Canada has announced finalists for the 2025 Sport Tourism PRESTIGE Awards and Events East Executive Vice-President Suzanne Fougere is a finalist for the Sport Tourism Industry Champion Award.
Events East Group is proud to be named a Business of the Year Finalist at the 2025 Halifax Business Awards. Presented by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, the Halifax Business Awards is a night of celebration and the Awards recognize the entrepreneurs, the leaders and the innovators that influence and lead the thriving local business community in the city.
Events East President & CEO Carrie Cussons, FCPA, has been named one of Canada’s Most Powerful CEOs at the 2024 WXN Top 100 Awards.
On Friday, October 4, Events East President & CEO Carrie Cussons received the Fellow designation from the Chartered Professional Accountants of Nova Scotia, the profession's highest mark of distinction.
Scotiabank Centre launches its fall season on Friday, October 4, with the opening home game of the Halifax Mooseheads, showcasing the venue’s new ice facilities and cooling systems – a multi-million-dollar upgrade funded by the Halifax Regional Municipality and the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP). This investment will ensure a high-quality on-ice experience for a variety of sporting events hosted at Scotiabank Centre.
Scotiabank Centre in Halifax to host four U SPORTS national championships
Halifax is set to make history once again as the city has been selected to host four prestigious U SPORTS national championships over the next four years, marking a new chapter for university sports in Canada.
2026 University Cup (Host: Saint Mary’s University)
Scotiabank Centre and Nova Scotia set to host major Olympic qualifying events
All roads to the 2026 Winter Olympics will go through the province of Nova Scotia, it was announced today by Curling Canada.
All three major qualifying events that will lead to the determination of Canada’s four-player and mixed doubles team for the 2026 Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, will be played in Nova Scotia:
