Photos of the week Feb. 7

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The CBC Hyundai Hockey Nation Festival, held at Cole Harbour Place Feb. 1-3, included a number of fun and interactive activities, including watching a Hyundai Hockey Nation clinic and a Hockey Night in Canada photo booth. Posing with cut-outs of Ron MacLean and Don Cherry are some staff from the event (from left) Alysha MacPherson, Becca VanGinkel and Michael Hopper. (Jenny Gillis) 1 width:500px;height:283px

Friends take a walk on the cobblestones by Flag Pond in Cow Bay after a intense wind storm blew through the area last week. (Submitted)

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Cole Jenkinson, Nick Cuthbertson, Brianne Murphy, Felicity Butler-Randle, Taylor Deal and Tyler Gouthro look on as Abigail sells some sweet treats to a customer on Saturday, Feb. 2 at the Dartmouth Farmers Market. These students from Eric Graves Junior High are all part of the Destination Imagination extra-curricular group raising money for the Free The Children penny drive, which supports clean water projects for villages around the world. (G. Kanasevich)

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Elizabeth Burke's dog, Armani, bundles up for a cold early morning walk at -14° Sunday, Jan. 27 in Halifax. (Bianca Muller) 4 height:500px;width:332px

Haligonians continue to suffer freezing winter temperatures to support the growing Idle No More movement. Community members speak to the importance of aboriginal rights and the protection of natural resources Monday, Jan. 28 at the Halifax Commons after a two-day march from the Shubenacadie Residential School Grounds to Citadel Hill. This calls attention to a much bigger action in Quebec, where First Nations youth are walking from Northern Quebec to Parliament for two weeks in -40 temperatures. (Bianca Muller)

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Roberta McGinn of RiverView Herbs displays some product at the Alderney Landing Farmer's Market on Saturday, Feb. 2. (Jenny Gillis) 6 height:500px;width:326px

Third-year Dalhousie University nursing student Mona Algashm holds a piñata representing an average student debt load on Thursday, Jan. 24. Students were getting ready to smash the piñata in the Student Union Building. 7 width:500px;height:332px

Jiarui Gao, 7, helps another boy with his Chinese knot at a workshop at Pier 21 on Saturday, Feb. 2. (Bianca Muller) 8 width:500px;height:332px

Jacqui Shaw participates in a Chinese knot making workshop at Pier 21. (Bianca Muller) 9 width:500px;height:332px

Ling Zhang and her children Kevin and Reneé Chen make Chinese knots with friend Alice Liang (left) at a workshop led by the Confucius Institute Saturday, Feb. 2. (Bianca Muller)

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Madison Li demonstrates how to get the decorative knots started. (Bianca Muller) 11 width:500px;height:332px

A Social Enterprise for a Day group raises awareness of mental health through compliments and hands out paper cranes on the corner of Spring Garden Road and Dresden Row on Saturday, Feb. 2. (Bianca Muller)

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George Kulik plays his clarinet during the Sackville Community Band's practice at the Sackville Heights Community Center on Saturday, Feb. 2. NICKI HIMMELMAN 13 width:500px;height:308px

Abby Newton, 4, spent a sunny afternoon skating with her family on Duck Lake in Beaver Bank during The Beaverbank-Kinsac Lions Club Family Skate held on Saturday, Feb. 2. NICKI HIMMELMAN 14 height:500px;width:333px

Al Carmichael from the Canadian Diabetes Association picks up a few donations collected at the donation bin located at the Canadian Tire parking lot on Damascus Road in Bedford. The Association is in urgent need of donations of clothing and household goods. To donate or to find a bin closest to you, call 454-0542. NICKI HIMMELMAN 15 width:500px;height:343px

Judy Macintosh creates a masterpeice on canvas during the Bedford Basin Artist Society's workshop featuring artist Sandi Komst from P.E.I. at the Sackville Heights Community Center on Saturday, Feb. 2. Anyone interested in joining the group or for more information can call Margaret at 835-3291. NICKI HIMMELMAN 16 width:500px;height:333px

Sackville Lion Paul Seguin (from left), Joyce Lane and King Lion Doug Faulker stand in front of a 43-inch television on Jan. 27 that was donated by the Lions to a seniors residence in Lower Sackville. The television will be used in the common area so residents like Lane can enjoy spending time with each other while watching movies. The Bell Aliant Pioneers, a volunteer group of current and retired employees of Bell Aliant - contacted the Lions about making the donation. BOBBIE-LYNN HALL 17 width:500px;height:374px