Cruikshank's Funeral Home

03/17/2026

💼 Death & Taxes Seminar – Free Information Session
Join us for this FREE educational seminar presented by Jim Hanifen
🚨 Seats are limited and filling quickly — call 902-455-0531 to reserve your seat!
✔️ The advantages of having a will
✔️ How to avoid probate and costly delays
✔️ How to prevent surprises on your final tax return
✔️ What happens if taxes are still owed
The reality is, none of us knows what tomorrow brings — but planning today can protect your family and give you peace of mind.
📅 Dates: March 24, 25, & 26
📍 Held at three different funeral home locations (choose the most convenient for you)

09/24/2025

Our monthly Open Mic is tomorrow evening, this time with a twist! We have a fundraiser for Hospice Halifax happening at the same time! 🍁

Come enjoy the music as always, but be sure to look around the corner for the Silent Auction to see if anything catches your eye! We have some wonderful items available 🖤

Wednesday Sept 24th from 6:30-9:30pm. All ages. Accessible space, and all are welcome 🎵

Many thanks to all who donated, and to my co-chair, Gary Surette, for making this happen 🥰

With much gratitude,
Caroline McQuillan
Family Service Counsellor Cruikshank's Funeral Home

08/06/2025

Preplanning your funeral and cremation isn’t about dwelling on the end — it’s about ensuring that your legacy lives on.

By making thoughtful choices today, you relieve your loved ones of future stress and uncertainty. You give them clarity, comfort, and the space to grieve — while giving yourself peace of mind that your life will be honored the way you envision it.

🕊️ Whether it’s a simple cremation, a meaningful memorial, or a personalized celebration of life, preplanning allows you to shape the story you leave behind.

Let your legacy reflect the love, values, and memories that truly matter — something that lasts far beyond a lifetime.

📞 Contact us today to start the conversation. Your future self — and your family — will thank you.

04/07/2025

Come and hear Steve Skafte talk about his adventures along abandoned roads, hiking forgotten highways, and exploring the crumbling history that our ancestors left behind. Since 2007, he's shared an uninterrupted daily journal on social media of his discoveries all over the province. He's also been widely featured in national print media, and on TV and radio. He'll be signing copies of all his currently available books after the talk.

Cruikshanks Funeral Home
2666 Windsor Street
Tuesday April 15th at 7pm

03/07/2025

11/06/2024

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of music! We’re thrilled to announce that The Johnsons will be performing live In The Cruik on November 14th from 7-9pm. This intimate concert promises to be an extraordinary experience, with the band’s unique blend of music and storytelling filling the space with great vibes. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to their sound, you won't want to miss this night of great tunes.

Join us for what’s sure to be a memorable show—mark your calendars now!

09/12/2024

We are happy to be hosting Ron MacQuarrie here today to present this weeks FREE community seminar, Executor Checklist.

We do many community events and seminars throughout the year to give back to the community we serve. Watch the newspaper for our upcoming events!

If you have any suggestions for our upcoming topics, we’d love to hear them!

06/13/2024

We are excited to be offering a free community information session about Traditional Chinese Medicine and Accupuncture. Come in and find out what you need to know, and learn how you could benefit from this treatment.

A. L. Mattatall Wed Jun 19th @ 2pm

Cruikshanks Thu Jun 20th @ 2pm

05/07/2024

Come hear Steve Skafte talk Wednesday May 8th at 7 pm in our chapel at 2666 Windsor Street in Halifax. We have lots of parking and are fully accessible. Lots of room for street parking for any overflow.

Two of Steve’s books will be going home with lucky door prize winners! 📕 🏆

04/12/2024

Come and hear Steve Skafte speak about his adventures uncovering the abandoned cemeteries of Nova Scotia, and his book on the subject: “The Dead Die Twice”. He'll be telling tales of a forgotten time, when survival was less guaranteed, and life was crowded with chances taken between birth and death. For the past 16 years, he’s been creating and sharing his daily journal on social media, and has been featured on CBC Radio and TV, CTV’s W5, and in The Chronicle-Herald.

When: Wednesday May 8th 2024 at 7 pm
Where: Cruikshank's Funeral Home
2666 Windsor Street Halifax NS

Cost: No admission fee! Steve will have books available to purchase

02/28/2024

Join us tonight for our incredibly unique open mic experience 🎶

6:30-9:30, all welcome, accessible building, friendly faces, fantastic voices 🖤

📷 our pal Rashem Alexander dazzling us with his groovy sounds during the December edition

12/21/2023

Holiday host etiquette: If you’re inviting someone to your home and they’re grieving, be sure you’re inviting their grief to attend, too. It will be there, anyway.

Don’t invite someone with the goal of cheering them up for the holidays. Don’t expect them to put on a happy face in your home. Don’t demand they fake it til they make it or do something they don’t want to do, either.

Invite them with the loving intention of offering cheer and companionship and unconditional care during the holidays. To do this, you will need to honor and be responsive to their needs and emotions.

You can do this by privately acknowledging their grief when you make the invitation:

“I know this season is extra hard and your heart is hurting. You and your grief are welcome in our home. Come as you are, we’d be honored to have you with us.”

It’s also incredibly loving to honor the reality that it’s often hard for grieving folks to know what they will want, need, be up for, or able to tolerate at the holidays.

Giving them an invite without the need for commitment and permission to change their mind is extra loving:

“You don’t have to decide right now. If it feels good to be with us, we will have plenty of food and love for you-just show up! I’ll check in again the day before to see if you’re feeling up to coming over and if there’s anything you’d like me to know about how we can support you.”

Your grieving friends and fam need attentive care and responsiveness at the holidays, not plans to keep them busy, distracted, and happy.

If they’re laughing, laugh with them.

If they’re weeping, ask if they’d like your company or your help finding a quiet place to snuggle up alone for awhile.

If they’re laughing while weeping, and this is more common than you’d think, stay with them - this is a precious moment of the human experience that is truly sacred.

We don’t need to protect ourselves or each other from grief at the holidays. In fact, the more we embrace grief as an honored holiday guest, the more healthy, happy, and whole our holidays will be. 🙏

Sarah Nannen