This year we decided the team at Ocean deserved some proper staff photos. No more Instagram selfies (those filters are so forgiving!), but ...

We make no bones about it, we love being part of the community of Halifax and, in particular, in playing our role as a downtown business.  ...

There, he said it! A series of recent encounters with contact lens wearers coming to us for the first time has led our optometrist, Dr. E...

It may seems strange for any business to say that, but we sincerely mean it ... in certain circumstances.  In fact, by this stage you'...

Seasonally named eye conditions! We're sure that you've come to recognise our optometrists, Dr. Euan McGinty and Dr. John Wilson,...

What a week! Late March, our flights are all scheduled, we've re-jigged our diary and all prepared to take head down to New York on th...

One of the greatest privileges of being an optometrist is to be able to look at our patient's eyes in great detail, including right thro...

At this time of year we have many students filling the streets of our fair city.  The sense of excitement the arrive with is almost visible ...

Here at Ocean Optometry we love working with SALT. Optics, their range is designed for people who like simple things well made. A great ex...

We're pleased to be part of the Dog Days of Summer event in Halifax.   The CNIB is coming in with a guide dog to provide informatio...

It was a real treat to be asked to take part in a Summer fashion feature for Halifax's Line Magazine. We are all fans of the magazine ...

Is this a little surreal?  We are blogging about featuring in a blog!! Halifax Magazine's shopping blogger, Nicole Trask, recently cam...

Title:     Paint What Matters – A Blowers Street Flashbulb moment. Abstract: The excitement caused by the Paint What Matters win for Hal...

It is great news that Halifax is one of the twenty winners in North America to get a three block makeover thanks to Benjamin Moore.  The c...

Ocean Optometry, Halifax (July 02, 2013) - Eyeglasses, like many other products, can often travel thousands of miles before arriving at t...

It may seem a strange thought to hear Ocean Optometry talking about loving things local, especially when you hear our accents! Although it...

Ocean Optometry opens its doors! After what seems like a lifetime of preparation, we are finally opening our doors for the first time in ...

On Friday night we had our opening party to celebrate getting everything together.  It was a great success, with many friends joining us to...

We are just about to enter our final day of preparation, before we go live on Monday (although there still is the weekend). This seems l...

John, Erin & Mike hard at work.  Euan's supervising! We all arrived at 7.30am this morning, keen and eager to get into the fi...