*****ALL NEW YEAR’S EVE ACTIVITIES AT GLASGOW SQUARE ARE CANCELLED TONIGHT (DEC 31ST)
Family First Night and fireworks celebrations scheduled for Glasgow Square tonight have been cancelled. SO there will be NO ACTIVITIES to celebrate the new year at Glasgow Square tonight. (Dec 31st) Organizers are worried about slippery streets and with street closures and brisk winds, that would be a bad combination. Repeating that, ALL activities at Glasgow Square for this evening are CANCELLED.
A 57-year-old Kings County woman has been identified as the person facing 2 charges of animal cruelty from a case involving what the SPCA calls a puppy mill investigation this month. SPCA officers removed 35 dogs from the premises operated by Karin Robertson on December 10th. Their investigation began after a report of mistreatment made by visitors to the puppy mill. The SPCA issued compliance orders for several significant problems regarding the psychological and physical state of the animals as well as their unsanitary living conditions.
The polling group Ipsos-Reid has been asking about separation, and 31 per cent of Albertans say the province would be better off away from the rest of the country.
Notably, just 26 per cent of Quebecers say their province would be better off, and back in their 1995 referendum, the percentage in Quebec who voted in favour of separation was almost double that. On a nationwide average, only 19 per cent of Canadians say their province should separate from Canada. For Atlantic Canadians, the number wanted their province to go it alone only amounts to 15 per cent.
The other big question — two months after the most recent federal election — asks Canadians whether they felt the current federal government can unite the country.
In Atlantic Canada, 39 per cent of people think that way, while that number ranged as low as 23 per cent in Alberta and as high as 54 per cent in Quebec.
A former volunteer firefighter in the Annapolis Valley is now doing her PhD on how the unpaid work can impact people’s mental health.
Robin Campbell says when you’re a firefighter, as she was during her time volunteering for the Wolfville Fire Department, the danger doesn’t end when the fire goes out. She says the mental-health dangers start when everyone’s gone home.
About 90 per cent of firefighters in Nova Scotia are volunteers. Campbell tells CBC they face the same physical dangers as paid firefighters, but they also face unique threats to their mental health. Campbell is planning to spend time in two volunteer-run rural stations in Nova Scotia, learning about their experiences.
The fate of Halifax’s old library on Spring Garden Road could well depend upon the estimated 20,000 former city residents buried beneath its grounds, adjacent parking lots, streets and sidewalks.
Since being replaced five years ago by its architecturally recognized counterpart across the street, the unheated, two-storey, stone-facade structure has remained vacant as regional councillors and local preservationists debate its future.
William Breckenridge is a director for the Halifax Military Heritage Preservation Society. He tells Saltwire News the city doesn’t want to pay for its heritage buildings. Breckenridge says “There are thousands of bodies buried beneath the old library grounds and the government doesn’t want to deal with it.”
The latest data from the U-S Centres for Disease Control shows the popular myth about suicides rising during the holiday season is just plain false. Suicide rates from 1999 to 2016 all show the trend drops between Christmas and New Year’s. The numbers show that’s true in most western countries. Psychologists theorize that as people spend more time with family, they can identify with problems that people hold in common, making them less apt to be depressed. Studies show the trend to take one’s own life is largely based on past trauma, genetics and mental illness, and not being surrounded by people who are happier than usual, as they mostly are during the Christmas season.
In Wolfville, worries over climate change have them working to make sure their waterfront park doesn’t become like the water-logged streets of Venice.
The town is planning a flood risk mitigation plan for an area of the town running east from the park, which was once Wolfville’s harbour when ferries sailed back and forth from Parrsboro and ships docked to load an abundance of Annapolis Valley apples.
Mayor Jeff Cantwell says there will be challenges the Town of Wolfville won’t be able to meet if it doesn’t change things now, to get ready for the higher water levels.
A tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump that identified an intelligence analyst as the alleged whistleblower who helped spark his impeachment was temporarily blocked on the weekend, with Twitter blaming an outage that affected a number of user accounts.
In recent days, Trump shared an unsubstantiated media report and a second post that appeared to name the intelligence community member.
However, the second tweet, from the president’s personal account, was not visible on Saturday to all of his followers. It was visible again by Sunday afternoon, although the original account that shared the alleged whistleblower’s name had been deleted. The spokeswoman added that, based on Twitter policy, any tweets that include private information about an individual, including the alleged whistleblower, would be in violation of its rules.
SPORTS
Spengler Cup:
Team Canada has won the Spengler Cup!
Today they played Ocelari Trinetc in the Championship. Canada defeated them 4-0, to take the CUP!
Yesterday at the World Juniors,
Sweden defeated Kazakhstan 6-2.
Switzerland defeated Slovakia 7-2.
The United States got an OT goal from Montreal Canadiens prospect Cole Caufield to defeat the Czech Republic 4-3.
Team Canada took down Germany 4-1.
Team Canada is in action today to close out the round robin, if Canada defeats the Czech Republic today, they will finish 1st in group B. That puck drops at 2pm.
NHL:
Just 1 game in the NHL last night, Pittsburgh defeated Ottawa 5-2.
The NHL All-Stars were revealed and feature some familiar faces. The list includes Auston Matthews, Fredrick Anderson, David Pasternak, Anthony Duclair and Shea Weber.
