Wednesday February 20th 2019
Today: Mainly sunny. Risk of frostbite. High -8.
Tomorrow: Special weather statement in effect… Snow beginning early in the morning, up to 10cm.
7 children of a Syrian refugee family have died after a house fire yesterday on Quartz Drive in Spryfield. The children were between the ages of 3 months & 14 years old. An investigation is underway to determine what caused the fire.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/fatal-fire-spryfield-1.5024174
Bay Ferries has signed a $1.3 million lease with the Town of Bar Harbor to use its ferry terminal for the next 5 years. Bay Ferries will pay Bar Harbor a minimum of $264,000 a year to lease the terminal. Since the Bar Harbor ferry terminal hasn’t been used in a decade, it’ll cost taxpayers to upgrade the facility.
A 20 year old woman has died after she drove into a parked tractor trailer just outside Yarmouth on Monday afternoon. The car crossed the centre line of Highway 101 near exit 34 around 4:30 when it hit the tractor trailer. Another woman, a 19 year old, was airlifted to hospital in Halifax with life threatening injuries.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/1-dead-3-injured-in-yarmouth-county-collision-1.5024386
Cannabis sales brought in $17.4 million at the NSLC in the first few months of legalization, but it wasn’t enough to make any profit. The provincial government isn’t making money on cannabis at this point because of the implementation costs. The NSLC estimates it will turn a profit on cannabis in the next fiscal year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cannabis-sales-nslc-weed-money-1.5024490
In Sports,
In the NHL,
Arizona beat Edmonton 3-2
St. Louis took the Leafs 3-2
And the Habs had a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets