Thursday March 21st 2019
Today: Mainly sunny & high 5.
Tomorrow: Special Weather Statement in effect… up to 40mm of rain starting tomorrow afternoon that will go into Saturday morning.
A passenger train travelling from Halifax hit some debris on tracks just outside Truro which caused a fuel leak and damaged some windows. Yesterday the Via Rail train was travelling to Montreal with 77 passengers on board when the incident happened. No one was injured.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/via-rail-train-fuel-leak-1.5064904
A firefighter has died after being injured during training earlier this month. Skyler Blackie was originally from Fall River and was critically injured 2 weeks ago while participating in a routine exercise at the Nova Scotia Firefighters School in Waverley. Blackie was in his late 20s and had been with the Truro fire department for 5 years.
It’s going to cost Nova Scotia taxpayers another $3.5 million to renovate Bar Harbor’s ferry terminal in Maine. $5 million is what was estimated earlier this year in preparation for moving the CAT ferry’s port from Portland, Maine, to Bar Harbor. The money will go toward upgrading the facility, which has been empty for 10 years.
In Sports,
In the NHL,
The Leafs doubled up over Buffalo 4-2
Vancouver took Ottawa 7-4
And the Jets beat Anaheim 3-0
In the NBA,
The Raptors 123-114 win over Oklahoma City