Thursday, February 6, 2020

HHT Feb. 6, 2020

New Stamp

  • January 23, 2020, was the unveiling of the new stamp from Canada Post.
  • The unveiling was done in Cherry Brook, Nova Scotia.
  • On the stamp was the winning team for the Coloured Hockey Championship in 1904.
  • Back then, hockey had white teams and coloured teams and the coloured players were rarely acknowledged by professionals 
Bell Let's Talk

  • On January 29th, 2020 another Annual Bell Let's Talk Day was held.
  • Bell Let's Talk Day was created by Clara Hughes in January 2011 to raise awareness about mental health.
  •  You can support this all Canadian fundraiser by sharing, retweeting, using the branded hashtag, or via texting. Each share donates 5 cents towards mental health organizations.
  • It started with the initiative of donating 50 million dollars and so far has raised 25 million.

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