HHT March 17, 2020

Festival du Voyageur

• In the 1800s, the two main countries (Hudson's Bay and Northwest) were fighting.
• The Assiniboine River was the only thing separating them.
• In the summer, the people of each company (who are called voyageurs) built, hunted, and traded with others. When winter came around, the people would try to survive.
• There were Indigenous and European peoples.
• The Europeans were good at making glass and decorating items. The Indigenous were good at hunting. 
• If a European person and an Indigenous person had a child, that child would be Metis. 

Newfoundland Snowstorm

• On January 17, a blizzard covered St. John's, Newfoundland, with over 76 centimetres of snow.
• The wind speed was over 150km an hour.
• Everyone there was under S.O.E for 8 days. 
• The snowstorm had trapped some people in their homes.
• Mayor John Norman estimated the cost being over $1 million to fix the sea wall.

Canadian National Railway

• The Ontario police said that several people had been arrested and that the use of force was a last resort for moving blockade
• The protest has affected rail travel for at least 103 000 Canadians and prompted temporary layoffs.
• The government-owned Via Rail Canada which mostly runs on Canadian National tracks.