HHT February 20, 2020

Scientists Discover a New Type of Northern Lights

• Northern Lights are the colourful lights that you sometimes see in the sky at night. The Northern Lights are also known as the Aurora Borealis.
• These new Northern Lights are called "dunes."
• They come in many colours, but mainly white and purple
• The dunes are believed to be caused by waves of oxygen atoms that are glowing due to a stream of particles released from the sun

Super Bowl 54

• The Kansas City Chiefs played the San Fransisco 49ers in Super Bowl 54.
• The Super Bowl was played in Miami Gardens, Flordia.
• Kansas City won the American Football Conference (AFC) and San Fransisco won the National Football Conference (NFC) with both teams advancing to the Super Bowl.
• The Super Bowl was played on February 2nd, 2020.
• The final score was 31-20 with Kansas City winning their first Super Bowl since the American Football League and National Football League Championship game existed. 

History Happening Today             February 19, 2020

Easter Island Statues

- On February 6, 2020 archeologists from Binghamton University found evidence that the Easter Island heads (or Moai Heads) were made about 300 years later than was originally believed.

- The team was lead by Robert J. DiNapoloe.

- They found evidence that supports the theory that the Spanish fabricated the story that the natives were almost all gone. They made this up because they suffered a great defeat, and they didn't want to go home as fools.

- The heads are believed to be signs to their gods.

-The heads are on a South American Pacific Island called  Rapa Nui.


Saskatchewan CP Train Derailment

-On Feb.6th, a train was reported derailed in SK. This is the second derailment in the last 2months. 

-That morning the train spilled over 1.2 million litres of oil.

-People are now changing the speed of the trains to 35 miles per hour while carrying dangerous goods or with more than 20 cars.

History Made At The Oscars

- Bong Joon Ho won 6 awards for his movie "Parasite"
-Ho was the winner in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Foreign-Language Movie, Best Screenplay and more. 
- Hair Love won for the Best Animated short film
- Billie Eilish performed The Beatles' "Yesterday" with her brother Finneas O'Connell

Update on The Coronavirus-Covid 19

• Covid-19 is a very rapid spreading disease
• Covid-19 originated in China and is spreading worldwide
• 45 000 cases have been reported, 1 115 deaths, and 8 cases reported in Canada
• Covid-19 may or may not have come from contaminated fish, or bats
• Scientists have recently found a virus in bats that is very similar to the coronavirus

HHT February 10, 2020

      75th Anniversary of Auschwitz

• Auschwitz was the largest Nazi concentration camp, known as the "Final Solution"
• Between 1.1 and 1.5 million people died; 90% were Jewish
• June 14, 1940, the first prisoners arrived
• January 27, 1945....7650 sick and starving prisoners were rescued by Soviet troops
• January 18, 1945, approximately 60,000 prisoners were made to walk in what they now call "death marches". The old and the weak were shot if they fell behind.
• January 27, 2020, is the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
• Over 200 survivors will be in attendance
• Many survivors educate others to keep the memory of what happened alive so that this kind of history will never be forgotten.                                                     

    2019-novel Coronavirus 

•  The Coronavirus is the same virus as colds, SARS, and MERS. 
• It is transmitted from animals to humans. 
• The Coronavirus outbreak started in Wuhan, the capital oh Hubei, in China at a seafood market.
• The first signs of Coronavirus were on December 31st and the new virus was announced on January 7th.  
• Symptoms are fevers and coughing, and basic cold type symptoms.  

    The life and legacy of Kobe Bryant

• Kobe played for the L.A. Lakers for almost his whole career.
• He chose to be nicknamed the Black Mamba.
• He was always generous and ready to help when people were in need of aid in their life
• he had been living the life up until his sad and immediate demise.
• he retired early in 2016 being only in his 40s.
• he created a gym named the Black Mamba where he helped people who were coming into the NBA train.

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.

HHT January 30, 2020

Canada Wins Gold

• On Sunday, January 5, 2020, the Canadian Junior Hockey team played Russia in Ostrava, Czech Republic for the gold medal, and won!
• Akil Thomas scored the winning goal for Canada.
• Canada won against Russia 4-3.

Iran and US War

• Trump targeted Iran's supreme leader. 
• The US assassinated Qusem Soleimani.
• The US stopped Iran from selling oil internationally. 
• The US doesn't want war and wants things to de-escalate. 

Australian Fires 

• Millions of animals and over 28 citizens lost in the fire. Along with 3 American waterbombers who were lost in a plane crash, trying to fight the fires.  
• Over 300 homes and 17.9 million acres of land burned. 
• The fires started in late July, during the annual fires season. 
• New South Wales and Victoria are the hardest hit states. With thousands of citizens evacuate 
• Dry, hot, windy climate, lightning strikes, and climate change are mainly to blame for the severity of the fires. Along with 24 people charged for deliberately starting fires. 

HHT Dec. 13/19 

• White Island, New Zealand- volcanoes cone- 16 reported dead 20 being treated for burns 
• Boris Johnson won a majority government yesterday moving forward on Brexit
• Saskatchewan train derailment- oil spill fire 1.5 million litres of oil spilled
• Taylor Swift top-earning musical artist for 2019- $240 million 
• Homeless community Osborne bridge moved because of safety concerns 
• Christmas Angels pay for a young boy with Leighs disease as medical will not cover the expense

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HHT Dec. 12/19

The Concerns of Vaping 

• Vaping is not a healthy alternative to smoking.
• Vaping will expose you to dangerous chemicals that can cause fatal diseases including cancer.
• One of the biggest concerns is popcorn lung which is like pneumonia except there is no cure.

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong is a country in China.
• Great Britan took Hong Kong in the 1800s. The Chinese lost wars to the British for 99 years ending in 1997.
• After 1997, Britan handed Hong Kong to China and now Hong Kong is no longer a democracy.

Lack of Firefighting Resources Putting South Winnipeggers at Risk

• A large chunk of Sothern Winnipeggers could be at risk.
• there aren't resources in the area to protect residents from fires.