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Official Newsletter | The Travelers Curling Club Championship
Harbour hopping
The Maritime hospitality doesn’t stop! The men’s team from
the Dartmouth Curling Club offers their thoughts on the top
10 things to do in Halifax/Dartmouth:
1. Take a $2.50 harbour tour aboard the Dartmouth ferry
2. Eat at the Wooden Monkey at the Dartmouth ferry terminal
3. Walk the Halifax waterfront
4. Visit Grand Parade
5. Tour the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
6. Have some late night fun at the Liquor Dome
7. Shop for fresh food and local wares at the Halifax Seaport
Farmers’ Market
8. Retrace your ancestry at Pier 21
9. Watch the firing of the noon gun at the Halifax Citadel
10. Shop on Spring Garden Road and Barrington Street
A letter of thanks from CPA Nova Scotia
I had the immense pleasure of being at the opening ceremonies Monday night and seeing the teams take to the ice, in
the hopes of being crowned champion at the 2014 Travelers Curling Club Championship. Even though I live in Nova
Scotia, I hope all the teams play well and go home with a piece of Halifax in their hearts.
But for me, I was overwhelmed by the generosity - you have already given so much to the Canadian Paraplegic
Association of Nova Scotia.
My husband was injured in a car accident in 2011 and as a result is permanently paralyzed from the waist down.
Although hard to describe, the change in our lives has been tremendous, frustrating and wonderful.
The ‘wonderful’ is, in large part, due to the work of the Canadian Paraplegic Association (NS). Support comes in so
many forms from their team, each person dedicated to serving clients who so desperately need it. Watching these
injured clients achieve full community participation with the aid of CPA (NS) is a great thing to witness. The support
I received as a family member was so valuable and continues to this day, as my husband and I work through the
ongoing obstacles of living with a spinal cord injury.
My wish for you is that you never need the services of CPA (NS); my hope is that you continue to support the
important work that they do for those who need it – people like Kevin Penny who you met at the opening banquet.
Thank you curlers, Travelers Canada and the Mayflower Curling for this fantastic event!
Jill Hurlbert
Board Chair
Canadian Paraplegic Association of Nova Scotia
travelerscurls.ca
#TCCC2014
Curling Chronicles
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Draw schedule
Hog lines
What is the top reason to visit your hometown?
The historic St. James
Church.
- Margie Corriveau
Albertville,
Saskatchewan
The mountains.
- Daniyel McNeil & Janis
Harper
Atlin, Yukon
Its beautiful lakes.
- Kari Mckinlay &
Maria Elzinga
Cowichan, BC
The giving tree - a Christmas tradition
We learned in Monday’s Curling Chronicles that Nova Scotia is the
world’s largest exporter of Christmas trees. But there’s one shipped
each year that holds a special place in the province’s heart.
For more than 40 years it’s been a Christmas tradition for Nova
Scotia to ship one of its biggest and best Christmas trees to Boston,
to thank the people of Boston for the emergency assistance they
provided after the Halifax Explosion.
In 1917, Halifax was the main base of the then new Canadian Navy.
The port was a major hub of wartime activity and Halifax Harbour
was crowded with warships, troop transports and supply ships.
largest man made explosion prior to the atomic bomb dropped on
Hiroshima.
Relief from Boston was the first to arrive the day after the
horrendous explosion which killed 1,900 people and wounded
another 9,000. It levelled 1,600 buildings – including the Mayflower
Curling Club. To this day Nova Scotia and Halifax continue to thank
the city of Boston by providing their Christmas tree placed on the
Boston Common each December. This year’s tree cutting event took
place on November 17th.
On the morning of December 6, 1917 two munitions ships collided
in the harbour initially catching fire and then exploding, making it the
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