Weekly News Recap: February 28, 2025

Weekly News Recap: February 28, 2025

Canada’s Connor McDavid celebrates after scoring the winning goal in overtime of a 3-2 win over the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game on Thursday night. (Charles Krupa / Associated Press)

You can't take our country — and you can't take our game - Justin Trudeau

SOME GOOD NEWS

  • VIDEO: Camp helps kids impacted by Los Angeles area wildfires (CBS) YMCA did this in Calgary during the flood in 2013. Another reason why kid's camps are important. "Project:Camp in Los Angeles may look like a typical kid's camp, with everything from arts and crafts to jump rope, but there's more at play. Every child at the camp has been impacted by the recent wildfires."

  • China car accident acts as cupid for woman injured by driver whose hospital care led to love (South China Morning Post) #Lovely "Social media in China has been left awestruck by a story of serendipity that brought a couple together with a car accident. A 36-year-old man, surnamed Li, and his 23-year-old wife tied the knot in central China’s Hunan province in February. When they 'met' each other in December 2023, he was the driver of a car that caused an accident, and she was the victim. Li was driving fast at the time because he was dealing with an emergency."

  • VIDEO: How a Runaway Dog Became a Hero for New Orleans (New York Times) I heart this dog! "For months, Scrim ran wild around the city, eluding capture and developing a giant fan base. His saga has inspired tattoos, murals and Mardi Gras floats."

  • VIDEO: Astronaut Attempts Daring Pants Maneuver On ISS After Public Requests (IFL Science) Ha! "Astronaut and keen astrophotographer Donald 'Don' Pettit has performed a tricky pants maneuver in space. Pettit has racked up over 500 days in space and is currently doing a stint on board the International Space Station (ISS)."

TOP TEN STORIES OF THE WEEK

  1. VIDEO: CTV National News: How Connor McDavid's goal helped unify Canada (CTV) CANADIAN STORY This was really wonderful. "TSN's James Duthie says the combination of Canada's historic rivalry against the U.S. and the political climate made the win mean more than anyone expected."

  2. Sask. snowbirds selling vacation home in Arizona, say they can no longer live in Trump's America (CBC) SASKATCHEWAN STORY "Dale Botting has spent the past 45 winters travelling to sunny Arizona to escape Saskatchewan winters and enjoy the warm weather, golf and friends he's made at his desert vacation home. But this winter will be his last. Botting has listed his home in Chandler, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix, that has been in his family since his dad purchased it 45 years ago. Botting said he could have dealt with the weak Canadian dollar and has resisted the urge to cash in on his home's appreciated value over the years, but he could no longer live in Donald Trump's America."

  3. VIDEO: Sask. dad hand-crafts daughter's engagement ring and goes viral on TikTok (CBC) SASKATCHEWAN STORY How cool is this! "Bryce Sherring and Dawson Leedahl had just dismounted after a sunset horseback ride on a beautiful February evening when Leedahl got down on one knee and popped the big question."

  4. Disabilities charity Vecova opens in Airdrie as it prepares to close Calgary facility (CBC) AIRDRIE STORY Congrats. "When one door closes, another door opens. That's the case for charitable organization Vecova, which has officially opened its new location in Airdrie — months before its main building in northwest Calgary is slated to shutter."

  5. VIDEO: The threat of a tariff war is already driving up housing costs (CBC) CANADIAN STORY "Many high-rise buildings need I-beams. In fact, they need a lot. Also known as a wide flange beam, the I-shaped component is used in multi-unit buildings, including residential and commercial ones."

  6. VIDEO: This Revelstoke blacksmith shapes steel into imaginative creations (CBC) REVELSTOKE STORY "Kyle Thornley of Metal Mind Forge in Revelstoke, B.C. preserves the traditions of blacksmithing while transforming industrial steel into public art pieces showcased across Canada."

  7. Flat whites or long blacks? What our changing coffee tastes say about us (The Guardian) I am a flat white drinker myself. "To every caffeinated beverage, however, there is a season, and at the hipper end of the market, the flat white’s may be cooling. The big news in coffee right now is the long black, which also has its origins in Australia or New Zealand [...] What is a long black? Its name makes no sense, because while it’s undoubtedly black, it’s shorter than an americano. Baristas make it by pouring an espresso into hot water, to fill a cup that would ordinarily hold a flat white (about 120ml). The coffee goes in last to preserve the crema, the brownish foam that coffee snobs fetishise, but the lure is supposed to be its taste: if an americano can be innocuous – like diner coffee, only pricier – a long black is meant to give the drinker a decent blast of bean."

  8. VIDEO: Paying for every meal in packed Canadian restaurant, U.S. couple apologizes for Trump politics (CBC) CANADIAN STORY "Diners in a Windsor, Ont., restaurant were stunned and elated over the weekend when an American couple picked up the bill for the packed establishment — citing U.S. President Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric and their love of Canada. May Hermiz is the co-owner of Toast on Erie Street. She says the day took an unexpected turn during their lunch rush when the couple from Ann Arbor, Mich., told her they wanted to pay for everyone in the restaurant."

  9. National arts council initiative launched to address underfunding in Alberta arts sector (CBC) CANADIAN STORY I have felt this for a long time. I am glad someone nationally feels the same. "Those with a stake in Canada's arts sector don't think Alberta is getting an equitable share of national arts funding. In order to address the problem, the Canada Council for the Arts is launching the Alberta Focus Initiative to increase awareness about funding opportunities for local artists."

  10. A competing theory to 'dark energy' suggests the universe has different time zones (CBC) "There's a cosmic controversy brewing in the universe. It centres around the mysterious force known as 'dark energy.' This concept emerged from observations of distant supernovae that, in the late 1990s, seemed to indicate the universe had been expanding at a faster and faster pace ever since the big bang. Astronomers made these observations from a certain type of supernovae that explode in such a way that allows astronomers to calculate their distance from us. The picture emerging from that data didn't fit with previous explanations of the universe that theorized its expansion, driven by the big bang, would eventually slow down as gravity took over. This led scientists to come up with the idea that a force they called 'dark energy' pushed against gravity to make the universe expand faster and faster, in keeping with the supernovae data."

SEVEN LIFE AND CAREER HACKS

  1. Want a better social life? Try these easy habits. (Vox) What are you doing to be more social?

  2. VIDEO: How to Organize Your Gear Shed the Practical Way (Outside Online) We have a LOT of gear -- this was helpful.

  3. VIDEO: Exercises for Knee Pain (TikTok) Luckily, I don't have knee pain (yet). Partly, because I do these exercises.

  4. Things You Should Never Say When Ordering A Drink At A Bar, According To Bartending Experts (The Takeout) I have been guilty of asking a bartender to 'surprise' me. Hmmm, now I might think twice about this.

  5. Book Club: Five Books to MAKE IT STICK (Huckberry) Great books!

  6. VIDEO: 4 Stretches For Sciatic Nerve Pain Relief! Stop Sciatica Fast! (YouTube) Like knee pain, this can be really debilitating. These help.

  7. Object Pages: A Free, Simple Physical Notes System (Westerberg) Yet another cool way to take notes. LANAGUAGE WARNING

TOP THREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

  1. Billionaire Nvidia CEO saves struggling art college with mega-donation (Philanthropy News Digest) "California College of the Arts has received a package of donations worth $45 million, half of which came from the world’s 11th-richest man, Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang."

  2. Trinity Health Oakland Hospital receives $30 million donation (The Oakland Express) "Trinity Health Oakland Hospital in Pontiac received a $30 million gift to support future capital needs, primarily the Emergency Department ongoing expansion and future enhancements to women’s health services. The gift came from the estate of longtime Oakland County residents Steve and Vivian Stolaruk."

  3. Durham University gets 'transformational' £1.3 million donation (MSN) "Durham University researchers have been awarded a significant philanthropic investment aimed at advancing research to address critical global challenges [...] It includes a 'transformational' £1.3 million donation from Durham alumni Joanna Barker, who studied French at Durham, graduating in 1981, and Graham Barker, who graduated from Durham Law School in 1980."

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