Operation Red Nose Needs Volunteers

Operation Red Rose (ORN), with its provincial sponsor Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) launched the 2011 Operation Red Nose campaign in Nova Scotia today. Throughout the holiday season, Operation Red Nose offers safe rides home to party-goers. This year, Safety Services Nova Scotia (SSNS) will be local host within Halifax Regional Municipality administering the program with the goal of making roads safer during the holidays. In 2011, the red-vested volunteers will be on the road Friday and Saturday nights, beginning November 25 through December 17.




Dedicated volunteers from the community along with corporate groups have committed to participate in the program and respond to requests for safe rides home during this busy party season. In 2010, 323 dedicated volunteers provided more than 500 rides throughout Halifax Regional Municipality. In addition to making roads safer, proceeds from the ORN program support local youth initiatives. "One hundred percent of the client donations within HRM are given to local non‐profit organizations that support Safe Grad programs. Every year, more than $1.3 million is raised nationally supporting youth oriented causes." declares Jean‐Marie De Koninck, Founding President of Operation Red Nose.



"Operation Red Nose is a key holiday service that the NSLC and its beverage alcohol partners are proud to continue to support," stated Terri Mosher, Communications Consultant with the NSLC. "The beverage alcohol industry as a whole has taken great efforts to promote responsible use of the products we sell and it’s great to see that from one year to the next, more people are acting more responsibly while enjoying the social occasions that come with the holiday season."



"As the province’s leading not for profit safety service provider for road, occupational & community safety, becoming involved in Operation Red Nose is a perfect fit", states Jackie Norman, President & CEO of Safety Services Nova Scotia. "We have a mandate to promote safe behaviours and provide safety education. I urge volunteers to come forward and assist us in keeping the roads safer during the holidays. Once again, donations received will go to a great cause – local safe graduation programs!"



This year is the largest Operation Red Nose campaign to date as the service will be available in 111 host communities in eight Canadian provinces in 2011. Last year, 55,174 volunteers provided 81,022 rides in communities across Canada. This year again, ORN needs the help of volunteers. Without volunteers, a successful campaign is not possible. Volunteering with friends, family or co-workers is fun, and helps keep roads safe. To download a volunteer application form, visit http://www.operationrednose.com/.

Yes, Hedley is Coming to Halifax!!!!!

It's been phone call-a-palooza at the station this morning so here is ALL the Hedley Information I have!!

Tuesday, March 6 – 8:00 p.m


Halifax Metro Centre

with Special Guests: Classified, Karl Wolf & Kay

TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 9:00 a.m.

Tickets $43.00 - $58.00 (taxes and service charges included) on sale at Ticket Atlantic Box Office at Halifax Metro Centre and at all participating Atlantic Superstore outlets. Charge by phone   902-451-1221.

Online at http://www.evenko.ca/ or http://www.ticketatlantic.com/

evenko, Live Nation and Sonic Concerts announced today that Hedley will perform in Atlantic Canada with stops in Halifax on March 6, St.John's on March 8 and Moncton on March 10.

Vancouver’s multiplatinum selling chart-toppers, Hedley are back with their fourth studio album, Storms and a cross-Canada tour kicking off in Kelowna, BC on February 10, 2012.


Available November 8 and featuring the hot debut single, “Invincible”, Storms explodes with trademark Hedley anthemic pop songs “One Life” and “Heaven’s Gonna Wait”. “Invincible” burst onto the digital singles chart in August and in the first week alone sold over 14 000 copies – Hedley’s strongest singles sales debut to date - and in less than five weeks, the song is already nearing digital gold-selling status.

Watch the video here: http://tv.evenko.ca/uncategorized/hedley-annonce%E2%80%A6%C3%A9e-canadienne
Storms also features frontman, Jacob Hoggard sharing co-writing credits with the Grammy Award winning artist, Babyface on the track “Stormy”. Hoggard also produced two songs on Storms (“Beautiful” & “I Won't Let You Go”) and one bonus track, (“All You Get Is Sound”).
The list of Hedley accolades is long, some recent highlights include: three consecutive double platinum certifications - Hedley (2005), Famous Last Words (2007) and The Show Must Go (2009); over 1,000,000 digital singles sold; 2010 JUNO Award for ‘Video of the Year’ (“Perfect”); ten consecutive #1 Videos at Much Music - a record for any Canadian band; four Top Ten radio singles from The Show Must Go alone (“Perfect”, “Cha-Ching”, “Don’t Talk to Strangers”, “Hands Up”); and listed as one of the top 100 touring artists in the world of 2010 (Pollstar, October 18, 2010).

Welcome 2 Canada Prince

I've been having a series of mini strokes ever since Friday October 28th at approx 6pm.

This is when I found out that this Sexy Beast

IS PLAYING THE METRO CENTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!on November 30.

I can't remember the "day" I discovered Prince and his music, I just remember ALWAYS listening to it.

If I don't end up with a ticket I will be standing outside of the Metro Center in the cold, completely content with the knowledge that the Artist I have listened to and loved for years, is just on the other side of the doors. Imagine for a second that one artist or actor that you love, a HUGE artist or actor, and imagine if you after YEARS of being a HUGE fan were able to finally see him/her in the flesh....for me my concert of a lifetime (meaning I could die happy the next day) is Prince. I encourage you to look into his music (his first album came out in '79) and listen to as much of it as you can. Of course everyone knows Purple Rain (EPIC) Little Red Corvette, Kiss, but this is just the tip of the genius ice berg that Prince. He has had SO MUCH influence over Popular Culture it's astounding. His Guitar playing is Incredible, his song writing?? DUDE I can't even begin, because if I do this blog entry will take a LIFETIME to write. He has a Vault FULL of music he has recorded but never released at Paisley Park.

Seriously, If I end up sitting next to you at the show, I apologize for sobbing like a little girl.

HRM Impaired Drivng Stats for August

Throughout August, police charged 67 people - 56 men and 11 women, ranging in age from 20 to 69 - with impaired driving. Of these incidents, 32 were identified by police during their patrols, four were identified after a collision had occurred and 31 (46 per cent) were called-in by concerned citizens. Three additional incidents involved officers obtaining a blood sample and those matters are still under investigation. In the cases where a breath sample was obtained, the blood alcohol readings ranged from 90 to 370 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood (mg%). Officers also issued an additional ten, seven-day suspensions to people having a blood alcohol level between 50-80 mg%.



Of the 67 cases where people were charged, two of the incidents involved impairment by drugs and seven resulted in people being charged with refusal. A charge of refusal, if found guilty, carries with it the same penalty as if a person has a blood alcohol concentration of more than the legal limit.



Driving while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs puts everyone in danger. In December 2009, MADD Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia launched Campaign 911 which encourages people to call police with information on suspected impaired drivers. HRM Partners in Policing continue to be encouraged by the number of citizens helping to play a role in community safety.
 
If you have information on a drunk driver, please call 911.

FIVB Jr. World Beach Volleyball Championships

Did you know this is the FIRST TIME this event has been held in North America???


The five day competition gets underway Wednesday Aug. 31 with a free community day from 12 noon - 5 pm and concludes with medal competition on Sept. 4, 11 am - 5pm. Complete rosters for both men's and women's entries can be found at http://www.sandjamhalifax.ca/

Participating countries include:

Australia

Austria

Brazil

Canada

China

Denmark

France

Germany

Italy

Japan

Kazakhstan

Latvia

Mexico

Namibia

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Russia

Slovak Republic

Spain

Switzerland

Ukraine

USA

And

Venezuela

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HRM Drunk Driving Stats for July

In July, citizens and HRM Partners in Policing joined forces to continue the fight against drinking and driving.




Throughout July, police charged 67 people - 59 men and 8 women, ranging in age from 18 to 74 - with impaired driving. Of these incidents, 33 were identified by police during their patrols, four were identified after a collision had occurred and 30 (45 per cent) were called-in by concerned citizens. The blood alcohol readings ranged from 100 to 320 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood (mg%). Officers issued an additional 22 seven-day suspensions to people having a blood alcohol level between 50-80 mg%.



Of the 67 cases where people were charged, 50 per cent of the people were between the age of 18 and 29. In 28 per cent of the cases people were charged with refusal which, if found guilty, carries with it the same penalty as if a person has a blood alcohol concentration of more
than the legal limit.



Driving while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs puts everyone in danger. In December 2009, MADD Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia launched Campaign 911 which encourages people to call police with information on suspected impaired drivers. HRM Partners in Policing continue to be encouraged by the number of citizens helping to play a role in community safety. If you have information on a drunk driver, please call 911.