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Known official websites operated by Nova Scotia villages, towns, cities, and counties as of 1 January 2000 |
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TOWNSAM Town of AmherstAR Town of Annapolis Royal AS Town of Antigonish BE Town of Berwick BR Town of Bridgetown BW Town of Bridgewater CA Town of Canso CH Town of Clark's Harbour DG Town of Digby HP Town of Hantsport KE Town of Kentville LO Town of Lockeport LN Town of Lunenburg MB Town of Mahone Bay MI Town of Middleton MU Town of Mulgrave NG Town of New Glasgow OX Town of Oxford PA Town of Parrsboro PC Town of Pictou PH Town of Port Hawkesbury SB Town of Shelburne SP Town of Springhill SL Town of Stellarton SW Town of Stewiacke TN Town of Trenton TU Town of Truro WE Town of Westville WI Town of Windsor WO Town of Wolfville YR Town of Yarmouth |
MUNICIPALITIESAP Municipality of the County of AnnapolisAT Municipality of the County of Antigonish AY Municipality of the District of Argyle BA Municipality of the District of Barrington CB Cape Breton Regional Municipality CT Municipality of the District of Chester CL Municipality of the District of Clare CO Municipality of the County of Colchester CU Municipality of the County of Cumberland DI Municipality of the District of Digby GU Municipality of the District of Guysborough HX Halifax Regional Municipality EH Municipality of the District of East Hants WH Municipality of the District of West Hants IN Municipality of the County of Inverness KI Municipality of the County of Kings LU Municipality of the District of Lunenburg PI Municipality of the County of Pictou QU Region of Queens Municipality RI Municipality of the County of Richmond SH Municipality of the District of Shelburne SM Municipality of the District of St. Mary's VI Municipality of the County of Victoria YA Municipality of the District of Yarmouth |
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Known websites operated by Nova Scotia bookstores as of 1 January 2000 |
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| Q: Why doesn't the Ukranian Church celebrate Christmas on December 25th, like the Protestants and Catholics do? A: The Ukranian Church does celebrate Christmas on December 25th. The real question is: When does December 25th occur? We use a calendar to keep track of the days of the week, and the various annual holidays. The modern calendar, used by all Canadians for civil purposes (business, schools, newspapers, airline schedules, etc.) and for legal purposes (dating documents, etc.) is the Gregorian Calendar, which came into effect in September 1752. Before that, the Julian Calendar was the calendar used for civil and legal purposes. Okay, that's for civil and legal purposes. What about religious purposes? When the changeover from Julian to Gregorian took place in 1752, the Anglican Church was required by law to switch to the Gregorian Calendar (that was actually written into the law). The other Protestant churches made the change in September 1752 or soon after. The Catholic Church had been operating on the Gregorian Calendar since October 1582. That is, most religions adopted the Gregorian Calendar for figuring when religious holidays occur. However, some churches, including the Ukranian Church, decided to stay with the traditional Julian calendar, which had been used for figuring religious holidays for more than a thousand years. To this day, these churches use the Julian Calendar for that purpose. The Julian Calendar is still running, along with the Gregorian Calendar. The only difference between them is the Leap Year Rule. The Julian Calendar operates with 100 leap years every 400 years, while the Gregiorian Calendar operates with 97 leap years every 400 years. That is, there is a cumulative difference of three days every 400 years. To say the same thing another way: The Gregorian Calendar runs slightly faster than the Julian Calendar – on average, the difference is 10 minutes 48 seconds a year. In October 1752, there was an eleven-day difference between the two calendars. That's why eleven days were omitted from the legal and civil calendar in September 1752, to adjust from the Julian to the Gregorian. The difference between the two calendars remained at eleven days until 1800, which was a leap year in the Julian but not in the Gregorian – this increased the difference to twelve days. In 1900, the difference increased to thirteen days; it will remain at thirteen days until 2100. In 1999-2000, the difference between the two calendars was thirteen days, with the Gregorian Calendar running ahead of the Julian. Christmas Day occurs on December 25th in both calendars. Thirteen days after December 25th is January 7th. When the Julian Calendar arrives at December 25, the Gregorian Calendar has arrived at January 7. So two churches, both celebrating Christmas Eve on December 24 (according to their own calendars) mark the occasion thirteen days apart. In 2100, the difference will increase to fourteen days, and after that the Ukranian Christmas Day will be celebrated on January 8th according to the Gregorian calendar. |
| Ms. Gillian: "Auld's Cove also supplies two of our other generating stations, so normally, we would not be using coal from Auld's Cove to supply Lingan and Point Aconi." The two other generating stations, dependent on the Auld's Cove coal stockpile, are the Point Tupper Generating Station in Point Tupper, and the Trenton Generating Station in Trenton. Both of these plants burn coal to make high-pressure steam to generate electricity, and this coal is brought from Auld's Cove to the generating plants by the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway. |
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"We're going to add another section in (the website). If there are occurrences that take place, that might be of interest to the public in terms of a shutdown." If anyone should ever want a specific reference to to illustrate the meaning of laconic, no better example can be found than this section of the CNSOPB website. Brevity is the main characteristic. It is obvious that the CNSOPB is being very careful not to overburden the public with excessive detail. |
On this day, the last of the card catalogues was removed from Western Counties Regional Library headquarters, 405 Main Street, Yarmouth. This event closed a chapter in WCRL's history and marks the end of the transition to the new electronic way of carrying out day-to-day business at all libraries across the province and the country.
Source:
The Disseminator
Nova Scotia Provincial Library
electronic newsletter
V7 N1, January 2000
http://rs6000.nshpl.library.ns.ca/provlib/disseminator/index_2000/vol7no1.html