How to tune in to the Portapique memorial service livestream
A tribute in honour of the 22 victims happens Sunday, April 18 at 3pm. It’s been a year since a man who was a known domestic abuser went on a killing rampage that would become the largest in recent Canadian history. To remember the 22 victims, the Nova Scotia Remembers Legacy Society has organized a memorial service, which will be held Sunday, April 18 at 3pm. You can tune into the broadcast via Facebook Live at home, or attend a physically distanced, outdoor viewing of the broadcast at Victoria Park in Truro (29 Park Road) where the livestream will be shown from the park’s bandstand. “We encourage you to reach out to your neighbors and watch this event together, as we all know that we’re stronger when we’re together,” the Society says on its event page.
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Ten-digit dialing for local calls will be required in all of Virginia after the FCC adopted 988 as a new three-digit number as a suicide prevention hotline. (Shutterstock)
VIRGINIA Dialing 10 digits to make local calls in Northern Virginia is nothing new. Residents have been doing it for two decades. But some parts of the state can still make local calls without using an area code. That s about to change.
Back in the late 1990s, the rapidly growing demand for new phones caused not only by population and business growth but also by greater use of cell phones led to the switch to 10-digit dialing in Northern Virginia and other parts of the state for local calls.
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In southern Utah, one company has looked to one of the biggest ways teens communicate text messaging.
About four years ago, several suicides happened in area high schools, said Iuri Melo, a licensed clinical social worker and therapist in St. George. His friend, a principal, reached out to him for ideas to deal with the tremendous pressure he faced trying to respond to tragedy in his school. And I want to do more. I have to be more proactive, I have to be more preventative, Melo recalled the principal telling him.
The therapist and others began brainstorming ways to reach students who need help.
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A switch to a three-digit suicide crisis hotline will change how people in 82 area codes, including in NC, call their neighbors. (Shutterstock)
NORTH CAROLINA Residents of multiple states, including North Carolina, will soon be required to dial all 10 digits to make local calls within their areas codes after the Federal Communications Commission adopted 988 as a new three-digit number to be used nationwide to reach the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Line.
The change in the hotline number doesn t take place for more than a year; until July 16, 2022, people should continue to dial 1-800-273-TALK to reach the crisis hotline.