Moncton Weather: sun and clouds. More clouds this afternoon. Windy. High minus 6.
Q League Hockey: Wildcats beat the Islanders in PEI on Saturday. Final score 10 to 4.
Wildcats next home game Feb 15th.
The NB government is not renewing its contract with virtual care provider eVisitNB and has begun negotiations with a new company to take over the service (N.B. government set to cut ties with eVisitNB | Telegraph-Journal). The change is effective after March 31st and will have an impact on ~325,000 patients who have used the platform.
Don Monahan, MLA for Arcadia-Butternut Valley-Maple Hills, has officially entered the leadership race for New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative party (N.B. PC MLA enters leadership race becoming 2nd confirmed candidate - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca). He is the second confirmed candidate, joining Daniel Allain in the contest to replace former premier Blaine Higgs, with a new leader to be chosen in October.
New Brunswick Olympians Primer:
Two NB athletes will compete in Women's Short Track Speed Skating at the Winter Olympics which begin Feb 6, 2026 in Italy. Courtney Sarault of Moncton and Rikki Doak of Fredericton are part of Team Canada representing our nation! (https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7021533)
Today at the Olympics https://olympic.ca/schedule-2026-winter-olympics/
Olympics rundown link: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/02/team-canada-links-for-winter-olympics.html
and see https://www.instagram.com/p/DUeB4akAaPh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
- First Medal: Speedskater Valérie Maltais won Canada's first medal of the Games on the weekend, a bronze in the women's 3,000-metre event. This is her first individual Olympic medal in her fifth Games.
- Women's Hockey: The Canadian women's hockey team began its gold-medal defence with a game against Switzerland, which proceeded despite a norovirus case on the Swiss team. Canada defeated Switzerland 4-0 Saturday.
- Canada's mixed doubles curling team of Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman has been eliminated from playoff contention at the 2026 Olympics (Canada’s mixed doubles team won’t make playoffs - National | Globalnews.ca). After a strong 3-0 start, a five-game losing streak, sealed by losses to Sweden and South Korea, ended their medal hopes.
Some Monday watchables:
- Canadians compete in the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle final
- the start of the ice dance competition features three Canadian teams, including world silver medallists Piper and Paul
- Team Canada women's hockey team playing Czechia.
(Five things to watch on Monday at the Winter Games - National | Globalnews.ca)
Canadian Olympic figure skater Madeline Schizas went viral after emailing her professor to request an extension on a university assignment, citing her competition schedule at the Milan Cortina Games (Schizas gets university assignment extension - National | Globalnews.ca). The McMaster University student later confirmed she was granted the extension, reflecting on the public spotlight that comes with balancing elite athletics and academics.
Gas prices normally change on Thursdays at midnight. See https://www.scottyandtony.com/2023/09/gas-price-predictions-are-bit-of.html
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Q League Hockey: Moncton Wildcats Sched: https://chl.ca/lhjmq-wildcats/schedule/1/211/
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🏫 Scotty and Tony's School News Page newcountry969.ca/school
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💊 Health Care and E.R. Wait Times Resources:
- https://www.evisitnb.ca/
- https://horizonnb.ca/services/emergency-department/estimated-emergency-department-wait-times/
- ER Room Wait Time Estimations resources continued... see https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/2b0cd71fe6614d7bacf3985e9b6a6fe6 (also medical imaging wait times at that link)
- NB Gov's My Health NB website: https://myhealth.gnb.ca
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🏒🏈🏀⚽⚾ Sports:
- Scores https://www.flashscore
- Moncton Wildcats Q League Hockey https://chl.ca/lhjmq-wildcats
- Moncton AAA Flyers U18 Hockey https://nbpeimu18hl.ca/teams/flyers
- Ladies High School Hockey www.leaguelineup.com/cehockeyec
- Boys High School Hockey www.easternconferencehockey.com
- West Kent Steamers Jr A Hockey https://www.westkentsteamers.com
- High School Football https://www.gridironnewbrunswick.org/highschool.php
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💰 Atlantic Lotto Winning Numbers... https://www.alc.ca/content/alc/en/winning-numbers.html
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🩸 Donate Blood:
- Moncton Blood Donation Centre Hours are
Monday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm/ Tuesday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm/ Wednesday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm/ Thursday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm/ Friday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Moncton donor centre is
at at 500 Mapleton Road.
- GiveBlood app (iphone) (android)
- Call 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or book at Blood.ca.
- CBS Moncton Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LifelineMoncton/
Scotty and Tony Radio Show Contact Links at
NEWCOUNTRY969.CA/SCOTTYANDTONY.