Showing news for the month of September , 2010 | POWER OUTAGES CONTINUE - EXPECT TO BE RESTORED TODAY |
Monday 6th September 2010 | As Nova Scotia Power crews continue to work to get power re-connected around the province, nearly everyone is now back up and running.
As of 5:30 Monday morning, just over 3000 customers were without power across the province, with just over 500 of those in Pictou County.
Crews expected to have the rest of the outages dealt with by the lunch hour.
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| MULTIPLE INJURIES FROM VAN ROLL-OVER ON HIGHWAY 106 |
Monday 6th September 2010 | RCMP say eight people were injured yesterday when a van left a highway in northern Nova Scotia and rolled several times.
Police say a man in his 50s who was thrown out of the van was airlifted to hospital in Halifax with serious injuries.
Seven other occupants were taken to hospital in New Glasgow with undetermined injuries.
Police say the van, registered in Prince Edward Island, was heading north on Highway 106 toward Pictou when the driver lost control around 9:15 a.m.
RCMP are continuing their investigation. |
| EARL BRINGS MAJOR POWER OUTAGES |
Saturday 4th September 2010 | | As people clean up from Tropical Storm Earl, crews are working around the clock to get power restored.
At one point Saturday, over 20-thousand Nova Scotia Power customers were without power in Pictou County, with over 235-thousand out province wide.
Nova Scotia Power says those still without power can call 1-877-428-6004 to get more information as to when they can expect service to be restored.
Customers can also call that number to report outages or downed lines. |
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| PREPARATIONS FOR HURRICANE EARL CONTINUE |
Friday 3rd September 2010 | | Forecasters tracking the movement of hurricane Earl say it's looking more likely that it will touch down Saturday morning in western Nova Scotia.
John Parker, a meteorologist with the Canadian Hurricane Centre, says Earl's track is becoming clearer.
Ahead of Earl's arrival, fishermen are tying up boats and farmers are fretting over their orchards.
In Avonport, apple farmer Jonathan Fuller says he's worried about what will become of his fruit, which is not yet ripe.
Environment Canada says it is likely that portions of southwestern Nova Scotia will have wind gusts as high as 130 kilometres an hour.
Between 40 and 70 millimetres of rain will likely fall, with southern and central New Brunswick and northwestern P-E-I expected to receive the most. |
| CUPE ASKS TOWN TO STOP SALE OF HECTOR |
Thursday 2nd September 2010 | | A national union is weighing in with its opinion on the sale of the Ship Hector.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees has issued a press release urging the Town of Pictou to stop the sale of the Hector to a non-profit society.
CUPE Representative Kim Cail says she is concerned jobs will be lost if the sale goes through.
Eight members of CUPE are employed at the landmark tourist attraction.
The sale was scheduled to be closed last week, but concerns with an environmental assessment have resulted in delays. |
| LOCALS WILL BE LISTENED TO WHEN IT COMES TO NEW HIGHWAY SIGNS |
Thursday 2nd September 2010 | | We won't make the same mistakes that were made when Alma was bypassed.
That's the promise from Transportation Minister Bill Estabrooks regarding signage along Highway 104 as the newly twinned area is getting ready to open.
Estabrooks says a petition has been brought to his attention by Pictou East MLA Clarrie MacKinnon, which is asking for assurances that proper signage will be put up protecting businesses and attractions in that area.
Estabrooks also says the recent rash of tragic accidents along Highway 104 between New Glasgow and the Canso Causeway will be looked at.
He says the possibility of twinning all the way to the causeway will be examined, but it is a question of finances. |
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| MEMORY PROJECT COMING TO PICTOU COUNTY |
Thursday 2nd September 2010 | | The Memory Project has produced a five part podcast series which will be displayed in Pictou County on 26 September.
The nation-wide oral history project is creating an unprecedented record of Canada's participation in the Second World War as seen through the eyes of thousands of men and women who were there.
The project, which is a not-for-profit initiative of the “Historica-Dominion Institute”, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage, has travelled ten provinces and one territory to gather stories from thousands of veterans from across the nation.
The five new podcast episodes are “Prisoners of War”, “V-E Day”, “Battle of the Atlantic”, “The Pacific” and “D-Day”.
The project will also be at Pier 21 in Halifax on 27 September. |
| EARL APPROACHING - LIKELY TO IT SHORE IN WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA |
Wednesday 1st September 2010 | | It's looking more likely that hurricane Earl will arrive in western Nova Scotia, probably on Saturday morning packing powerful winds.
The Canadian Hurricane Centre is predicting possible gusts of up to 140 kilometres an hour.
The centre says there's a 50 per cent chance that Earl will come ashore as a Category 1 hurricane in the Yarmouth area.
However, the track of the storm could still take it anywhere from Maine to Cape Breton, landing between Friday night and Saturday night. |
| MORE CLOSURE AT LILIAN FRASER EMERGENCY ROOM |
Wednesday 1st September 2010 | | More closures are in the works for the Lilian Fraser Memorial Hospital Emergency Room in Tatamagouche.
Thursday evening at 7pm the ER will close for 13 hours until 8am Friday.
Throughout the long weekend the ER will close for 49 consecutive hours, from 7am Saturday to 8am Monday.
The closures come as a result of a lack of available physicians to cover the shifts.
People are reminded to contact 911 in the event of an emergency or visit the nearest available emergency department, while non-emergent issues can be dealt with by family physicians or at walk-in clinics. |
