Blogger's Note: The Annapolis Choir's concert in Annapolis Royal Friday evening had extra accompaniment to the vocal performance. Many barely muted sirens and wails and the sound of lumbering heavy vehicles told of another event taking place in the area. It was worrisome, wondering what emergency was taking place nearby, and if anyone was in peril. Indeed there was.
Valley fire victim critically burned
Landlord lauded as hero for pulling man from blaze
By MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE Staff Reporter
Sun. May 30 - 4:53 AM
A Bell Aliant technician works Saturday to repair telephone service knocked out by a house fire at 94 Old Trunk 8 in Lequille, Annapolis County, on Friday night. All that remained of the home was a pile of burnt rubble. Reports say a man who was renting the home was pulled from the flames by the owner of the property, who lives nearby. (Bill Roberts )
A burn victim is in hospital in Halifax and his landlord is being praised for pulling him out of an Annapolis County house fire Friday evening.
The victim, who is in his early 60s, is in critical condition after sustaining injuries in the blaze that destroyed the home he was renting in Lequille, an RCMP spokesman said Saturday.
Const. Dale Guy said the man was saved by his landlord, and friend, who pulled him from harm’s way at risk to his own safety.
Television news identified the rescuer as Kevin Daniels.
The officer told CTV News the dramatic rescue occurred under harsh, frightening conditions.
It happened at about 7:30 p.m. in a house at 94 Old Trunk 8.
Guy said the rescuer "quickly ran maybe 150 feet (45 metres) to the burning structure, checked inside (and) found the victim lying on the floor. Through a hail of smoke and flame (he) went inside and pulled him" from the fully engulfed home.
Daniels made it out unharmed, CTV reported.
Neighbour, Janet Berry, said it didn’t take long for the home to burn.
"The whole house was engulfed in flames — there was black smoke everywhere," Berry told CTV.
She said "for (Daniels) to actually go in there and pull him out to safety was amazing."
Another neighbour, Joanne Nash, said she lives two doors away but was at work at the time of the fire.
"When I came home from work (Friday) night there were a few fire trucks still up there and that was after midnight," she told The Chronicle Herald.
Nash said the small, two-storey house was one of the older properties in the area.
"I knew what had happened before (returning home) because you could see the fire trucks going by from where I work, and then one of the nurses that came in said the house was on fire," Nash, who works at a nursing home, said.
Guy said the victim was taken to a local hospital and then transferred to the burn unit at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. He said the man "has severe burns to the upper portion of his body."
The victim’s name hasn’t been released by police.
Nash said remnants of the gutted home are in a debris pile at the fire scene.
"When I went by it (Saturday) morning the house was still standing, but it was totally burnt. When I came back this evening, the house was down — somebody tore it right down today."
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
( mlightstone@herald.ca)
Sunday, May 30, 2010
The EDC Says...
NS: Nova Scotia will lead nation in export growth, says EDC
By Jennifer Taplin, Metro Halifax
Source: Metro Halifax, May 27, 2010
[HALIFAX, NS] — Nova Scotia’s exports will not only rebound but outperform the rest of the country by next year, according to Export Development Canada (EDC).
The EDC is predicting a 12 per cent growth for this province’s exporters and 17 per cent growth in 2011, which is better than any other province. Nova Scotia’s exports shrunk by 26 per cent in 2009.
“Nova Scotia’s strong performance is based on improved demand from the United States, which translates into a broad-based rebound of Nova Scotia’s main export sectors including natural gas, fish, tires, and newsprint,” said Peter Hall, EDC’s chief economist, in a release yesterday. “Natural gas exports in particular will drive the province’s exceptional export growth in 2011.”
He’s predicting the energy sector will grow 21 per cent this year and a whopping 57 per cent in 2011.
But this province’s biggest export sector remains agrifood, which has less impressive growth numbers (two per cent in 2010 and eight per cent in 2011).
“Although EDC does not anticipate a dramatic rebound in prices for lobster or crab, ground fish, herring and shrimp stocks have remained stable and crab has increased,” Hall said.
Earlier this month, Clearwater Seafoods reported first-quarter sales of $62.7 million. The company, one of the big exporters in the HRM, said strong volumes, price increases and lower costs helped to offset the impact of a high Canadian dollar.
It should also be a busy year for the Michelin plant in Waterville. Hall said high sales activity together with low inventory levels will drive demand for tire exports.
“As a result, we expect the Michelin plant should operate at full capacity starting this year,” he said.
Growth on the rise:
• Canadian exports are expected to grow by 11 per cent in 2010 and 7.6 per cent in 2011.
• National economic growth is expected to hit 2.5 per cent growth this year and 2.9 per cent next year.
• Globally, economies are expected to grow by 3.7.
By Jennifer Taplin, Metro Halifax
Source: Metro Halifax, May 27, 2010
[HALIFAX, NS] — Nova Scotia’s exports will not only rebound but outperform the rest of the country by next year, according to Export Development Canada (EDC).
The EDC is predicting a 12 per cent growth for this province’s exporters and 17 per cent growth in 2011, which is better than any other province. Nova Scotia’s exports shrunk by 26 per cent in 2009.
“Nova Scotia’s strong performance is based on improved demand from the United States, which translates into a broad-based rebound of Nova Scotia’s main export sectors including natural gas, fish, tires, and newsprint,” said Peter Hall, EDC’s chief economist, in a release yesterday. “Natural gas exports in particular will drive the province’s exceptional export growth in 2011.”
He’s predicting the energy sector will grow 21 per cent this year and a whopping 57 per cent in 2011.
But this province’s biggest export sector remains agrifood, which has less impressive growth numbers (two per cent in 2010 and eight per cent in 2011).
“Although EDC does not anticipate a dramatic rebound in prices for lobster or crab, ground fish, herring and shrimp stocks have remained stable and crab has increased,” Hall said.
Earlier this month, Clearwater Seafoods reported first-quarter sales of $62.7 million. The company, one of the big exporters in the HRM, said strong volumes, price increases and lower costs helped to offset the impact of a high Canadian dollar.
It should also be a busy year for the Michelin plant in Waterville. Hall said high sales activity together with low inventory levels will drive demand for tire exports.
“As a result, we expect the Michelin plant should operate at full capacity starting this year,” he said.
Growth on the rise:
• Canadian exports are expected to grow by 11 per cent in 2010 and 7.6 per cent in 2011.
• National economic growth is expected to hit 2.5 per cent growth this year and 2.9 per cent next year.
• Globally, economies are expected to grow by 3.7.
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