from the Digby Courier
Looking back at 2010
Kelly Tidd with four-year-old Sara and 14-day-old Gabriel Roderick Tidd. Leanne Delong photo
Published on December 29th, 2010
Published on December 29th, 2010
John DeMings Part 1: January - June
Topics : General Hospital , J.D. Irving Ltd. , Digby Regional High School , Digby County , Bear River East , Kentville
JANUARY
Jan. 7
Woodworker John Welch took on the challenge of restoring the historic Rebekah Lodge building in Bear River. “It’s a great community,” he said. “I love the architecture of this town. It’s kind of got like a bit of an edge to it, I like that.” The building holds a bike shop, Bare Canvas Studio and Gallery and an entertainment area upstairs.
Store manager Carthal Hall feels Digby has become an undesirable town to have a business because of continuous vandalism. A window of her Digby Treasures Gift Shop was smashed, the sixth time in six years the business had to replace one of its large windows.
Jan. 14
About 100 CUPE members at Digby General Hospital were among those who would be off the job if the union went on strike across the province. South West District Health Authority spokesperson Fraser Mooney said the authority was looking at reducing services.
A petition over possible cancellation of Acadian Coach Lines bus service between Digby and Kentville had 285 signatures so far at Needs Convenience Store. The bus lines’ owner, Groupe Orleans Express Inc. of Quebec, has filed a proposal to end services from Kentville to Digby.
Elsie Charles Basque, 93, of Saulnierville, was named to the order of Canada for her pioneering contributions as an educator and volunteer work on behalf of aboriginals and seniors in Nova Scotia and the United States.
The provincial government used up to $40 million to purchase about 31 parcels of land from J.D. Irving Ltd. in Digby, Yarmouth, Annapolis and Cumberland counties.
The season ended prematurely for the senior boy’s basketball team at Digby Regional High School because too few students committed to play.
Annapolis County council was reviewing options for the future of Lifeplex Wellness Centre at Cornwallis Park.
Jan. 21
Kelly and Gregory Tidd of Little River welcomed baby boy, Gabriel Roderick, just after midnight on New Year’s Eve, one of the province’s first babies of 2010.
The existing Digby ferry would likely still be the number one option for seafood shippers in southwestern Nova Scotia even if a ferry to Boston was available, said Denny Morrow, executive director of the Nova Scotia Fish Packers. Weather would make the service unreliable, he warned.
T&C Motors on Hwy. 101 turned off its gas pumps after 42 years.
Digby’s James Hazelton took 11th at the Can Skate Junior National championship in London, Ont. Hazelton. He was the only Nova Scotian to qualify for the event.
Municipality of Digby warden Jim Thurber said he remained hopeful nurse practitioner Karen Snider will someday be employed again at Islands Health Clinic. Snider, who was fired from her Islands job in October, was in Thompson, Man., on a contract position.
Jan. 28
Nova Scotia education partners asked the province for a 3.6 per cent increase in 2010-11 school budgets to avoid cuts throughout the education system.
Bay Ferries was keeping mum about security arrangements at terminals of the Bay of Fundy service between Digby and Saint John. New regulations to enhance the security of domestic ferries and Canada's marine transportation system took effect Dec. 23.
Bear River Board of Trade president Bob Benson has stepped down after six years at the helm, and handed over the position to Kelly Foxton.
FEBRUARY
Feb. 4
Geoff Irvine, executive director of the recently formed Lobster Council of Canada says the Atlantic Canada lobster industry faced significant challenges. “This is a billion dollar industry where nobody likes each other, where sectors don’t trust each other.”
One night each week of emergency department coverage at Digby General Hospital was added by the recruitment of Dr. Kathryn Diefenbach.
About 90 per cent of the rails-to-trails project in Digby County was complete but the fate of old bridges in Clementsport, Bear River and Weymouth was yet to be determined. Cost of removing the bridges, which are owned by the province, is estimated at $10 million.
Lightning struck a transmission structure on Lansdowne Road and left more than 4,700 county residents in the dark.
Digby Ravens captured the Western Valley Minor Hockey Midget B championship at home, downing West Hants 6-2 in the second of a best-of-three series.
Feb. 11
Barton and Digby Neck schools dodged the bullet on a school review, and a consultant’s report on area schools hinted at replacement of Islands Consolidated.
An archeological assessment was scheduled on Crown land near the Tideview seniors home to determine whether aboriginals once occupied the area.
Emera, the parent company of Nova Scotia Power, purchased Scotian Windfield’s 50 per cent share of the Digby wind farm project, giving it full ownership.
Vince Stuart and Clare Machine Works Ltd. won the regional I-3 Technology Start-Up prize, earning $100,000 in a combination of cash and in-kind business building
Feb. 18
Roughly 500 people attended a fundraiser for Philip Halliday, his wife Sheree and their two children, and raised just over $13,000. Halliday was arrested by Spanish authorities just before Christmas after cocaine was found on the ship in which he was crewing.
New France was one of the 31 parcels of land sold by J.D. Irving to the province in January and playwright Hal Theriault, author of the play ‘Lights in the Forest’, said the government’s purchase presented the possibility of preserving the site.
Digby Regional’s Lady Mariners moved into a three-way tie for second place in Western Region Division 3 senior girls’ in their final league game of the season and were waiting for a decision on which would host the Regional championship.
Feb. 25
Former Digby-Annapolis MLA Joseph Casey, who died Feb. 16 at age 91 in his Annapolis County home, was remembered at a memorial service, especially for his humour and love of storytelling.
Digby firefighters delivered their spare rescue truck to North Sydney to be ferried to Baie Verte, Nfld., where the fire department there had lost its equipment to fire early.
Conway was to get a left-turning lane from Hwy. 101 at Exit 26, north to the Digby town line, announced the province. As well, Hwy. 101 from the Mary Jane Riley Road overpass to the west end of the Bear River bridge would be repaved.
St. Mary’s Bay Academy basketball Stingrays won the Regional championship and the DRHS senior girls’ basketball team learned it would host the Division 3 provincial championships. Regional playoffs took place at Kings-Edgehill in Windsor.
MARCH
March 4:
Finance Minister Graham Steele was in Digby to discuss the province’s deficit, which he said could reach $1.4 billion by 2013. He said there was a reluctant willingness across the province to accept an increase in the Harmonized Sales Tax.
The former wildlife park at Upper Clements is to become the Upper Clements Adventure Park, complete with zip lines, elevated canopy tours, and suspension bridges. Completion of the project is expected in time for the 2011 season.
The Glooscap rink from Kentville won the Nova Scotia senior women’s championship at the Digby Curling Centre. The curling centre is hosting the 2011 men’s and women’s national championships, using ice surfaces in the centre and the adjacent hockey rink.
Acadian Lines applied to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board to discontinue service between Kentville and Digby and reduce its service between Kentville and Halifax.
A proposed move of the Crown Attorney’s office from Middleton to Digby provoked protest from police advisory boards in Annapolis County as well as the RMCP detachment there.
March 11
The federal budget set aside $28 million to be shared by ferry services in Atlantic Canada. Aside from the Digby-Saint John ferry, those services include ferries between Woods Island, P.E.I., and Caribou, N.S., and between Iles de la Madeleine, Que., and Souris, P.E.I.
St. Mary’s Bay Academy Stingrays successfully defended their provincial championship title by downing Hants North Flames 67-54 in the final game of the Division 3 senior boys’ provincial championships at Dalbrae Academy in Mabou, Cape Breton.
March 18
Lifeplex Wellness Centre was closing its doors March 21, and Annapolis County council was looking at the YMCA as future managers of the facility.
March 25
A home and two outbuildings were destroyed in Tiverton after a grass fire got out of control. The fire was one of 18 grass fires during the week to require the attention of area firefighters. Spring had arrived with early dry conditions.
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The 152-year-old Trading Post in Weymouth will be closing its doors at the end of May, said owner Louise Mullen, who with her husband bought the store in 2001 and became the third owners of what was among Canada’s oldest rural general stores.
APRIL
April 1
A search and rescue Cormorant helicopter on its way to CFB Greenwood made an emergency landing in Ashmore after a warning light showed on its instrument panel.
Digby and Annapolis counties put out a virtual welcome mat for new immigrants when the Annapolis Digby Economic Development Agency launched an online immigration portal, looking to boost the area’s population and stimulate economic and social well-being.
April 8
After two decades, Wilson’s Gas Stop in Bear closed its doors, but the company was looking for a new owner.
Police in Nova Scotia joined forces to reduce the number of firearms in communities across the province and were offering a month-long gun amnesty during April.
April 15
A new family physician was recruited for Digby and could start a practice in the area as early as September. Dr. Gerhard Beukes was also expected to provide some coverage in the Digby General emergency department.
Finance Minister Graham Steele presented the provincial budget and one of the measures announced was a hike in the HST to 15 per cent.
Tri-County Regional School Board’s finance department was crunching numbers to see what impact the provincial budget would have and found school boards wouldn’t be getting as much money as hoped.
Barton Consolidated School planned to celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary on May 1. The school first opened in January, 1960, with 217 students
April 22
Eric Locke of the Digby Golf Club was one of three Nova Scotia junior golfers in Vancouver for a weekend training camp and a competition in the CN Future Links Pacific Championship. The three received a special invitation from the British Columbia Golf Association.
April 29
A full-time nurse practitioner was recruited to serve residents of Long and Brier islands at the Islands Health Centre. Nurse practitioner Constance Day was relocating from Alberta and succeeded Karen Snider, whose contract was not renewed the previous fall by South West Health.
The 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Naval Service was kicked off by celebrations at the former naval training base at Cornwallis, one of the oldest naval training bases in Canada, and the largest in the British Empire during the Second World War.
The Tiny Tattler, a small Digby Neck newspaper printed in the 1930s and ’40s, found new life online thanks to a campaign to digitize the province’s historical newspapers. The Tiny Tattler, begun by teenager Ivan Shortliffe on a small press supplied by the then-Courier publisher, recorded the doings on Digby Neck for 10 years, from 1933-43.
MAY
May 6
Fire resulted in the loss of Sean Wallace’s S&S Custom Cycle Supply on Fort Point Road in Weymouth North.
The Bay of Fundy gained worldwide attention by becoming one of 28 finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature competition. The bay was one of 441 locations originally entered. The winner will be named in 2011
May 13
Digby General Hospital received a new x-ray unit to replace one used since 1979. Digby and Area Health Services Charitable Foundation provided $170,000 for the equipment that was officially welcomed in a recent ribbon cutting ceremony.
The new Digby Elementary School playground would be named after Keith Trimper, a 14-year-old former DES student who died two years earlier, announced the DES Home and School Association.
May 20
Firefighters from six local departments were called to Havelock and Corberrie for what turned out to be two close calls. Shortly after 9 a.m., Havelock firefighters were responding to a chimney fire in Corberrie when they found their fire hall full of smoke after a compressor caught fire. Other departments went to Corberrie and two Havelock firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation.
The DRHS Envirothon team of Rebecca Alexander, Jamie-Lee Berends, Stacy Comeau, Marley Gidney and Kayla Tidd, came second at the provincial competition at Acadia University. They were just edged out by winner Northumberland High.
Digby figure skater James Hazelton was named male individual athlete of the year by Skate Canada Nova Scotia.
May 27
Freeport firefighters, residents and area officials gathered for the opening of the village’s new fire hall, marking the end of a project that began six years earlier.
Bear River Board of Trade held a public meeting to discuss the future of the community’s iconic windmill after an examination found deterioration that posed health and safety risks in the structure that housed the visitor information centre.
Digby Regional High School’s track and field team ignored wet conditions and for the third year in a row won the Annapolis-Digby District competition in Bridgetown. The 48-member team captured four divisions—intermediate boys, junior boys, senior boys and senior girls.
JUNE
June 3
Canada Post was planning to start its rural mailbox traffic safety review in Digby in mid-July, assessing 766 mailboxes in rural routes 2, 3 and 4.
At the Apple Blossom Festival coronation, Digby Scallop Queen Josie Zakhour was selected as first lady-in-waiting to the newly crowned Queen Annapolisa LXXVIII, 19-year-old Emily Elizabeth Lynn Rafuse of Windsor.
The third annual High Cs and Digby Choral Festival ended on a high note with a choral concert featuring a mass choir of 120 singers at the acoustically renowned Saint Bernard Church in St. Bernard.
Kings Transit Authority offered free bus rides on Clean Air Day, June 2.
Records were set in Digby as over 30 power lifters from around the province and Prince Edward Island took part in the provincial powerlifting and bench press championships. Culloden Powerlifting hosted the championships.
A project looking at a new way of capturing energy from waves earned a gold medal at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Peterborough, Ont., for Chantal Surette, a grade 9 student at École secondaire de Clare.
June 10
A parade of 96 cancer survivors in yellow shirts walked around Dan Brown Memorial Baseball Park in a ‘victory lap’ at the Relay For Life. More than 500 participants raised $60,076 for cancer research.
Annapolis Highland Vineyards of Bear River East became the first winery in southwestern Nova Scotia to bring home gold and silver medals from the All-Canadian Wine Championships.
Digby Regional Airport’s first fly-in breakfast raised about $400 for Digby Area Minor Baseball, and attracted about 110 people and 14 aircraft.
June 17
A crowd watched the demolition of Bear River’s windmill visitor information centre. It took only about a half-hour a crew to tear down the windmill that was built in the mid-1970s for use as a tearoom and gift shop.
Lightning blew out part of the steeple of the Baptist Church in Westport. Three and a half years earlier, the same steeple was struck by lightning just before Christmas.
June 24
Acadian Intercity Coaches’ request to discontinue its Kentville to Digby route and other routes was denied by the Nova Scotia Utility Review Board.
Over 50 people gathered at the Freeport Fire Hall to discuss a fish farm Cooke Aquaculture has planned for St. Mary’s Bay and what it meant for the local lobster and ecotourism industries.
Digby golfer Anne Balser took first place in the university college championships women’s individual competition and then placed 12th at the World University Games. The 22-year-old studies physical education and history at University of Victoria in British Columbia.
Karate athlete and two-time grand champion Gary Sabean of Weymouth was named as one of six athletes who would be inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame on Oct. 30 in Halifax.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Storms in the East
Atlantic Region: Economic damage rising from storms
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press
Source: The Canadian Press, December 23, 2010
[ATLANTIC CANADA] — The economic toll is mounting after the third Atlantic storm in a month crashed through seawalls, flooded wharfs and damaged homes on Wednesday.
Ernie MacGillivray, director of emergency services at New Brunswick’s Emergency Measures Organization, said the three storms might be among the most costly disasters in recent history in the province.
He said the total cost of the three floods — ranging from a deluge in southwestern New Brunswick to storm surges this week on the eastern coast — is difficult to estimate.
“As a whole this could well be the second-largest event since 1973,” MacGillivray said, referring to the massive flooding of the St. John River and its tributaries.
The flooding of the St. John River in 2008 ended up costing New Brunswick about $100 million for government disaster relief, private insurance and other costs to citizens, he said.
“This event could be half as big as 2008 but we don’t really know yet,” he said.
All across the province, there’s also the cost of lost business days and damage not covered by insurance.
In Shediac, Home Hardware manager Ricky Babineau said retail outlets struggle when they’re on the wrong side of flooded streets.
His business evaporated during the crucial pre-Christmas period when rising sea waters blocked the usual local routes to his store.
“I would dare say a day like yesterday we would have lost $15,000 to $25,000 in sales,” he said in a telephone interview.
Along the eastern coast of the province, businesses were closed when winds reached over 100 kilometres an hour, roads crumbled and residents hunkered down.
Tourist attractions, such as the boardwalk structure of the Irving Eco-Centre on Bouctouche Bay were badly damaged.
A spokesman for J.D. Irving Ltd. said about half of the walkway — used to view rare Northumberland Strait sand dunes — was damaged.
By late afternoon, the Emergency Measures Organization in New Brunswick said that more than 600 reports of property damage had been received as a result of the coastal flooding and from the extreme rainfall on December 13 and 14.
Thirty-five residents of the Indian Island First Nation were evacuated on Wednesday. Four people were taken out of homes in Rexton, N.B.
There were reports of 160 homes and businesses being damaged by the rising waters in communities ranging from Petit-Rocher and Brantville to Escuminac and Miramichi.
Elsewhere in Atlantic Canada, public safety officials reported less severe incidents of coastal flooding, but storm surge warnings remained in place for coastal areas along the Northumberland Strait and in Cape Breton.
Environment Canada said Cape Breton had received 317 millimetres of rain so far this month — three times higher than historic averages over the past three decades.
The northerly storm barrelled on through Prince Edward Island, where it toppled trees onto cars, caused rivers to overflow and impeded travel.
David Ganong, a business leader in New Brunswick whose family has operated a chocolate factory in St. Stephen for more than 100 years, said the cumulative impact on the region’s economy includes both damage and lost opportunity.
Ganong, 67, said he watched from the high ground of his offices as the retail areas of the community of St. Stephen were flooded.
“By my estimate something well north of 50 per cent of the retail volume in the town was flooded out and closed,” he said. “In the biggest sale week of the year, it’s devastating to be shut down.”
MacGillivray said his officials have been troubled by the land erosion that has accompanied storm surges.
“We’ve seen backyards of properties that have lost tens of metres of land,” said MacGillivray.
MacGillivray said higher sea levels combined with warmer sea temperatures lead him to believe similar events will continue to arrive on the region’s coasts.
“We’re all going to have to adapt as a region, as a jurisdiction, and communities will have to take into account the increased risks from climate change,” he said.
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press
Source: The Canadian Press, December 23, 2010
[ATLANTIC CANADA] — The economic toll is mounting after the third Atlantic storm in a month crashed through seawalls, flooded wharfs and damaged homes on Wednesday.
Ernie MacGillivray, director of emergency services at New Brunswick’s Emergency Measures Organization, said the three storms might be among the most costly disasters in recent history in the province.
He said the total cost of the three floods — ranging from a deluge in southwestern New Brunswick to storm surges this week on the eastern coast — is difficult to estimate.
“As a whole this could well be the second-largest event since 1973,” MacGillivray said, referring to the massive flooding of the St. John River and its tributaries.
The flooding of the St. John River in 2008 ended up costing New Brunswick about $100 million for government disaster relief, private insurance and other costs to citizens, he said.
“This event could be half as big as 2008 but we don’t really know yet,” he said.
All across the province, there’s also the cost of lost business days and damage not covered by insurance.
In Shediac, Home Hardware manager Ricky Babineau said retail outlets struggle when they’re on the wrong side of flooded streets.
His business evaporated during the crucial pre-Christmas period when rising sea waters blocked the usual local routes to his store.
“I would dare say a day like yesterday we would have lost $15,000 to $25,000 in sales,” he said in a telephone interview.
Along the eastern coast of the province, businesses were closed when winds reached over 100 kilometres an hour, roads crumbled and residents hunkered down.
Tourist attractions, such as the boardwalk structure of the Irving Eco-Centre on Bouctouche Bay were badly damaged.
A spokesman for J.D. Irving Ltd. said about half of the walkway — used to view rare Northumberland Strait sand dunes — was damaged.
By late afternoon, the Emergency Measures Organization in New Brunswick said that more than 600 reports of property damage had been received as a result of the coastal flooding and from the extreme rainfall on December 13 and 14.
Thirty-five residents of the Indian Island First Nation were evacuated on Wednesday. Four people were taken out of homes in Rexton, N.B.
There were reports of 160 homes and businesses being damaged by the rising waters in communities ranging from Petit-Rocher and Brantville to Escuminac and Miramichi.
Elsewhere in Atlantic Canada, public safety officials reported less severe incidents of coastal flooding, but storm surge warnings remained in place for coastal areas along the Northumberland Strait and in Cape Breton.
Environment Canada said Cape Breton had received 317 millimetres of rain so far this month — three times higher than historic averages over the past three decades.
The northerly storm barrelled on through Prince Edward Island, where it toppled trees onto cars, caused rivers to overflow and impeded travel.
David Ganong, a business leader in New Brunswick whose family has operated a chocolate factory in St. Stephen for more than 100 years, said the cumulative impact on the region’s economy includes both damage and lost opportunity.
Ganong, 67, said he watched from the high ground of his offices as the retail areas of the community of St. Stephen were flooded.
“By my estimate something well north of 50 per cent of the retail volume in the town was flooded out and closed,” he said. “In the biggest sale week of the year, it’s devastating to be shut down.”
MacGillivray said his officials have been troubled by the land erosion that has accompanied storm surges.
“We’ve seen backyards of properties that have lost tens of metres of land,” said MacGillivray.
MacGillivray said higher sea levels combined with warmer sea temperatures lead him to believe similar events will continue to arrive on the region’s coasts.
“We’re all going to have to adapt as a region, as a jurisdiction, and communities will have to take into account the increased risks from climate change,” he said.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Bear River Health Clinic
Acupuncture - Traditional Chinese Acupuncture by Joe Kubinec. Traditional Chinese Acupuncture by Joe Kubinec is available on Wednesdays unless otherwise posted. This treatment is good for back pain, arthritis, menopause, headaches, insomnia, stop smoking and many other conditions. Appointments are booked through the Clinic. For those who don't like needles, Joe now offers treatments using lazer.
Audiology - Neil Hackett is in every other Friday to help with your hearing needs. Please call 1-866-299-2016 to book appointment.
BodyTalk System -Jocelyn incorporates balancing techniques using muscle testing. Your body determines healing priorities. Book appointments through the Clinic. For further information call Jocelyn at 467-0771 or visit www.bodytalksystem.com
Counselling/Clinical Hypnotherapy - Gayle Allen offers help with concerns such as phobias, bed-wetting and stress just to mention a few. Call the Clinic to book appointments and for more info. You can also call Gayle for more info at 526-2850.
Electrolysis - Ronda Best is in twice a month for all your hair removal needs. Call 1-902-791-0953 for more information or to book your appointment.
Esthetics -Charlene Decker is in monthly for waxing, manicures and pedicures. To book an appointment or for more information, call 1-902-874-2454 or email: estheticly_pleasing@yahoo.ca
Juniper House Outreach - Lori is available to see clients at our Clinic. Please call 245-4789 to book your appointment.
Nurse Practitioners - Dianne Corbett, RN specializes in concerns specific to the elderly, such as memory loss, complicated medical conditions and poor coordination/balance. Dianne will continue to see a limited number of patients at our Clinic. She will be in once a month.
Connie Day, RN is a general nurse practitioner. Connie is in on Wednesdays.
Physician Services - At this time, Dr. Harding is unable to take on any patients he has not already seen at our Clinic, due to high patient volume.
Reflexology/Massage - Deb provides quality reiki and reflexology services, along with Indian Head Massage, chair massage and Scalp Massage. Need to de-stress? Book your appointment today and relax!
Times and dates are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Bear River Historical Society
Next meeting will be on the third Wednesday in January. Location TBA.
Upcoming BodyTalk Events
Join Jocelyn for a BodyTalk presentation on Monday, January 10 at the Women's Resource Centre in Cornwallis at 7:00 pm.
BodyTalk workshop
Saturday, January 15 from 9am to 5 pm at the Women's Resource Centre in Cornwallis.
Cost: $175
Discount coupons are available on request at the Bear River & Area Community Health Clinic
Yoga Classes
Thursday, 6 pm at the Oakdene Centre with Julie Palmer 467-3151 www.yoga4all.ca
Learn to relax, breathe, meditate, stretch and strengthen. $100 for 10-week session or $13 drop-in.
The next Board Meeting is Tuesday, February 1 at 7 p.m. All are welcome!
Audiology - Neil Hackett is in every other Friday to help with your hearing needs. Please call 1-866-299-2016 to book appointment.
BodyTalk System -Jocelyn incorporates balancing techniques using muscle testing. Your body determines healing priorities. Book appointments through the Clinic. For further information call Jocelyn at 467-0771 or visit www.bodytalksystem.com
Counselling/Clinical Hypnotherapy - Gayle Allen offers help with concerns such as phobias, bed-wetting and stress just to mention a few. Call the Clinic to book appointments and for more info. You can also call Gayle for more info at 526-2850.
Electrolysis - Ronda Best is in twice a month for all your hair removal needs. Call 1-902-791-0953 for more information or to book your appointment.
Esthetics -Charlene Decker is in monthly for waxing, manicures and pedicures. To book an appointment or for more information, call 1-902-874-2454 or email: estheticly_pleasing@yahoo.ca
Juniper House Outreach - Lori is available to see clients at our Clinic. Please call 245-4789 to book your appointment.
Nurse Practitioners - Dianne Corbett, RN specializes in concerns specific to the elderly, such as memory loss, complicated medical conditions and poor coordination/balance. Dianne will continue to see a limited number of patients at our Clinic. She will be in once a month.
Connie Day, RN is a general nurse practitioner. Connie is in on Wednesdays.
Physician Services - At this time, Dr. Harding is unable to take on any patients he has not already seen at our Clinic, due to high patient volume.
Reflexology/Massage - Deb provides quality reiki and reflexology services, along with Indian Head Massage, chair massage and Scalp Massage. Need to de-stress? Book your appointment today and relax!
Times and dates are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Bear River Historical Society
Next meeting will be on the third Wednesday in January. Location TBA.
Upcoming BodyTalk Events
Join Jocelyn for a BodyTalk presentation on Monday, January 10 at the Women's Resource Centre in Cornwallis at 7:00 pm.
BodyTalk workshop
Saturday, January 15 from 9am to 5 pm at the Women's Resource Centre in Cornwallis.
Cost: $175
Discount coupons are available on request at the Bear River & Area Community Health Clinic
Yoga Classes
Thursday, 6 pm at the Oakdene Centre with Julie Palmer 467-3151 www.yoga4all.ca
Learn to relax, breathe, meditate, stretch and strengthen. $100 for 10-week session or $13 drop-in.
The next Board Meeting is Tuesday, February 1 at 7 p.m. All are welcome!
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Tidal Turbine Blades Missing
NS: Blades missing on experimental tidal turbine recovered from Bay of Fundy
By John Lewandowski, the Canadian Press
Source: The Canadian Press - December 17, 2010
[HALIFAX, NS] - The strength of the currents in the Bay of Fundy may have been too much for an experimental tidal-power turbine that quit working shortly after it was deployed over a year ago.
All 12 blades from the unit’s core were missing when the 400-tonne turbine was lifted from the floor of the Minas Basin about a kilometre off Parrsboro, N.S., around noon on Thursday.
However, officials from Nova Scotia Power Inc. and Ireland’s OpenHydro, who have partnered for the demonstration project, said they’ve already learned a lot from their cursory look at the recovered unit.
“The blades have failed and we need to understand why,” said James Ives, OpenHydro’s chief executive officer.
“But the rest of the turbine, all the generator sections all look to be in very good condition.”
Ives said it’s early in their analysis but they think they overloaded the one-megawatt capacity turbine by underestimating the strength of the tidal current running through it in the Minas Basin.
“We’ve potentially underestimated how much energy is in that site,” said Ives, who calculated that the turbine’s capacity should have been doubled.
“We always thought that the Bay of Fundy was an extremely good tidal resource, but those flows are even stronger so that makes it all the better.”
Mark Savoury, NSP’s vice-president of technical and construction services, said of the six objectives set for the two-year demonstration project, three have been met including deployment, recovery and unit stability.
Early data suggests that the gravity base didn’t shift “a millimetre” during a full year of submersion.
And he said they’re well on their way to understanding more about tidal velocities, the environment and the ruggedness of the machine.
Savoury said they remain committed to the project but it’s too early to know whether they will redeploy the recovered unit or go with an entirely new one.
“The vast majority of the technology and the engineering is not in the blades but the outside diameter and that all looks like it’s in good shape, from what we can see so far,” he said.
Ives said OpenHydro engineers will inspect the turbine once it arrives in Halifax harbour some time in early January.
As to whether to fix and reuse or deploy a new unit, he did express a personal preference.
“We’ve moved on a couple of generations in technology since we built this machine. I would always be keen to be testing out latest technology on a site.”
The 10-metre diameter turbine looks like a giant jet engine and stands on a tripod-shaped base.
Data from its underwater cameras and acoustic monitoring equipment stopped flowing about a week after it was lowered into the water in November 2009.
Clean Current Power Systems Inc., a British Columbia-based firm, and Minas Basin Pulp and Power Co. Ltd. of Hantsport, N.S., have also outlined plans to install experimental turbines in the bay.
By John Lewandowski, the Canadian Press
Source: The Canadian Press - December 17, 2010
[HALIFAX, NS] - The strength of the currents in the Bay of Fundy may have been too much for an experimental tidal-power turbine that quit working shortly after it was deployed over a year ago.
All 12 blades from the unit’s core were missing when the 400-tonne turbine was lifted from the floor of the Minas Basin about a kilometre off Parrsboro, N.S., around noon on Thursday.
However, officials from Nova Scotia Power Inc. and Ireland’s OpenHydro, who have partnered for the demonstration project, said they’ve already learned a lot from their cursory look at the recovered unit.
“The blades have failed and we need to understand why,” said James Ives, OpenHydro’s chief executive officer.
“But the rest of the turbine, all the generator sections all look to be in very good condition.”
Ives said it’s early in their analysis but they think they overloaded the one-megawatt capacity turbine by underestimating the strength of the tidal current running through it in the Minas Basin.
“We’ve potentially underestimated how much energy is in that site,” said Ives, who calculated that the turbine’s capacity should have been doubled.
“We always thought that the Bay of Fundy was an extremely good tidal resource, but those flows are even stronger so that makes it all the better.”
Mark Savoury, NSP’s vice-president of technical and construction services, said of the six objectives set for the two-year demonstration project, three have been met including deployment, recovery and unit stability.
Early data suggests that the gravity base didn’t shift “a millimetre” during a full year of submersion.
And he said they’re well on their way to understanding more about tidal velocities, the environment and the ruggedness of the machine.
Savoury said they remain committed to the project but it’s too early to know whether they will redeploy the recovered unit or go with an entirely new one.
“The vast majority of the technology and the engineering is not in the blades but the outside diameter and that all looks like it’s in good shape, from what we can see so far,” he said.
Ives said OpenHydro engineers will inspect the turbine once it arrives in Halifax harbour some time in early January.
As to whether to fix and reuse or deploy a new unit, he did express a personal preference.
“We’ve moved on a couple of generations in technology since we built this machine. I would always be keen to be testing out latest technology on a site.”
The 10-metre diameter turbine looks like a giant jet engine and stands on a tripod-shaped base.
Data from its underwater cameras and acoustic monitoring equipment stopped flowing about a week after it was lowered into the water in November 2009.
Clean Current Power Systems Inc., a British Columbia-based firm, and Minas Basin Pulp and Power Co. Ltd. of Hantsport, N.S., have also outlined plans to install experimental turbines in the bay.
Convergys and ADEDA
NS: Convergys loss sparks renewed push to save ADEDA
By Lawrence Powell, Transcontinental Media
Source: Annapolis County Spectator, December 20, 2010
[BRIDGETOWN, NS] — Another business organization has come out in support of the Annapolis Digby Economic Development Agency, singing its praises and emphasizing the need for a united voice for economic development especially now in light of the pending March closure of the Convergys call centre in Cornwallis.
The Bridgetown and Area Chamber of Commerce issued a media release following a recent directors’ meeting.
“The board of directors of the Bridgetown and Area Chamber of Commerce urges all the municipal partners to work together to resolve the issues that have put ADEDA in the perilous position that it is in now,” it said. “With no agreement in place, the hiring of (former managing director) Mike Gushue’s successor cannot be done.”
The chamber said Gushue and his staff have done a lot for the area, and it is unfortunate that the disagreement between the other funding partners and the County of Annapolis has resulted in Gushue’s resignation.
Annapolis County and Annapolis Royal both gave one year’s notice that they were pulling out of ADEDA. However, an ADEDA working group has been meeting with the county to try to resolve governance, process, and funding issues.
“It is the BACCS’s desire to see things resolved quickly so that economic development in Annapolis and Digby counties can get back on track,” said chamber president Kirk Lycett. “The Convergys announcement makes this so much more important.”
The chamber said it is adding its voice to the already announced support of ADEDA by the Central Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce.
“The region has been through this before, with the demise of the WVDA (Western Valley Development Authority),” the chamber said. “The subsequent years without an RDA did not allow the region access to provincial and federal funding for economic development. The region’s businesses do not want to see this happen again.”
It said the loss of the governments’ investment monies puts the already hard-pressed local economy at a disadvantage when competing with other regions of the province and Atlantic Canada.
By Lawrence Powell, Transcontinental Media
Source: Annapolis County Spectator, December 20, 2010
[BRIDGETOWN, NS] — Another business organization has come out in support of the Annapolis Digby Economic Development Agency, singing its praises and emphasizing the need for a united voice for economic development especially now in light of the pending March closure of the Convergys call centre in Cornwallis.
The Bridgetown and Area Chamber of Commerce issued a media release following a recent directors’ meeting.
“The board of directors of the Bridgetown and Area Chamber of Commerce urges all the municipal partners to work together to resolve the issues that have put ADEDA in the perilous position that it is in now,” it said. “With no agreement in place, the hiring of (former managing director) Mike Gushue’s successor cannot be done.”
The chamber said Gushue and his staff have done a lot for the area, and it is unfortunate that the disagreement between the other funding partners and the County of Annapolis has resulted in Gushue’s resignation.
Annapolis County and Annapolis Royal both gave one year’s notice that they were pulling out of ADEDA. However, an ADEDA working group has been meeting with the county to try to resolve governance, process, and funding issues.
“It is the BACCS’s desire to see things resolved quickly so that economic development in Annapolis and Digby counties can get back on track,” said chamber president Kirk Lycett. “The Convergys announcement makes this so much more important.”
The chamber said it is adding its voice to the already announced support of ADEDA by the Central Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce.
“The region has been through this before, with the demise of the WVDA (Western Valley Development Authority),” the chamber said. “The subsequent years without an RDA did not allow the region access to provincial and federal funding for economic development. The region’s businesses do not want to see this happen again.”
It said the loss of the governments’ investment monies puts the already hard-pressed local economy at a disadvantage when competing with other regions of the province and Atlantic Canada.
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Neighbourhood Renewal
Neighbourhood Renewal, Urban and Community Renewal Training
The Journal of Neighbourhood Renewal has re-launched and re-vamped its popular training programme for 2011 to include new venues and new training topics. Training Sessions run from February and are now planned for locations in the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland and Canada. Training Session topics for 2011 include:
How to Evaluate Neighbourhood Renewal Projects and Programmes.
Ho to Develop Projects and Programmes to Implement the Big Society Agenda.
How to Appraise Neighbourood Renewal Projects and Programmes.
How to Manage Neighbourhood Renewal Projects and Programmes.
How to Engage Community Groups in Neighbourhood Renewal Projects and Programmes.
Evaluation Masterclass to Assess the Softer Outcomes of Projects and Programmes.
Evaluation of Public Health Improvement Programmes.
Details of the trainings sessions, including course info, dates to be held and training venues can be found here For 2011 the cost to attend a training day is £125 plus VAT which represents excellent value for money. There are also opportunities for Sponsorship of these events which priced at £299 plus VAT per annum. To book your place, take up a sponsorship package or enquire about the event please just click here to send an email and we will make the necessary arrangements. We look forward to seeing you at our training sessions. If you cant make our training sessions, we can do the training In-House for you. Please just get in touch by clicking here. We also run an Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony in London and New York,
The Journal of Neighbourhood Renewal has re-launched and re-vamped its popular training programme for 2011 to include new venues and new training topics. Training Sessions run from February and are now planned for locations in the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland and Canada. Training Session topics for 2011 include:
How to Evaluate Neighbourhood Renewal Projects and Programmes.
Ho to Develop Projects and Programmes to Implement the Big Society Agenda.
How to Appraise Neighbourood Renewal Projects and Programmes.
How to Manage Neighbourhood Renewal Projects and Programmes.
How to Engage Community Groups in Neighbourhood Renewal Projects and Programmes.
Evaluation Masterclass to Assess the Softer Outcomes of Projects and Programmes.
Evaluation of Public Health Improvement Programmes.
Details of the trainings sessions, including course info, dates to be held and training venues can be found here For 2011 the cost to attend a training day is £125 plus VAT which represents excellent value for money. There are also opportunities for Sponsorship of these events which priced at £299 plus VAT per annum. To book your place, take up a sponsorship package or enquire about the event please just click here to send an email and we will make the necessary arrangements. We look forward to seeing you at our training sessions. If you cant make our training sessions, we can do the training In-House for you. Please just get in touch by clicking here. We also run an Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony in London and New York,
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