Friday, August 21, 2009

Natural Gas

Updated Aug21/09

It looks like Charlotte County homeowners who use natural gas can expect lower heating bills this winter. The price of the fuel has fallen to a seven-year low -- just under three dollars U-S per thousand cubic feet. Prices are down because of the recession, which has seen a drop in the demand for natural gas.

Hurricane Bill

Updated Aug21/09

The Canadian Hurricane Centre in Nova Scotia says hurricane Bill could be a Category 2 hurricane when it sweeps south of Nova Scotia on Sunday night. That means it will be packing winds in excess of 152 kilometres per hour offshore. The centre's supervisor, Peter Bowyer, says it will be tough to determine where the storm is headed as it transforms into a post-tropical storm. TAG: Bowyer says the storm will bring up to 100 millimetres of rain to some areas. Much of Nova Scotia can expect hurricane-force winds at 120 kilometres per hour. The storm's projected track currently takes Bill's eye within 150 kilometres south of Halifax and over the southern edge of Cape Breton before moving on to Newfoundland early Monday.

Grand Manan Resident facing Arson Charge

Updated Aug21/09

32-year old Henry Harris from Grand Manan has been charged with arson and is due in court to enter a plea next month on the 17th. He was arrested by RCMP earlier yesterday in connection with a fire on Grand Manan back on May.13th.It happened on the Hill Road when a rope and a crate had been torched beside the home and quickly spread. The person living in the home noticed the flames after it burned through the television cable. Harris has been released until his court date .