Sunday, April 18, 2010

Forest Fire Season Starts Tomorrow

Forest fire season around the Province gets started tomorrow and runs until Halloween. Charles Beaulieu is a wild-fire prevention officer and tells us, grass and brush fires started by home-owners are a huge problem.

Last year, 251 hectares of wooded area were lost because of 195 forest fires but Beaulieu calls that a slow year due to all the rain. To find out if your in an area that does allow burning, you can call 1-866-458-8080.

Deadline for Taxes Quickly Approaching

The end of the month is a little less than two weeks away -- and -- that should ring a bell.
We have until April 30th to file our tax returns -- and -- Roger Haineault of Help 4 Taxes tells us  the home renovation tax credit is proving to be a popular deduction this year:
Haineault says about half of the 25-million Canadians who should file an income tax return will do so over the next two weeks.