Although it’s still September, it might seem depressing to start talking about winter right now, but it is just around the corner. For vehicle owners, this means it will be necessary to get ready for winter. Today, we’re going to take a look at emergency car kits and in the coming weeks, we’ll also look [...]

While it’s already been a wet spring in Nova Scotia, researchers are predicting that it’s going to be an “above normal” hurricane season for the Atlantic basin. For the six-month season beginning June 1, the U.S.-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting there will be: “12 to 18 named storms (winds of 39 [...]

The Nova Scotia government announced a new disaster financial assistance program today to cover uninsured storm damage that was caused between Dec. 12 and Dec. 15, 2010. The program is being cost-shared between the federal government ($1 million) and the province ($2 million) for a total of $3 million. According to a news release from [...]