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NEWS UPDATE
September 2, 2010
Canadian Hurricane Centre
A hurricane watch has been issued for the southern part of the province as hurricane Earl storms towards Atlantic Canada.
The hurricane watch means that Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth and Digby counties can expect winds gusts of up to 130 kilometres-an-hour with the arrival of the storm, expected Saturday morning.
The Canadian Hurricane Centre has also extended a tropical storm watch eastward to include Annapolis, Kings and Hants counties as well as other parts of the province.
Those areas may see winds of up to 90 km/h.
The hurricane centre says warmer-than-usual water temperatures south of Nova Scotia could help sustain Earl's strength as a Category 1 storm, meaning winds between 119 km/h and 152 km/h.
The centre says the Maritime provinces could see as much as 70 millimetres of rain.
The minister in charge of emergency measures operations in the province is expressing concern about a decision to proceed with a huge bike rally in the Digby area as Earl approaches.
Ramona Jennex says she will be in contact with organizers of the Wharf Rat Rally today once she has a better idea of the storm track.
The rally is expected to draw anywhere from 80,000 to 100,000 participants, many of whom will be staying in tents.
Jennex says they've already moved an emergency measures mobile command centre into the area and have surveyed local churches and schools as potential shelters.
Fire fighters had an early wake up call, Stark's Headquarters, a hair salon in Kingston, was up in flames.
The call came shortly after 4AM.
The salon is at the corner of Bridge Street and Victoria.
Kingston fire fighters called in help from Lawrencetown through to Berwick.
Bridge Street was closed for the morning rush of traffic.
Everyone was re-routed between Kingston and Greenwood.
No one was hurt. No word on the cause.
It's been a good year for construction activity in parts of the Valley.
Building permits worth 37.6 million dollars have been issued so far in Kings County, that's up about 7 million from a year ago.
Thanks to a good August Kentville is on par with last year with 4.3 million dollars worth of permits issued so far.
Berwick is way down though with 2 million dollars worth of permits issued.
At this point last year the number was 12.9 million, but that was because of the Apple Dome project.
It won't be long before residents in western Kings County no longer have to travel to Kentville for things like an X-ray.
The diagnostic imaging department at the Western Kings Memorial Health Centre in Berwick is set to re-open next Thursday.
It's been closed since July 7th because of equipment issues that have now been fixed.
It's happening again, the emergency room at Soldiers Memorial Hospital In Middleton will be closed this weekend.
It'll be closed from Saturday at 6:00AM until Sunday at 8:00AM.
Once again, there's no doctor available to provide coverage.
A long time school board member has passed away.
Jenny White died in hospital Sunday.
She was first elected to the Kings County School Board in 1991 and was subsequently elected to the Valley Regional School Board.
A 36 year old Hants County man faces a variety of charges after RCMP busted a small outdoor marijuana grow-op in Rawdon Gold Mines.
They seized over 20 plants and four long guns as well as a quantity of ammunition.
Police have not released his name, but say he'll appear in court next month to face drug and firearms charges.
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