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Gas Price Prediction For December 21st 2007 2007-12-20 09:48:00 It is Thursday again which means gas prices change for the people of Nova Scotia tomorrow. Here is my prediction for gasoline prices on December 21st 2007.I predict gas prices will go up by 1 to 4 cents per liter.Gasoline Prices In New BrunswickDecember 13th 2007 - 107.0December 20th 2007 - 109.9Difference - +2.9Gasoline Price GloballyDecember 13th 2007 - $93.10 U.S. Per BarrelDecember 20th 2007 - $91.18 U.S. Per BarrelDifference - -1.92To find out which zone you are located in, check out the map provided by Service Nova Scotia. You can also get a copy of the latest gas prices across the province by viewing the official report release. This prediction is in no way official and should only be used as informational. Any decision to purchase or not to purchase gasoline on any given day rests with you. All prices are based on self serve regular unless otherwise specified. ...

Fage To Remain As MLA 2007-12-19 13:03:00 Ernie Fage was found guilty of leaving the scene of an accident during an event last year. For those unfamiliar with the story behind the accident, you can check out a previous post titled "The Ernie Fage Saga".A judge has fined him $920 for leaving the scene and he has been expelled from the Tory Caucus. He will not be permitted to run as a Progressive Conservative in the next election for his riding of Cumberland North. Fage has declared he will run anyway, but as an independent.This is not the first time that Ernie Fage has been involved in a scandal which has forced him to loose his power in Nova Scotia. In 2006 he resigned due to a loan of $250,000 to a potato farmer which he stood to gain from. The Liberal Party called for an investigation due to a conflict of interest.If Fage wishes to pursue politics farther, he will need to learn quickly how to keep himself out of trouble. He has served his riding well, but has been unable to keep the spotlight off of himself and on his work. ...

The Halifax Explosion 2007-12-15 13:28:00 On December 6th 1916, the town of Halifax, Nova Scotia was hit by one of the largest explosions in history. The story begins on December 1st 1916 when the French vessel "Mont-Blanc" left New York City with cargo destined for the war in France. The cargo included the following:226,797 kg of TNT1,602,519 kg of Wet Picric Acid544,311 kg of Dry Picric Acid56,301 kg of Guncotton223,188 kg of BenzolThe ship sailed towards Halifax where it arrived on the night of December 5th. Since evening had arrived, the sip remained at sea until the following day.At 7:30am the harbour was opened and the Mont-Blanc prepared to enter. At the same time the vessel Imo was preparing to leave for New York to gather supplies for a relief effort in Belgium. The Imo left the harbour and met with another ship. They agreed to pass each other on the opposite side than is normally expected. This forced the Imo in to a lane it was not designated for and would remain in the hazy conditions.The Mont-Blanc was sailing in ...

Nova Scotia's History 2007-12-15 13:22:00 This post will be the central point for a collection of articles on the History of Nova Scotia. It will be updated when new articles are created and will follow a timeline format. Please use the comments section of each post to requests edits.1755 - The Great ExpulsionDecember 6th 1917 - The Halifax Explosion ... History

No Smoking In Cars With Children 2007-12-14 10:57:00 Next month it will become illegal to smoke tobacco inside a car with people below the age of 18 inside. Anyone found guilty of this offense will pay a fine of $384.50. The original version of this law was passed in the town of Wolfville, but now will be in effect across the Province.The Smokers Rights group MyChoice claims this is the first step in a road which will lead to an outright ban of tobacco products. The next step would be a ban in households with minors and then the removal of the product from store shelves.An outright ban is not likely in the near future, but it is a goal worth reaching for. Tobacco products put a huge restraint on our health care spending and cost the general public a lot of money on a regular basis. The ban in automobiles with minors inside is one of the first positive moves the province has made in the fight against smokers.Previous plans were to simply up the costs per package in an attempt to convince smokers to butt out. The only thing this accomplish ... Children

Gas Price Prediction For December 14th 2007 2007-12-13 09:10:00 It is Thursday again which means gas prices change for the people of Nova Scotia tomorrow. Here is my prediction for gasoline prices on December 14th 2007.I predict gas prices will go up by less than 2 cents per liter.Gasoline Prices In New BrunswickDecember 6th 2007 - 106.2December 13th 2007 - 107.0Difference - +0.8Gasoline Price GloballyDecember 6th 2007 - $88.57 U.S. Per BarrelDecember 13th 2007 - $93.10 U.S. Per BarrelDifference - +4.53To find out which zone you are located in, check out the map provided by Service Nova Scotia. You can also get a copy of the latest gas prices across the province by viewing the official report release. This prediction is in no way official and should only be used as informational. Any decision to purchase or not to purchase gasoline on any given day rests with you. All prices are based on self serve regular unless otherwise specified. ...

Nova Scotia Power Can Skip Utility Board 2007-12-12 03:50:00 Nova Scotia Power will have the ability to raise and lower the costs of electricity without appearing before the Utility and Review board starting 2010. The price of electricity will rise and fall based on the costs of fossil fuels required to generate it. The Utility and Review board has warned the power company that if a trial run in April is not successful, they will reverse their decision.Nova Scotia Power has been known for their constant rate hike increases over the last few years. Since the company was privatized the focus has shifted from reliable and affordable service to profit. The Chronicle Herald has even mentioned the CEO of Emera (Nova Scotia Powers parent company) on their list of the highest paid CEO's in the province. The question is should NSP be trusted with this power (no pun intended)?If the company is completely upfront about their costs than the project could work. There should however be a review at least once a year on the price changes to ensure the publi ...

Holiday Shopping To Be Banned 2007-12-10 09:26:00 Premier Rodney MacDonald will support a ban on a topic he approved last year. Large retail stores will once again have their hours regulated by not being permitted to open on holidays. Last year they were permitted to open due to the Sunday Shopping debate. MacDonald then said he would not regulate retail location hours any longer.The turn around was to save the minority government as the Liberals and the NDP both supported the bill. Currently 7 holidays are on paper, but the Liberal and NDP parties each want a different holiday added to the list.This is the second time this week that the Premier has been forced in to a situation he was not in support of. Earlier the Premier held the debates on a ban of nursing strikes for so long that the bill was not to go up for a vote. He claims he will reintroduce it in the spring.One newspaper quoted the Premier as stating this was proof that a minority government can work for the province. This is also proof that MacDonald is loosing control of ...

Gas Price Prediction For December 7th 2007 2007-12-06 10:57:00 It is Thursday again which means gas prices change for the people of Nova Scotia tomorrow. Here is my prediction for gasoline prices on December 7th 2007.I predict gas prices will go down by 2 - 6 cents per liter.Gasoline Prices In New BrunswickNovember 29th 2007 - 112.0December 6th 2007 - 106.2Difference - -5.8Gasoline Price GloballyNovember 29th 2007 - $93.09 U.S. per BarrelDecember 6th 2007 - $88.57 U.S. Per BarrelDifference - -$4.52To find out which zone you are located in, check out the map provided by Service Nova Scotia. You can also get a copy of the latest gas prices across the province by viewing the official report release. This prediction is in no way official and should only be used as informational. Any decision to purchase or not to purchase gasoline on any given day rests with you. All prices are based on self serve regular unless otherwise specified. ...

A Two Tier Heath Care System 2007-12-06 00:21:00 Premier Rodney MacDonald has been hinting at the possibility of creating a private health care system. The private system would compliment the current public system to lower wait times across the province. The benefits of a two tier system is that people who can afford to pay for services would have quick access to them. This would lower the wait times in the public system and could decrease costs to the province. The drawback would be that professional doctors and nurses would be more likely to choose to work in the private sector for higher salaries. If this were to happen we would have an even greater decrease in services available now. The only way a two tier system has any chance of working is to regulate the salaries of the people employed. The government would need to guarantee that the private system would in no way interfere with the free public health care now available. There should also be restrictions on how many offices are created and where they are located. A priva ...

Out In The Cold 2007-12-03 12:24:00 Last week a homeless man was denied access to a shelter due to being intoxicated and a disturbance to others. He was sent back out in to the cold -12 degree weather.Homelessness has always been a problem in the province. Many people can simply not afford to have a place to stay and support themselves. The shelters are designed to be a place of warmth and safety for these people, but are policies standing in the way of keeping them safe?If people are permitted inside these buildings when they are unable to control themselves then they become a hazard for everyone else using the shelter. It would be very difficult to expect volunteers to deal with people causing problems without putting themselves at risk at the same time.There is also the harsh truth that many homeless people turn to alcohol to help them forget their problems. It allows an escape from the reality they are forced to live with every day. Is it fair to expect all of them to stop doing a very legal action of drinking inside ...

Gas Price Prediction For November 30th 2007 2007-11-29 08:18:00 It is Thursday again which means gas prices change for the people of Nova Scotia tomorrow. Here is my prediction for gasoline prices on November 30th 2007.I predict gas prices will go up by 2 - 4 cents per liter.Gasoline Prices In New BrunswickNovember 23rd 2007 - 109.8November 29th 2007 - 112.0Difference - +2.2Gasoline Price GloballyNovember 22nd 2007 - $97.29 U.S. per BarrelNovember 29th 2007 - $93.09 U.S. per BarrelDifference - +4.29To find out which zone you are located in, check out the map provided by Service Nova Scotia. You can also get a copy of the latest gas prices across the province by viewing the official report release. This prediction is in no way official and should only be used as informational. Any decision to purchase or not to purchase gasoline on any given day rests with you. All prices are based on self serve regular unless otherwise specified. ...

Health Care Plan Released 2007-11-27 09:46:00 Starting March 1st 2008, All Nova Scotian’s will have a drug plan if they choose to enroll. This new option will cost the government over $50 million. It will allow many families to get prescriptions they otherwise would not have been able to afford. At this point there have been few details. This is what we know so far:All Nova Scotian’s will be eligibleSeniors will have no special coveragePeople with their own health care plans must go through their private insurance firstThe costs will be based on your income and the amount of dependants you haveThere will be no premium or fees to enrollHealth Minister Chris d’Entremont told reporters on Monday "You’ll pay a certain amount to a certain amount to get your drugs. Once you pay those off, drugs will then become at no cost to you. It really depends on how much money you make, how many dependents you have, what your total drug costs are,". The Province has already started to enroll those who do not have a current plan.This is a gr ... Health

Happy 400 Blogging Nova Scotia 2007-11-26 09:39:00 To think that this all started as a hobby with 2-3 readers per day. Now a year and a half later we are now on post number 400. Thank you to everyone who has motivated me to keep blogging......Here is to 400 more. ... Blogging

Dartmouth Man Killed By Taser 2007-11-23 12:23:00 About 30 hours after receiving a taser shot, a Dartmouth inmate has died. The 45 year old man was arrested for an assault charge when he attempted to flee the scene. A struggle ensued and the taser was fired to subdue the man. his family claims they told police he had psychiatric problems and was not using his medication. He was sent to the hospital and cleared shortly afterwards. The Nova Scotia Justice Minister has ordered a review on how the weapon is being used by police. This could mark the 18th death in Canada this year at the hands of a taser weapon. A recent report suggested that tasers are saving more lives than they are costing Canadians. The taser is a valuable tool for law enforcement, however its use needs to be restricted. If a suspect is resisting arrest than a taser would subdue them. Then again a gun would also stop the suspect from fleeing but everyone knows that is extreme. The taser should be no different. It should be used when a suspect poses a very clear but ...