[Region of Queens Municipality] The 2021 Fall/Winter issue of Municipal Matters was mailed to all mailing addresses in Queens County this week.
It’s filled with lots of points of interest about Continue reading Region of Queens Municipal Matters Fall/Winter/2021
Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends in USA and Canada !!!
The term “spring forward – fall back” is meant to trigger your memory to set your clocks forward one hour in the spring at the start of DST, and one hour back in the fall when DST ends.
In most of the United States, Canada, and Mexico’s northern border cities when local daylight time is about to reach Sunday, 7-Nov-2021, 02:00h (2am) clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, 7-Nov- 2021, 01:00h (1am) local standard time instead!
Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on 7-Nov-2021 than the day before. There will be more light in the morning.
The next Daylight Saving Time starts on 13-Mar-2022.
Wildfire Risk Season 2021 ended.
Burning restrictions are lifted as of 16-Oct-2021 until and including 14-Mar-2022.
The 2021 fire-risk season has come to an end and you no longer need to check daily for permission to burn (domestic) brush or have a campfire.
Although the season ended today and you can burn without permission, Continue reading Burning Restrictions lifted for Season 2021
This year’s Fall Leaf & Yard Waste roadside pick-up for the FoxCreek community takes place in the week starting 15-Nov-2021 on our regular collection day.
Place your yard waist next to the grey community garbage box by Monday morning!
The materials acceptable for pick-up shall include leaves, grass trimmings, and yard waste Continue reading Leaf & Yard Waste Pick-up Fall/2021
Fall clean-up (Sperrgut) for the FoxCreek community takes place in the week starting Monday, 1-Nov-2021 on the regular collection day.
Place items next to the grey community garbage box by Monday morning.
Generally, items acceptable for pick-up are Continue reading Fall Clean-up 2021
On 20/22-Sep-2021 both our access roads to the FoxCreek community
– Old Kettle Rd from Mill Village to the Fox Creek turnaround
– Medway Harbour Rd, from Hwy 331 to the turnaround have been graded and leveled.
The grader operator did a very fine job considering what he had to work with. The roads are fairly smooth and no sharp and pointy rocks where observed so far.
A nice chat with the operator revealed Continue reading FoxCreek Community Access Roads Graded
Our websites – FOXweather and FoxCreekNews – were unreachable from Saturday, 28-Aug-2021/08:00h to Sunday , 29-Aug-2021/18:25h ADT (!!!) due to a severe data center outage at our web hosting provider.
Mail to the site operators was also affected and Continue reading FOXweather websites offline
[Region of Queens Municipality] The 2021 Spring/Summer issue of Municipal Matters was mailed to all mailing addresses in Queens County this week.
It’s filled with lots of points of interest about Continue reading Region of Queens Municipal Matters Spring/2021
Overview of how Nova Scotia will gradually start reopening with a 5-phase plan starting 2-Jun-2021.
See details here …
For 2021, a likely range of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 3 to 5 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher) is expected. NOAA provides these ranges with a 70% confidence. The Atlantic hurricane season extends from June 1 through November 30.
Read more here …
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