Fall clean-up (Sperrgut) for the FoxCreek community takes place in the week starting Monday, 28-Oct-2024 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 2024
Did you know summer lasts longer in the Northern Hemisphere? However, for a variety of complex reasons, next year’s northern summer will be about 15 minutes shorter than in 2024.
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[22-Apr-2024] 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” over the last couple of days. The grader pulled all the gravel (and dirt) back onto the roads that was pushed to the side during snow removal.
Access road maintenance was done way ahead of the usual schedule as Spring weight restrictions have been lifted earlier than usual too.
However, the roads at the moment do not look very smooth. They are not leveled as usual and rocks are sticking out or laying on the surface of the road. Continue reading FoxCreek Community Access Roads Graded
Spring Weight Restrictions for Queens County have been lifted on Sunday, 14-Apr-2024/11:59pm!
Spring weight restrictions -sometimes called Load Restrictions – came into effect for provincial roads in Queens County on midnight 3/4-Mar-2024.
Heavy commercial vehicles will not be allowed to travel on specified roads throughout the province. The weight restrictions on heavy trucks are necessary during the spring thaw to Continue reading [update] NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect
On 8-Apr-2024 a Total Solar Eclipse is happening in North America which runs through Mexico, the USA and Eastern Canada. This eclipse can be seen in Nova Scotia as an almost total eclipse (partial eclipse).
click picture to find out if you can see the eclipse from your location …
Read more about this Eclipse here or do a Google search …
What Can You See during a Total Solar Eclipse?
Also see the Wikipedia entry.
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Please note that as of 15-Mar-2024 the Nova Scotia Burning Restrictions for 2024 are in effect until and including 15-Oct-2024.
During this Wildfire Risk Season brush burning and camp fires are Continue reading Nova Scotia Burning Restrictions 2024 in effect
This year’s Spring Leaf & Yard Waste roadside pick-up for the FoxCreek community will be held during the week from Monday,29-Apr-2024 on our regular waste collection day.
The materials acceptable for pick-up shall include leaves, grass trimmings, and yard waste placed in clear or orange plastic bags (no plastics, cigarette packages, cups, etc.).
Branches and limbs will be accepted Continue reading Leaf & Yard Waste Pick-up Spring/2024
Spring clean-up (Sperrgut) 2024 for the FoxCreek community takes place in the week from Monday, 15-Apr-2024 on our regular waste collection day.
Place items next to the grey community garbage box by Monday morning (properly packed/bundled)! Continue reading Spring Clean-up 2024
Daylight Saving Time (DST) starts 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.
Continue reading DST starts in USA and Canada on 10-Mar-2024
Changes in Sorting Your Blue Bag !!!
NEW: 2 Blue/Clear Bag System effective 1-Jan-2024!
[Region of Queens Municipality:] Due to pending Provincial EPR legislation; effective January 1, 2024, Queens County residents WILL BE REQUIRED to separate recyclable paper materials from recyclable containers. Paper materials such as paper, boxboard and cardboard all go into the same blue or clear bag. Cardboard can also be tied into bundles no larger than 2ft x 3ft. Plastic, tin, aluminum, glass and all other containers go into a separate blue or clear bag. More information is included in the 2024 Waste Schedule and Sorting Guide (see below) or call 902-354-7170 for any assistance, or try the Waste Collection App.
In the Region of Queens, [household] waste collection is every second week as indicated on your 2024 Waste Collection Schedule. Green carts, blue bags and garbage (black) bags are picked up on the same day.
Place materials into the grey community garbage boxes by 8:00am on collection day …
Continue reading Waste Collection Schedule & Sorting Guide 2024 (Changes!!!)
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