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FoxCreek Community News

[update] NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

Spring weight restrictions came into effect for provincial roads in Queens County on 6-Mar-2017.

[Update 11-Apr-2017] The Spring Weight Restrictions have been extend to and including 7-May-2017!!!
FoxCreek community road maintenance will commence in the week of 8-May-2017 earliest.

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 →

FOXweather News

Spring/March Equinox, 20-Mar-2016@01:30am ADT

March equinox – equal day and night, nearly


There are two equinoxes every year – in March and September – when the Sun shines directly on the equator and the length of night and day are nearly equal, but not quite.

March equinox illustration

The Earth during the equinox. (Not to scale)

Spring in the north, fall in the south

Equinoxes and solstices are opposite on either side of the equator, and the March equinox is also known as the “spring (vernal) equinox” in the northern hemisphere and as the “autumnal (fall) equinox” in the southern hemisphere. Continue reading Spring/March Equinox, 20-Mar-2016@01:30am ADT →

FOXweather News

Spring 2016 is coming early …

… at least according to Shubenacadie Sam. Nova Scotia’s furry forecaster Shubenacadie Sam is forecasting an early end to winter.

Sam popped out of his burrow at about 8am today, and because of the partially cloudy skies overhead, did not see his shadow. And as the legend goes, winter will now end early! Yay!

Groundhog Day (5)Though, had Sam been on the South Shore this morning, maybe the outcome would have been different – at 8am another gorgeous winter day evolved with the sun already shining brightly.

Whether or not you buy into the folklore, Sam’s credibility is likely at an all-time high. Last year, he predicted a long winter and Nova Scotia was slammed with one of the worst on record.

Read what Cindy Day has to say about this.
Read more about Groundhog Day.

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