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Nova Scotia News
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Written by NS Government News Release
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Monday, 07 November 2005 |
Low-income Nova Scotians will get help financing home repairs thanks to an additional $2 million in funding. Nova Scotia has some of the highest rates of home ownership in the country, and some of the oldest homes.
To qualify for housing repair program grants, total household income must be below set income thresholds. Eligible household income levels are determined by where an applicant lives in Nova Scotia and by household size. |
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Nova Scotia News
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 07 November 2005 |
Communities across Nova Scotia will soon benefit from improved access to back-up electrical power during an emergency.
The second and final phase of a program to install back-up electrical power to communities across Nova Scotia will begin on Thursday, Nov. 17.
The province will help municipal emergency measures co-ordinators purchase generators for use in comfort centres throughout the province. Schools, community centres or fire halls that municipalities use to provide shelter during an emergency will be eligible for the generators. |
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Nova Scotia News
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Written by NDP Media Release
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Monday, 07 November 2005 |
 Cole Harbour MLA Kevin Deveaux is calling on the Minister for Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, Barry Barnet, to consider changes to the Sales Tax Act and HST regulations so drivers like Bob McNeill can get the same rebate break given to those who drive vehicles equipped with ramps.
"Louise McNeill has lost the use of her limbs as the result of a stroke," says Deveaux. "She is dependent on her husband Bob for transportation in the family car. Bob should get a rebate for the HST he has paid when he purchased their vehicle, just like every other family that transports a person with a disability. However because he lifts Louise into the car, rather than using a built-in ramp, the regulations exclude him from eligibility for the rebate." |
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Science & Technology
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Written by Wire Services
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Monday, 07 November 2005 |
Beginning on October 24, 2005 and ending on November 30, 2005, Forbes.com is collecting thousands of letters that their readers have written to themselves. And they'll deliver them up to 20 years later.
According to Forbes.com, preserving a physical time capsule is simple: just shove it in the dirt and forget about it. But the process gets a lot more complicated when you're trying to store something digitally. |
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Health News
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Written by Wire Services
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Monday, 07 November 2005 |
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Experts at WHO and elsewhere believe that the world is now closer to another influenza pandemic than at any time since 1968, when the last of the previous century's three pandemics occurred. WHO uses a series of six phases of pandemic alert as a system for informing the world of the seriousness of the threat and of the need to launch progressively more intense preparedness activities. We are currently at number 3. |
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