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One day last week, I was watching the news and stumbled on an interview with this year’s Silver Cross Mother.   The Memorial Cross (more often referred to as the Silver Cross) was first authorized on Dec. 1, 1919, as a memento of ...

It’s been quite a week – a weather bomb early Monday, enough snow to shovel by Wednesday, followed by record warm November temperatures to end the week.   Not everyone had the pleasure of sampling all these extremes ...

Since Monday, if you consider wind chill, most of us have experienced a 25-degree temperature swing.    At this time of the year, fluctuations in the jet stream account for most of the wild weather fluctuations. Right now, the jet stream ...

How should your trick-or-treater be dressed Saturday night?  Cindy Day has the weather info you need to prep for Halloween.  Want more weather information? Visit your weather page. Have a weather question, photo or ...

 As extra-tropical storm Zeta zips south of Sable Island, flurries are falling over parts of the region.   The tropical moisture is close to the centre of the offshore storm, but there's lots of cold air in its wake. As the weakening ...

I am blessed with many wonderful followers. It’s quite incredible, but over the years, you have reached out with comments from every corner of the country, across the continent and as far away as France.    Some of you have friends ...

It's time to get out the ice scrapers, think about winter tires, and put away the shorts and sandals.   The transition from fall to winter is never easy, but it is inevitable. While humans might procrastinate, some more ...

Winter is less than two months away; Jack Frost has already visited many gardens and some of us have seen our first snowflakes of the season.    As we watch hurricane Epsilon track south of the Avalon this weekend, some of ...

Thanks to hurricane Epsilon, the highlight of the weekend might be a 10-degree temperature drop on Sunday.   In the meantime, we’re under the influence of a lovely area of high pressure that’s serving some sun and seasonal ...

What a sight! But what was it?  “… last evening while driving on Route 12 from Chester to Kentville, I saw a large bright streak descending at (a) 60-degree vertical angle from north to the northwest. Whatever it was ...