Hurricane Fiona

• Nova Scotia Power gives details of application to pass on Fiona damage to customers

  The filing before the provincial regulator says the utility wishes to defer passing along operational costs until 2025 after the expiry of a provincially legislated rate cap.

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2024
  
• P.E.I. piping plover numbers see a tiny bump this year from effects of Fiona

  Post-tropical storm Fiona left behind a trail of destruction on Prince Edward Island, but the cataclysmic tempest seems to have been a big help to the piping plover.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2023
  
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• Furniture designer crafts a chair named ‘solace’ to aid those harmed by Fiona’s wrath

  His work crafted from Nova Scotia red oak is up for auction at a starting bid of $30,000, as a way to raise funds for those still recovering from the storm that hit Sep. 24, 2022.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2023
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• ‘They just want to go home’: A large family still living in an RV following Fiona

  More than a year after post-tropical storm Fiona made landfall on Prince Edward Island, a couple is still living in an RV with eight of their children.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2023
• Federal Fiona recovery fund providing $9 million for community comfort centres

  Federal Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings says the funds can be used to equip "climate comfort centres" with generators, satellite phones, blankets and cots.

  Environment

  Sep 22, 2023
• One year later, the ‘terrifying’ impact of Fiona still being felt in N.S.

  While the Maritimes braces for the effects of hurricane Lee, some people in Cape Breton are still dealing with the aftermath of Fiona last year.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2023
• Battening down the hatches at the Pointe-du-Chêne wharf in preparation for Hurricane Lee

  Work is underway at the Pointe-du-Chêne wharf to brace for the impact of Hurricane Lee, which is expected to hit New Brunswick on Saturday.

  Weather

  Sep 13, 2023
• N.S. Power outlines tree cutting plan to help reduce hurricane caused outages

  Nova Scotia's electric utility says plans to nearly double its tree trimming budget should improve reliability in electrical service when the next hurricane strikes.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2023
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• Canadian military to remain key in natural disaster response, Blair says

  Defence Minister Bill Blair acknowledged the military has at times been the federal government's first call, rather than a last resort.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2023
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• Climate change: Correlation between wildfires, flooding in Nova Scotia

  The fingerprints of climate change are all over the supercharged weather witnessed this year in Nova Scotia, from raging wildfires to devastating flooding.

  Canada

  Jul 25, 2023