by Tom Scoon | Jul 27, 2022 | Eblasts, EMS, Safety
by Tom Scoon I was sound asleep at 1:30 a.m. when I awoke to a big thud and then a crash of a painting falling of the wall. I immediately thought that there may be a bear in the cottage. I picked up my big flashlight by my bed and got up to see what was going on. To...
by Hilde Clark | Jul 27, 2022 | Eblasts
Find us on Social Media Volume 14 No. 12 Thanks Tom McConnell for this fabulous picture of Mother Nature’s Impending Storm – July 20It dumped about an inch of rain in 4 hours in many places in PaB! How can it be the end of July already! The weather has...
by Trudy Irvine | Jul 21, 2022 | Environment, Nature
by Trudy Irvine, Education Committee Last week’s night skies brought multiple sightings of the Northern Lights over several days in Pointe au Baril. The dancing lights have fascinated and even frightened people for centuries, but as with rainbows in the sun, it...
by Trudy Irvine | Jul 21, 2022 | Environment, Nature
by Trudy Irvine, Education Committee Did you know dock spiders don’t make classic spider webs? That they can walk on water and scuba dive for prey for up to 30 minutes? That while they eat mostly aquatic insects, they can tackle minnows, tadpoles, and frogs up to...
by David Sharpe | Jul 21, 2022 | Fire Emergency, Safety
The End Result of Lightning Striking a Pine Tree July 11, 2022 By David Sharpe The smell of smoke as the wind shifted to the north was the first thing to raise my concern. My initial thought was that maybe someone was camping somewhere behind our cottage here on the...
