As a result of hazardous weather conditions Halifax Fire and Emergency has issued an immediate ban on open air burning in all areas of HRM.

Residents are also advised that the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources has suspended all current burning permits and is not issuing any new permits in the County of Halifax until there is significant rainfall.

The use of approved outdoor wood burning appliances is permitted if they are used in accordance with the fire safety regulations as outlined in the HRM Burning By-Law O-103.

Residents should be aware that any person who fails to comply with any provision of this by-law may be liable to a penalty on conviction of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

In addition to any fine imposed the court or judge may order the person convicted to pay all expenses incurred in correcting the contraventions of the by-law or any damages associated with such contraventions.

The ban will remain in place until further notice.

For information, contact HRFE Fire Prevention services by telephone at 490-5546.

The Terry Fox Run will be held again this year starting from Buckingham Common in Haliburton Heights. The run will start at 9AM and there will be a short kids run, a 5 km run and a 9km run.

You can register online ahead of time at the link below.

https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/locationDetails.aspx?EventID=44588&LangPref=en-CA&LocationID=47850

There will also be registration at the run site the day of the race.

This is the only run in the Tantallon/St Margarets/Hammonds Plains area so please forward this email to anyone you know in the area that might be interested.

Pledge sheets are available if you need them, please just drop an email to Jenn MacKinnon.

Please come out and support this great cause and have some fun with your friends and neighbours!

In light of some recent events in our subdivision and neighbouring subdivisions, several residents have expressed interest in starting up a Neighbourhood Watch group. (Refer to discussions on the White Hills web forum here for more details)

To that end, an email address has been set up to gather contact information of anyone interested in participating, so if you are interested in joining the Neighbourhood Watch group or getting more information, please send a message over to whitehillswatch©hotmail.com. Please note that this address is not associated with the residents association, rather it is just for this Neighbourhood Watch program and will only be accessed by the watch program co-ordinator for White Hills.

If you want to read more about how Neighbourhood Watch works, please check out the official website over here... http://www.halifax.ca/police/Programs/neighbourhoodwatch.html

Big thanks to everyone that came out and helped make our Canada Day BBQ a success.

Here is a list of our generous sponsors and donors (in alphabetical order by category) for your reference:

Gold Sponsors:
David B Giles Trucking Ltd
Scotiabank
Wendy Bennett Coldwell Bankers

Silver Sponsors:
Bergman's Concrete
Bell Aliant
Best Western Chocolate Lake
Creative Kids
Glenn Stewardson (Assante Wealth Management)
Manulife Bank
Sunnyview Animal Care Centre

Other Sponsors:
Alexandra's Pizza
Alfagomma
Arbonne (Fonda Marchand)
Atlantic Playland
Bell Aliant
Bloom
CSA Enterprises
Curves in Hammonds Plains
Hammonds Plains Service Centre
Hunter Belgrave & Adamson
Lawton's Drugs
the Links at Montague
Manulife Bank
PIN HI Golf Course
STI Smart Technologies

FIRE SAFETY PRESENTATION
CORNERSTONE WESLEYAN CHURCH


JUNE 28, 2010 AT 7:00pm

· Protect Your Home and Property from Wildfire;

· Find out what you can and cannot burn on your property;

· Reduce your risks by educating yourself on fire safety

With a warmer, drier summer season predicted, participation is strongly encouraged. Come and learn how to protect your family and your community.

Contact Info : (902) 835-1249 if you have any questions.

The Department of Economic and Rural Development administers several programs designed to assist employers in a variety of sectors by providing a wage rebate to encourage them to hire students.

Applications are being accepted until June 11, 2010.

Please visit the following website to find out more information about how your community may benefit from these programs!

http://www.gov.ns.ca/econ/sep/



If you have any questions please contact the Student Employment Program office at: 424-6000

If you are considering having your driveway paved, check out this article in today's Herald about the company 1st Class Paving - it's not good news.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1183432.html

Opportunity with the Cobequid Community Health Board. See this PDF for details.

cchb-recruitment-final-032010.pdf

2011 CANADA GAMES--Nova Scotia Youth Needed to Carry Games Torch
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Young Nova Scotians are getting a unique opportunity to help spark the spirit of the Canada Games.

The Halifax 2011 Canada Games Host Society and The Chronicle Herald are giving youth age 12 to 21 a chance to be official Canada Games torchbearers.

The online contest was launched today, April 23, at http://TheChronicleHerald.ca/2011torch. The Chronicle Herald is the official sponsor of the 2011 Games torch program.

"The Chronicle Herald is thrilled to sponsor the 2011 torch program as it travels across the province, igniting the spirit of communities and youth along the way," said Sarah Dennis, president and CEO of The Chronicle Herald.

Community sporting events and festivals, such as the Apple Blossom Festival's Grand Street Parade and the Bluenose Marathon's Doctors Nova Scotia Youth Run, will host the torch until fall. Ten torchbearers will be chosen for each participating event. TheChronicleHerald.ca/2011torch website will be updated as more events are added.

Entrants will submit a short written description of how they live a healthy, active lifestyle, volunteer in the community, or have done their part to keep the Earth healthy and green. Torchbearers will be chosen by the Host Society.

Nova Scotia communities can contact the Host Society at info©canadagames2011.ca for more information on how to host a torch event.

The online contest is one element of the 2011 Games Torch Program. The program, along with the official torches, will be unveiled May 3 at a torch-lighting ceremony in Ottawa.

Building on the Canada Games tradition, the 2011 Games torch program celebrates the unique culture of Nova Scotia in the communities that help shape and define it, generating awareness and excitement in each region leading up to the Games.

The 2011 Canada Winter Games will be the largest multi-sport event held in Nova Scotia and Halifax's first Canada Winter Games. From Feb. 11 to 27, 2011, more than 2,700 athletes will compete in more than 20 sports, attracting thousands of visitors, VIPs, officials and media.

Held every two years, alternating between summer and winter, the Canada Games are a key event in the development of Canada's young athletes, producing the next generation of national, international and Olympic champions.



Thanks,



Sarah Murrant

Constituency Assistant

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Office of:

Mat Whynott, MLA

1651 Sackville Dr

Middle Sackville, NS

B4E 3A9

(902) 864-5310


mat.mla©ns.sympatico.ca

The twenty five year planning strategy for HRM has virtually no plans for Hammonds Plains area. The main reason for this is that to date Hammonds Plains has never had a unified voice and has therefore not been heard. To change this, several Hammonds Plains and area businesses have expressed an interest in forming some sort of group, whether it is a Chamber of Commerce, Business Association or Business Improvement Development Board (BID).

Businesses, whether home based, commercial or trade would be more than just a business association, chamber of commerce or BID Board. Members would be engaged in the Hammonds Plains and area community, advocating for positive change and decisions that will have a positive effect both for residents and businesses.

The proposed association, chamber or board would be dedicated to the promotion, expansion and development of its members by providing services that directly aid, support and promote their business by expressing and supporting common goals for its protection.

Through this unified voice, the public would be educated on the benefits of doing business within the Hammonds Plains and area community. It would develop a liaison effort to act on behalf of the association, chamber or board relative to other organizations, groups and governments; the sole purpose being to perpetuate the association, chamber or board by interaction and by informing other groups as to what it is and represents. It would also generate and support events which improve the quality of life in the community.

For those of you who are unsure of what the HRM Business Improvement Development is, here is the link: http://www.halifax.ca/districts/dist06/documents/BusinessImprovementDistrictInformation.pdf

The information session on April 8, 2010 will have guest speakers who have been involved in other business associations and chambers of commerce, as well as being familiar with how the BID program works. They will explain the pros and cons of the different organizations and offer their invaluable insight.

This meeting is an open invitation to all Hammonds Plains and area residents.

Your participation is strongly encouraged, however, if you cannot be present, but wish to be kept up to date regarding this move towards some type of organization, kindly contact Christina Parker at hplainsgroup©gmail.com