Residents in Charlotte County are being encouraged to test their homes for radon – an invisible, odourless gas that is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. “Radon really is everywhere and we can’t predict which houses will have elevated levels, so everybody should be testing,” said Pam Warkentin, executive director of the Canadian […]
Charlotte County
Baileyville wildfire mostly contained, no threat to Charlotte County
A wildfire along the Track Road in Baileyville, ME, is mostly under control at this time, according to Baileyville town manager Chris Loughlin, and currently poses no threat to residents in Charlotte County. The fire started around 5 p.m. on Aug. 10 and has so far burned roughly 14 hectares (35 acres). The cause of […]
Charlotte County woman declared dead by Service Canada
Rumours of Cathy Adams’ death have been greatly exaggerated. The Charlotte County woman only discovered that the government believed she was dead at the end of January, when her Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security payments failed to materialize in her bank account. A call to Service Canada revealed that she had been declared […]