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January 2009
Community Events sheet
The
community events sheet
for the month of January is available on this website. Lots
of great events this month.
Lobster
Supper - Now Saturday, Jan. 3rd
Due to the impending bad
weather, the Lobster Supper sponsored by the North Shore
Fire Department and scheduled for Jan 1, has been postponed
until Saturday, Jan 3. Takeout is at 4:30; Bar starts at
5:30 and the eat-in supper is from 6pm-8pm.
Please pass this around to all who might have tickets.
Municipal
Councillor District 4
- Nominations & Election
Nominations for District 4
are being accepted for the office of councillor in
District 4 in the Municipality of the County of Victoria for
which a by-election will be held on the 31st day of January
2009. District 4
is composed of the following communities from exit 10
on TCH at Big Hill/Port Bevis to
the top of Kelly's Mountain including Big Harbour, south
Haven, North Gut, South Gut, St.
Ann's, Goose Cove, North River, Tarbot, Tarbotvale,
Englishtown, Jersey Cove, River Bennett, and from Indian
Brook to foot of Cape Smokey.
The last day to file nomination papers is
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 between the hours of 9:00 am. and
5:00 pm., or by appointment only during normal
office hours between 8:300 am. - 12:00 pm. and 1:00
pm. - 4:30 pm. in the two week preceding Nomination Day (
Tuesday, Dec. 23rd to Monday, January 5th, 2009 excluding
holidays.
A $200.00 deposit is required in the form of
cash, money order or certified cheque. This deposit must
accompany the nomination papers. also please take notice
that all outstanding property taxes owed to the Municipality
of the County of Victoria must be paid in full on or before
Nomination Day.
To be eligible to run for council a person must be a)
Canadian citizen, b) the age of eighteen years old, and c) a
resident of the Municipality for six months prior to
election day.
To contact the returning officer for
nomination papers, appointments or inquiries - Tel:
295-3660, mail: P.O. Box
370, Baddeck, NS B0E 1B0 or
e-mail :
sandy.hudson@countyvictoria.ns.ca
SABDA AGM Minutes
Please note that the minutes from SABDA’s AGM are on the web
site:
http://sabda.groupenterprise.com/Minutes/AGMdec09.php
Homecoming
Scotland 2009
Did you know that
Scotland is celebrating 250 anniversary of Scotland's most
famous son, poet Robbie Burns in 2009.
Homecoming Scotland
was created to celebrate Scotland as Home of your Ancestors,
Home of Golf, Home of Whiskey and Home of Robbie Burns. Visit
their website for more information on events along with
Come to Scotland website.
Conserve Nova
Scotia
Conserve NS website
has alot of useful tips on how to save
energy. Take time to visit their website and learn more about
energy saving tips on heating, wood heating, water heating,
lighting, refrigeration, cooking, dish washing, clothes washing
and drying, electronics, and driving. The website also has a
section for consumers information on programs, rebates and more.
Central has a great flyer out (download
pdf) on understanding what is available in
federal and provincial grants for energy efficency upgrades to
your house. If you purchase the supplies from their store they
will refund the $150.00 fee you pay to have your house
inspected.
For more information , or to request an evaluation of your
house, call the experts at Sustainable Housing & Education
Consultants today at 1-877-722-2842.
http://www.sustainablehousing.ca
I believe ACAP in Sydney
is also a partner in this program 567-1628 or email at
homeenergy@acapcb.ns.ca
TourismVC - Victoria County's
Tourism Resource Centre
Victoria County's Tourism Resource Centre
website
has been updated December 18th with a
number of new articles including -
1) 2009 TIANS Tourism
Summit presentations, 2) Capital Budget Invests in Tourism
Infrastructure, 3) TIANB president's Message, 4)
newfoundland and Labrador named World's Top Travel Secret, 5) NS
Tourism Facts Flash newsletter, 6) year in review - CTC UK, 7)
TIAC Talk Newsletter, 8)Digital advertising -the new
Conversation Economy, 9) Internet marketing - The Year in Review
2008, 10) Social media for SME Tourism Businesses.
One
new post on the
Victoria County Tourism
blog
has been added -Experience Seekers - Tourism Australia. Recent
posts include -Leatherworks wins Tourism Business of the Year,
Nova Scotia targets UK, Atlantic Canada, Niche markets and
Social Media for visitors in 2009, Other recent posts include -
Shaping the Future - TIANS Tourism Summit 2008, Tourism Research
# 3 - Green
your Business -Toolkit for Tourism Operators, Travel Blogs,
facebook and novascotia.com, Tourism Research Part 2 - Global
Tourism Trends, Tourism Research Part 1 - Time to Reflect and
gather facts and information on 2008 Tourism Season, Web 2.0 Summit
2008. This week's featured video on Victoria County Tourism
Resource Centre
website
is Walking Ireland - Cliffs of Moher.
The Tourism Resource Centre is part of the new
TourismVC communication strategy of the Victoria County
Recreation & Tourism Dept.
website -
http://www.tourismvc.com
blog -
http://tourismvc.wordpress.com
e-mail-
tourismvc@gmail.com
Interesting Web sites
Come to Scotland
Homecoming Scotland 2009
Lobster Palooza Festival
Play
Sport
Get Active Now
Hike the Highlands Festival
NS Community Links
Community Health Promotion Network
Atlantic
Health Promotion Clearinghouse
Hiking Trails in Victoria County
Visit Victoria County-
Official
Tourism Web Site
Canadian Idol -
click here
American Idol
Canadian Health Network -
click here.
Canadian Tire On-Line Shopping -
click here
Sears On-line Shopping
- click
here
Future Shop
Staples
 
Information Morning
Cape Breton
Broadcast weekdays
6:00 - 8:37 a.m.(AT)
Mainstreet
Cape Breton
Broadcast weekdays
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.(AT)
Island Echoes
Broadcast Saturday evening
8:05 p.m.(AT)
Listen Live
CBC
Radio One
Victoria
County Municipal Council
The
latest council minutes
-
November 17th are
now available.
Note: Council minutes are approved at the following month
council meeting. So the latest council minutes are always a
month behind.
The
December
Heritage & Archives newsletter is
available.
You
will need acrobat reader to read pdf files - Click
on the acrobat reader box to download the program if you do not
have a copy on your computer.
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