Still no warnings for PEI from Environment Canada even though the National Hurricane Center in the US has moved the track even further east once again. It is now almost certain to pass over PEI. Kyle is just barely hanging on to its hurricane status. It's hung on longer than they had expected. There is still a possibility that Kyle will make landfall in Nova Scotia as a Category 1 storm.

Despite the lack of warnings (maybe they've forgotten about PEI) it's going to be a very windy day.

The latest track (5pm EST) from The National Hurricane Center

Percentage chances of tropical force winds.

I thought an update was in order. It appeared from the last few days that Hurricane Kyle was tracking well west of Prince Edward Island. In fact, most of the forecasts were leaning towards a landfall in the Maine/New Brunswick border area. With the latest position update (Noon Sunday) this has changed drastically to the east. Kyle is now forecast to make landfall in southern Nova Scotia and cross over eastern New Brunswick and central/western PEI. Environment Canada is now re-evaluating the previously released warnings as they are now out-of-date.

Prediction: PEI will get more than what has been forecast to date. If this track remains on course we'll be placed in the north-east quadrant, the most powerful part of a storm. While the storm will be tropical or post-tropical it will probably still pack a punch. Wind warnings will more-than-likely be issued for Prince and Queens county later this afternoon if this track holds true.

The eye of the storm should pass by PEI on Monday morning around 8-9am.

I'll do my best to keep you updated on the latest developments.

This could be interesting. Stay posted.

As most of you know, we're mid-way through a total exterior renovation to the building that houses the Queen Street Commons. The building has been neglected over the years (mostly by its previous owners) and we knew it was time to give it a total facelift.

Part of this facelift included a lot of things that were energy conscious:

• We've spray foamed the entire old part of the building. Previously there was no insulation at all
• We've HomeWrapped/Tyveked the outside walls. Keeping air & water from coming and going from the outside
• We'll be installing 29 brand-new energy efficient wooden windows.
• We're heavily insulating our attic
• Installing new doors
• and a whole lot of little picky things

At the outset of this project we decided we'd like to use the Federal Governments Energy Retrofit Grant Program. You know... to help us make these costly improvements to our old energy consuming building.

The results are in. Once we make all of these changes to our building, totalling tens of thousands of dollars, we will receive a whopping $1,500 - $1,600 in assistance. Sure, it's a help but to get that assistance we had to complete an energy audit that cost us $2,400 + GST. So we're down a thousand bucks... Thanks a lot Canada.

As seen on a video from CNN.com about Air Canada Jazz taking life-vests off of their planes to save fuel.

Air Canada Jazz also flies to Charluttetown, Mincton, Fredructon, and Muntreal.

My apologies for the month's hiatus. You really should be used to it by now. I've been renovating buildings, at weddings in Ontario, and have just returned from an awesome week hiking in the Colorado mountains. Here's a quick taste of the mountains.