So Conrad Black was sentenced to 6.5 years in jail today for defrauding shareholders of 60 million dollars. He was also fined 6 million dollars.  •  I haven't been following the case and know shockingly little about the details, but it seems Mr. Black really did quite well all things considered …

Now that your Desperate Housewives will be over before Christmas why not start watching some new good shows. Most of them have a few seasons under their belts or are finished entirely so you should still have lots of TV to watch while good, honest, and fair people fight for respect.  •  #1: The …

Last night was fairly tame. Aside from some heavy rain and mid-speed winds it went off without a hitch. This morning around 7am we started a tour of the damage. There really wasn't much to speak of. A few garbage bins blown around, etc. At 8am we made our way out to Rice Point, PEI on the southern …

It started raining a few hours ago here in Charlottetown. The winds picked up this evening and as of now (10:55) they are gusting to around 65 km/h. The storm is still well off of Nova Scotia's South West coast. The centre of the storm should pass west of PEI around 4-5AM.  •  If you haven't been …

"The strongest winds are expected to be in the Wreckhouse Newfoundland Area and in Les Suetes in the Cape Breton Highlands... 100 km/h gusting to 180/160 respectively."  •  Source: Canadian Hurricane Statement

Post-tropical storm Noel is bearing down on the Maritimes today. While it makes its final moves and dekes the good folks at the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax are doing their best to decipher the data.  •  Even though the storm has changed into a post-tropical storm the forecasters are still …

Hurricane Noel was officially classified as a post tropical cyclone this afternoon. Don't despair though, we're still in for 120km/h wind gusts and 50mm of rain.  •  Noel also decided to head a little further west.

"Although we are calling it a post-tropical storm we expect it to be accompanied by hurricane Force winds as it passes."  •  and  •  "The strongest winds are expected over portions of Nova Scotia ...Hurricane force gusts to 140 km/h at the coast and and localized gusts up to 120 km/h inland. Wind …

It's still headed straight for us and it's still a hurricane. They expect Noel to change into a post tropical cyclone this afternoon or evening.