Solar Nova Scotia Spring Solar Tour!

Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 22:25:16 -0300
From: Daniel MacKay <daniel.mackay@chebucto.ca>
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Here's your invitation to join us for the Spring Home Tour.

What:	Solar Nova Scotia Spring 2003 Home Tour & Pot Luck
When:	April 27th, afternoon
Who:	Solar Nova Scotia members only
	(including new members that day - waged membership $20, unwaged $10)
Where:	Head of St Margarets Area

House No. 1, Kari & Norrie
2100 sq feet of finished floorspace + 624 sq ft unfinished heated 
space. Three bedrooms, 2 baths and graphics studio.  Heat storage 
slab with backup prefab metal "Bis" fireplace with hot air tied 
directly to the heat storage system.  Backup heat is hotwater coil 
from the DHW tank.  Also is roughed-in for active solar.  The 
building wraps around a hillock showing off a design in a very 
challenging environment.  Water supply is a local spring.  The house 
features modern style and decor, and Koa the malamute will be 
welcoming us.

House No. 2, Beth & John
2365 sq. ft of finished floorspace, 743 sq ft unfinished, heated 
space.  Heat storage slab with freestanding woodstove backup and 
secondary backup is hotwater coil from the DHW tank, with active 
solar Thermo Dynamics DHW system; collector array is mounted on a 
storage shed & greenhouse and storage shed. Depressions in the slab 
hold granite boulders and hot tub in an atrium.  Built-in garage is 
being used as a woodworking shed.  Main bathroom and master bedroom 
are on one level for accessability and installation of a lift is 
designed in.

The pot-luck will be in the second home; there's a microwave, 
electric range & oven for heating your gustatory delights.

Please RSVP for directions by reply email or by phone to 455-8417.

-- 
Daniel MacKay
Secretary, Solar Nova Scotia



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NOVA SCOTIA HIKES MINIMUM WAGE
About 16,000 Nova Scotians who work for minimum wage are getting a pay raise of 50 cents by next spring.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_minwage20030410

CURB RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SYSTEM: STUDY
A justice program that brings criminals and their victims face-to-face won't work when it comes to family violence and sexual assault, according to a new report.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_womenjustice20030410

55 MAKE IRAQI MOST WANTED LIST 
[Ed: Guilty Without Trial?]
The U.S. military has told its troops to pursue and capture or kill a 
group of 55 Iraqi leaders that served Saddam Hussein's regime. 
FULL STORY:
http://cbc.ca/stories/2003/04/11/iraq_mostwanted030411

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