The Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-12-14, Page 1112 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Hydro One announces Winter Relief Program
Hydro One is launching a
new Winter Relief Program
to help customers in hard-
ship get their electricity ser-
vice reconnected for the
winter.
About 1,400 Hydro One
residential customers are
currently without electrical
service due to unpaid bal-
ances,
the provincially -owned
company announced Dec. 7,
2016.
"This program is about
doing the right thing for our
customers who are experi-
encing hardship," said Ferio
Pugliese, executive vice pres-
ident of customer care and
corporate affairs. "We are
changing the way we do
business and by doing so we
are currently reviewing all of
our customer -facing poli-
cies and practices, including
how we care for our most
vulnerable customers. The
Winter Relief Program is one
of many changes we will be
undertaking."
As an extension to our
annual pause on
disconnections, Hydro One
is reaching out to customers
without electrical service to
arrange reconnection for the
remainder of the winter.
Hydro One will work with
customers interested in the
program to determine what
payment arrangements they
can afford, waive all recon-
nection fees as well as
discuss the best plan to help
them get back on track.
In addition, Hydro One
will also be highlighting the
numerous assistance pro-
grams currently available to
help any customer that may
be in arrears or facing finan-
cial difficulties including the
Low -Income Energy Assis-
tance Program, Ontario
Electricity Support Program,
Home Assistance Program
and other services.
Hydro One encourages
any customer experiencing
difficulties paying their bill
to contact the customer
communications centre at
1-888-664-9376 or to visit
our website to learn more
about this program.
No injuries in Kincardine Conc. 12 fire, but losses estimated at $300,000
Troy Patterson
Editor
No timeline was put on a
fire marshall investigation of
a house fire on Kincardine's
Concession 12, where the
family escaped the blaze but
damage is estimated at
$300,000.
Municipality of Kincardine
Fire and Emergency Services
responded to the blaze at
1495 Conc.12 on Dec. 7, 2016
at 5:20 p.m. Kincardine Fire
and Emergency Services
were dispatched to a struc-
ture fire at 1495 Concession
12 in Kincardine.
"The first arriving fire
crews found the home fully
involved," said fire chief Kent
Padfield.
Crews from Tiverton and
Kincardine fire stations extin-
guished the fire in approxi-
mately two hours. Mutual aid
was requested from the Sau-
geen Shores Fire Department
and Paisley Fire Department
for water tankers to supply
water to the fire scene.
Padfield said the home was
destroyed but there were no
injuries.
He said the Fire
Investigations Section of the
Office of the Fire Marshal and
Emergency Management
and the Ontario Provincial
Police were on seen Dec. 8
and wrapped up their
investigation.
Padfield said it could be
"weeks or months" before he
hears the result of the
investigation.
Awitness who took a photo
of the house on fire said the
owner is a member of the
Stewart family, whose house
burned just down the road at
1426 Conc. 12 on March
11-12, 2016.
Shared photo
Les Ribey shared these photos of the burned out structure the following day as investigators went
through the ruin.
2016 Wheat yields break Ontario records, grain corn and soybean production falls: Stats Can
John Miner
London Free Press
Ontario farmers had the
highest wheat yields in the
province's history in 2016,
but saw production drop
substantially for the other
two major cash crops, grain
corn and soybeans, Statistics
Canada reported Tuesday.
Wheat yields in Ontario
hit a record high average
yield of 90.9 bushels an acre,
up 15.9 per cent over 2015,
according to the report that
is based on a survey of
26,500 Canadian farmers.
The Statistics Canada
report confirms earlier pri-
vate industry reports that
suggested many farmers in
the London region were har-
vesting the largest wheat
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ideal growing season for the
cereal crop.
But the season wasn't as
ideal for soybeans in
Ontario, with production
falling 9.5 per cent.
The drop was blamed on a
lower average yield of 45.9
bushels per acre, down 1.9
per cent from 2015, and a fall
in harvested area to 2.7 mil-
lion acres.
Corn for grain dropped 8.9
per cent to 8.0 million
tonnes due to a 71. per cent
drop in the average yield to
158.5 bushels an acre.
On a national basis, Statis-
tics Canada reported:
• Total wheat production
expected to increase 15 per
cent year a year earlier to
31.7 million tonnes
• Canola production
remained virtually the same
as the year before at 18.4
million tonnes
• Corn for grain produc-
tion fell 2.7 per cent to 13.2
million tonnes
• Soybean production set
a record for the eighth year
in a row, up 1.4 per cent from
2015 to 6.5 million tonnes
• Lentil production, con-
centrated in Saskatchewan,
reached a record high with
output up 27.9 per cent to 3.2
million tonnes
• Barley production rose 6.8
per cent to 8.8 million tonnes
• Canadian oat production
fell 8.2 per cent to 3.1 million
tonnes
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