The Journal Pioneer

When it comes to long-term forecasting, I like to leave things to Shubenacadie Sam, but on Thursday, I reluctantly went there ...

In meteorological circles, autumn is known as the shoulder season – it’s like a buffer between summer and winter. In some parts of the country it can be rather brief: one or two good blasts of arctic air and voila, winter settles ...

Nature is amazing.    Grandma believed that if you looked closely enough, you could find all sorts of signs of changing weather conditions. When it came to short-term forecasting, Grandma had the ...

Just when you thought the groundhog had dibs on weather folklore, along comes the woolly bear caterpillar. When it comes to long-term forecasting, one of the most talked about insects is the woolly caterpillar. Each year, as summer winds down, people ...

We’ve all heard this before: “If you don’t ask, you won’t know.” I live by it, so I love when people send in questions. A few weeks ago, Audrey Barlow from Warren Grove, P.E.I., wrote in and was curious about ...

Where does time go? It’s already October and in just a few days many of us will be enjoying a lovely Thanksgiving meal with family and friends. I realize that not everyone chooses to feast on turkey on Thanksgiving, but we certainly did - ...

In less than a week, it will officially be astronomical autumn and we all know what follows. I guess that’s why so many people have been asking me if we’re going to get a lot of snow this winter. I will deal with that question later ...

Do you remember the winter of 2015? Who doesn’t? My blisters have just healed.   The winter got off to a slow start, but we made up for it in the end. February and March were particularly harsh; it seemed to snow every second or third ...

Welcome to autumn.  We are blessed with some pretty amazing fall weather in Atlantic Canada. Back on the farm, fall seemed to come and go very quickly.  My sister Monique was always sad to see September come: summer vacations were over, ...

The other day I ran into someone who asked if Grandma was still “with us.” Grandma will always be with me. You can’t live with someone like Grandma and not be forever changed. She was a very special lady. I know that I do things ...