Category: Sussex

A report on the importance of radon testing has resulted in a jump in the number of Maritimers testing their homes for the radioactive gas, the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking.

Robert MacDonald, spokesperson for the Nova Scotia Lung Association; says it’s all about raising awareness.

They usually sell 100 radon test kits a month.

In the past week, it sold 175 tests.

Sales are also up in PEI and New Brunswick.

Tests can be bought through lung associations or at some hardware stores. They cost between $35 and $40.

The sabre rattling by the U-S at communist North Korea continues.

President Donald Trump was ramping up the rhetoric telling the leader of the repressive dictatorship to behave.

North Korea’s deputy U-N ambassador said the Trump administration was turning the Korean peninsula into the world’s biggest hotspot, bringing the region to the brink of war.

Vice-President Mike Pence sternly cautioned Pyongyang not to test America’s resolve and military power.