Your e-mails over the weekend
Just a terrific job with special coverage of the Nova Scotia wildfires and the evacuations over the week. I could say just how hard everyone worked and how we really connected with our listeners, the public service we provided and how the station grew ‘again’ this week - instead here are just a few of the many emails we received from our listeners.
Well Done.
Mark
As a resident of HRM, I just wanted to thank your news organization for your fantastic ongoing coverage of the wildfire(s
You are heads and shoulders above every other local news media in providing up-to-date information as well as a forum for people to voice their concerns and ask questions. Your news team is to be commended. I’ll be listening to News 95.7 far more often as a result of this.
Regards,
Yvette Fraser
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Thank you so much for your news coverage this weekend. I am a resident of Candy Mountain Road currently vacationing with my daughter in Winnipeg. My husband and our nephew were evacuated Friday afternoon. I can’t tell you how comforting it is to be able to stay updated so many provinces away. Thanks again for your hard work.
Colleen Dafoe
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You were a BIG comfort today for a lot of people, I told my sister how to get on line, she’s docked in NFLD on the navy ship, with a guy who lives on Candy mountain and could not get any info.
Thank you.
Tamara Barker Watson
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Thank you sooooooooooo much for your coverage! We spent the whole night trying to get info. All that we heard was word of mouth & not very accurate. You can’t know what it is like when your loved ones are in danger & all you can get are rumors. All we want is INFORMATION.It was Juan all over again & its not over yet. Thanks so much. What you did was HUGE!
V. Young
East Petpeswick
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Would like to congratulate yourself and NEWS957 for your terrific coverage, we really need more coverage from all news organizations!!
Hard to believe that we can’t get any other live coverage on television etc!!!!!!!!
Again a big thanks for keeping us informed as to what is happening!!!!!
Bruce Hartlin
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My husband and I are listening to you and Richard with your excellent coverage of the fires on the Eastern Shore. We are presently in South Carolina, but have our computer tuned into your show, so that we can know what is happening at home. We wonder if there is any knowledge as to how the fire started. Thank you.
Carol-Anne and Lorne
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Thanks so much to you Andrew, Richard and all your news crews for coming on today to keep us all informed. I just arrived home from work, hungry for news on the fires and was thrilled to hear your voice when I turned on the radio. Thanks again to 95.7 for your continuing great news coverage and of course for you Andrew. Once again you guys all prove to me why I listen to your station every day.
Lynn, Enfield
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Hi Andrew, I’m tuned in listening your broadcast today. This is something we are used to listening to on CNN.
I’m here in Toronto but I’m from Nova Scotia, Annapolis Royal more specifically but I have family around the area of the fire.
Thanks for taking the time to keep everyone up to date. It’s a very important service you and Richard and the team are doing keeping everyone on top of the situation.
Regards,
Eric
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Hi;
Just think it’s great that your station is keeping people informed about the fires. Your staff deserve a huge thanks for providing this extended coverage……
Wayne Boudreau
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Great job this weekend.
Shows that radio can do more than entertain. it can inform, it can educate and bring people together….I know there are people who are desperate for info, probably feel quite lost but are getting info from you guys… Very important job…well done to you, Richard and everyone else…
Mike Savage, MP
June 16th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I was glued to the radio Saturday and Sunday. I’ve been listening to your station since you went on the air..but didn’t realize how important the air waves were until you are sitting in the dark with smoke all around you. As I sat in my home on the Crowell Road, I could hear people calling in all around me. What they could see, the situation on their street. It let me know I wasn’t alone. Thanks for the excellent coverage.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
I would like to thank News 95.7 and the staff for the extensive coverage you all provided during the fire. As an evacuated resident of Lake Echo, this station was the only constant source of updates I could find anywhere — on television or radio. I appreciate all you have done for myself, and those concerned about the well being of those affected by the incident, in keeping us all informed. A job well done.
June 20th, 2008 at 9:07 am
How about a big car tax. People who has 1 more automobile that consume more fuel per km should pay more when they pay their yearly fee’s. People who automobile consume less fuel per km would pay less car fee’s.
How about free transit when it come to taking the bus or reducing it down so that it be much cheaper then taking your car.
How about a way to make cheaper heat in the winter time.
The big problem with our world is that we are all just thinking of the “Me” factor and not the us and our planet factor.
I do see that we in big trouble when it come to our planet and I am trying my best to us less energy but this carbon tax isn’t going to get ride off the main problem. We should be teaching everyone on what should be doing and charging people who doesn’t follow the advice.
Have a good weak end