LECLAIR, Hazel Marie
The death occurred peacefully with family by her side, at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown, on Thursday, September 20, 2018, of Hazel LeClair (nee Gallant), wife of the late Ferdie LeClair, of North Rustico, in her 86th year. She was the loving mother of Gerarda Peddie (Bart), Wayne (Roberta), Bruce (Winnie), Cindy Hughes (Art), Bobby (Shirley), Jeff (Myrna), Larry (Marta) and Nancy Ford (Darcy); and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Hazel is also survived by her brother, Wallace Gallant (Pat); and sisters, Vera Gallant, Clara “Ducky” Gallant and Grace “Nunny” Lamb; and numerous nieces and nephews. Besides her husband Ferdie, she was predeceased by her grandson, Robert James LeClair; sisters and brother, Guelda Cogger, Jean Gallant and Alvin Gallant; and half sisters and brother, Francis, Rita, Marie, Mary and Leo. The family would like to thank Shirley LeClair, Myrna LeClair and Danielle LeClair for their special care while Mom was in the hospital. Resting at Central Queen’s Funeral Home, 2538 Glasgow Road, New Glasgow, for visitation on Friday, September 21, 2018 from 5 - 8 p.m. The CWL will hold a prayer service prior to the visitation at 4:30 p.m. Funeral mass will be celebrated at Stella Maris Roman Catholic Church, North Rustico, on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. Interment in the Charlottetown Catholic Cemetery. If so desired, donations in Hazel’s memory to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Online condolences may be sent at www.peifuneralcoops.com or by sending an email to centralqueensfh@pei. aibn.com A turbine for the Cape Sharp Tidal project is seen at the Pictou Shipyard in Pictou, N.S., on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Nova Scotia’s Department of Energy and Mines has issued a permit for a tidal electricity project in the Bay of Fundy. The marine renewable energy permit allows Black Rock Tidal Power to test a 280-kilowatt floating platform, called the PLAT-I, for up to six months.
The Nova Scotia government is moving ahead with a project that aims to harness the immense power of the Bay of Fundy’s tides, despite the uncertain future of the Cape Sharp Tidal venture.
The Department of Energy and Mines has issued a marine renewable energy permit to Black Rock Tidal Power allowing it to test a 280-kilowatt floating platform for up to six months.
The floating platform will be installed in Grand Passage, between Long Island and Brier Island in Digby County.
The permit will allow the Halifax-based company to learn how its device operates in a marine environment and “take a staged approach to deployment.”
It comes as an Irish technical team works to determine why the rotor on the Cape Sharp Tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy is not turning.
Halifax-based Emera Inc., which was involved in the troubled project, said this week that experts believe a component failure in the generator “caused sufficient damage to prevent the rotor from turning.”
It says the turbine worked after it was deployed in July and that