After a new report on last year's fatal flooding in West Hants showed a major delay in alerting the public, municipalities that control their own alerts say timeliness is everything in an emergency.
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West Hants Regional Municipality is awash in cash following a government announcement Tuesday that will allow it to double the capacity of its water system at a time when the area is experiencing a development boom.
The mother of six-year-old Colton Sisco, who was killed in the Nova Scotia floods six months ago, is calling for improvements to the public alerts system.