A senior politician in Nova Scotia s rural Pictou County says his municipality is still struggling to clear last weekend s massive snowfall, partly because the area has been overlooked by the provincial government.
Premier Tim Houston says resources are on the way to help dig out after apologizing for describing Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s request for a provincial state of emergency a ‘PR stunt’
After a decade of side-stepping or blocking increases, MLAs will discuss whether office budgets need to be increased to ensure constituency staff are safe at work. The discusson follows an attack at a Halifax-area office in December.