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We would have helped
Firefighters say they could have used ATVs, snowmobiles to check on stranded motorists, but no one bothered to call
By MARY ELLEN MacINTYRE Truro Bureau
Sat. Nov 22 - 5:13 AM
Volunteer firefighters in communities along the Cobequid Pass shook their heads after hearing that 1,500 vehicles had been stranded by a devastating snowstorm Wednesday night.
“You know, if we’d been called, we would’ve been there to help,” said Clair Peers, a spokesman for the Onslow Belmont Fire Department. “Can you imagine these kinds of resources right here — all of our equipment and resources and trained personnel ready to help out in any way — and we didn’t even get a call,” he said in a telephone interview Friday.
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Section of Highway 104 closed
Sat. Nov 22 - 8:16 AM
Drivers are being strongly urged to stay off the roads this morning after a winter storm struck overnight. Highway
104 between Truro and the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border and all
roads in Cumberland County have been closed, according to a release
this morning from the Transportation Department. | |
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Spending it all just to stay alive
Family has sold just about everything they own to fund double lung transplant
By AMY SMITH Provincial Reporter
Sat. Nov 22 - 5:14 AM
Ken MacKay chokes up when he starts to talk about his wife, Marilyn, who has been in Toronto for 16 months awaiting a double lung transplant.
The family from Louisdale, Cape Breton, have sold off their car, four-wheeler and boat to help pay for her travel and living expenses, but money is quickly running out. Mr. MacKay said Friday that if something doesn’t change, his wife will have to return home by the end of January and lose her spot on the transplant list.
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Man arrested in bomb threats
Sat. Nov 22 - 4:46 AM
CINCINNATI (AP) — FBI officials said Friday they arrested a man who threatened to blow up Cincinnati’s football stadium, two airports, Ohio River bridges and other landmarks.
Frederick Purvis, 42, of Hamilton, Ohio, is accused of sending emails to two local media outlets and to the FBI threatening Paul Brown Stadium, the four bridges, the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and an Indiana casino, FBI spokesman Mike Brooks said.
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