Fire officials in Cape Breton Regional Municipality plan to reach out to the province to see if fire prevention officers can issue fines to drivers who park in fire lanes, the deputy fire chief says.
The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union says some Cape Breton Regional Police Service shifts are up to 40 per cent short-staffed, but Chief Robert Walsh says things are not that bad.
Nova Scotians filed hundreds of complaints alleging police misconduct over the last decade. The public never knew what happened to most of them, but a CBC investigation found out following calls from experts for a rethink of the entire complaint system.