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MARTOCK, N.S. - Tera Sisco reaches into a drawer, pulls out a sheet of paper and reads a sentence prepared for her son's funeral after he died in Nova Scotia's historic flooding in late July. "I'm not done being Colton's Mom," it says.
The family of Colton Sisco, 6, are raising questions about a public alert that was delayed close to two hours, unreliable cellular service and a lack of flood-risk mapping.
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Premier Tim Houston says he’s looking to extend the power to issue emergency alerts to fire officials and municipalities
The mother of a six-year-old boy who died in the flash floods in West Hants, N.S. is calling for changes to the emergency alert system.
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In the hours leading up to flooding, responders pleaded for an emergency alert to warn people to shelter in place