Port aux Basques mayor urges patience as work continues to repair major road washouts
The mayor of Channel-Port aux Basques is urging patience as construction continues to repair road after record rainfall caused washouts and isolated the community.
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The mayor of Channel-Port aux Basques is urging patience as construction continues to repair road after record rainfall caused washouts and isolated the community.
Shortages of bread, milk and other staples were reported Thursday from communities in southwestern Newfoundland left isolated by a storm that dumped almost 200 millimetres of rain on the area, washing out roads and bridges.
Shortages of bread, milk and other staples were reported Thursday from communities in southwestern Newfoundland left isolated by a storm that dumped almost 200 millimetres of rain on the area, washing out roads and bridges.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said Thursday it would cost at least $7 million to repair the damage, adding the province would apply for federal funds. "There's a lot of work to be done to rebuild, repair, restore."
CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has approved a request for military assistance for southwestern Newfoundland, where road washouts from a punishing rainstorm have left the region cut off from the rest of the province.