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The New Brunswick RCMP confirmed via Twitter at 9:37 a.m. that the suspect's abandoned vehicle had been found in Amherst, N.S. But it wasn't until 11:10 a.m. that the Nova Scotia RCMP said in a tweet that it had requested a public alert from the province's Emergency Management Office. An Alert Ready text, sent via TV, radio and wireless devices, wasn't transmitted until 11:42 a.m. Tim Houston, leader of Nova Scotia's Opposition Progressive Conservatives, said that wasn't good enough. "If the Emergency Management Office can't be proactive or timely with emergency alerts, that entire department...