4pm Hour – heat wave and gas prices

Posted Jul 20, 2011 04:41:52 PM.

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Is that massive heatwave in central Canada and the United States heading our way? We ask meteorologist Richard Zurawski. What are gas prices going to do this week? Our gas pump guru George Murphy fills us in. Should the UARB reduce HRM council’s size? Jack Novack doesn’t think so – we ask him why. A scary incident in Halifax yesterday where a 9-year-old went missing from her backyard for a few hours. What happens when a child goes missing? How can you prevent it? Child Find’s Diana Cann tells us.

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