WATCH: Premier announces supports for Nova Scotians impacted by Fiona
Posted Sep 26, 2022 05:57:59 PM.
Premier Tim Houston will be announcing provincial supports for Nova Scotians affected by Fiona Monday.
The video conference starts at 3 p.m.
The Canada Games Centre remains open to residents impacted by structural damage to their homes.
In addition, there are a number of comfort stations open in HRM, offering people food and water, and a place to recharge devices as tens of thousands of Nova Scotians remain without power as of early Monday afternoon.
Lingering outages and unsafe road conditions mean no classes for public school students again on Tuesday.
Halifax Regional Police continue to ask drivers to stay off the roads if possible, as there are still downed power lines, trees and debris on streets.
The municipality has also set up eight debris drop-off locations. Trees located on private property are the sole responsibility of the homeowner. The municipality is not responsible for removing brush and debris from private property.
And as of Tuesday, the acceptable amount of branch bundles associated with organics collection has doubled, so residents may set out 10 branch bundles on their organics collection day.
