NS electoral fight

The head of the Acadian Federation has again called on Premier McNeil to delay calling an election until new Acadian riding boundaries are drawn.

Marie-Claude Rioux says voting before they are in place wold open a Pandora’s Box, legally and constitutionally.  She wants the former ridings restored before an election or the Federation will go to court.  She also said the Federation wants a more formal process to decide the boundaries within the next two years.

Fatal flames in South Rawdon

One person died in a house fire in South Rawdon yesterday morning.  Two children escaped the flames unharmed.

Fire fighters were called to the house on South Rawdon Road around 10:00am because of a garage fire.  It was fully involved by the time fire fighters arrived and had started to spread to the house.  The cause is under investigation.