The Yarmouth Regional Hospital suffered major flood damage after a frozen pipe burst on Saturday. The pipe burst in Building B of the hospital, which houses everything from the cafeteria to diagnostic imaging. The pipe was located on an upper floor and water poured down stairwells and through ceiling tiles. The ER remains open and the health authority was holding emergency meetings last night and this morning to determine how to work around the flooded areas of the hospital.
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New Marine Protected Area Planned off Cape Breton
The federal government has announced plans to make St.Ann’s Bank off Cape Breton the largest Marine Protected Area ion Nova Scotia waters. The area to be protected, just east of Scaterie island, totals more than4-thousand square kilometres. Wile low impact fishing and other activities would still be permitted, the Marine Protection Area designation would prohibit oil and gas exploration and bottom trawling.