Thousands of ballots have been cast in advance of Nova Scotia’s election day, but party leaders won’t rest until the final polls are closed. Liberal leader Stephen McNeil was on the stump this weekend promising to improve access to affordable housing if his party is re-elected on May 30th. Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie pledged to make Nova Scotia’s streets safer by restoring the Liberal government’s cuts to a police program. And N-D-P leader Gary Burrill proposed an environmental plan that would give citizens the power to weigh in on policies affecting Nova Scotia’s natural landscape.
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Kingston Firefighters Faced Unknown Risk in Possible Arson Case
Valley Firefighters say their lives were put in danger when they responded to a suspicious fire near Kingston last weekend. Kingston Fire Chief Waston Armstrong tells the CBC that firefighters were completely unaware of a large deep pit behind a vacant house that burned overnight last weekend in Torbrook. firefighters only noticed the hole the next morning. RCMP are investigating the fire as a possible arson case and say they are trying to identify a man seen in the area around the time of the fire.