The Nova Scotia government is criticizing municipalities for their decision not to request an emergency alert during flooding last week that killed a 13-year-old boy and caused extensive damage.

Municipal Affairs Minister John Lohr says an alert must normally come from the municipalities because they are best positioned to prepare messages.

Lohr says the province had to take the unusual step of issuing an alert on its own at 8:30 p-m after more than 100 millimetres fell in a few hours.

The alert was issued three hours after reports describing submerged roads and people fleeing their homes.

 

 

R-C-M-P are investigating a fatal collision in South Rawdon.

They say officers responded to a call about a collision between a truck and a van at the intersection of Highway 14 and South Rawdon Road, just before noon on Monday.

RCMP say the 25-year-old van driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

The truck’s driver and passenger suffered minor injuries.

 

 

Canada’s premiers say they’re frustrated with the federal government.  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is hosting the Premiers for three days of meetings, which wrap up today.  After Day #2 yesterday, Ontario’s Doug Ford said there’s a general sense of exasperation among his peers, but they want to work with the federal government.  B-C Premier David Eby says they’re asking for Ottawa to work with them — on issues like housing because the provinces already know what’s needed.  The Office of the Prime Minister was not immediately available for comment.

 

 

Economists think Tuesday’s June inflation report is raising the odds the Bank of Canada will cut its benchmark interest rate next week.  The national inflation rate fell from 2.9 per cent in May to 2.7 per cent in June, mostly due to slower year-over-year growth in gasoline prices.  The central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point earlier this month to 4.75 per cent.  Nova Scotia’s annual inflation rate fell from 3.7 per cent in May to 3.5 per cent in June.