It\u0027s been one week since Nova Scotia\u0027s premier asked Ottawa for more soldiers to help clean up the mess caused by post\u002Dtropical storm Fiona.
Daniel Minden, press secretary to Defence Minister Anita Anand, confirmed in an email there were about 550 members of the Canadian Armed Forces in Nova Scotia last weekend, but that number had dropped to 400 by Thursday.From our newsroom to your inbox at noon, the latest headlines, stories, opinion and photos from the Toronto Sun.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“We will continue to deploy the right number of personnel to accomplish the tasks asked of the Canadian Armed Forces, and we will be there for as long as it takes to restore critical services,” Minden said in an email.The email did not mention anything about additional deployments. The official also confirmed that on at least one occasion, military members in northern Nova Scotia were “mainly untasked” and waiting for direction.Article content
“Progress is being made, although these outages do take more time to restore due to the level of damage that occurred,” Nova Scotia Power said in a statement.Article content For much of the past week, Maritime Electric reported that about 9,000 of its 86,000 customers were still waiting to be reconnected to the electric grid — but that number jumped to 11,000 Friday morning.
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