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HALIFAX — The premier of Nova Scotia has issued a stinging rebuke to the telecommunications companies that serve the province, saying too many residents are still without cellphone service four days after post-tropical storm Fiona roared across Atlantic Canada.
The premier said the government had asked Bell, Eastlink, Rogers and Telus to send representatives to the province's emergency co-ordination centre prior to Fiona's arrival, but he said none of the companies was initially willing to co-operate. As well, Houston said he has asked federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne to hold the telecommunications companies accountable for providing information about service outages.
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