Richmond Residents Want Action On Hurricane-Related Road Washouts

ARICHAT - Nearly two months after Hurricane Fiona hit Richmond County, residents of a small community in the county's east end are still struggling with major damage caused to their main pathway to the nearby communities of St. Peter's and River Bourgeois. 

Addressing the situation at Monday's Committee of the Whole meeting for Richmond Municipal Council, Warden Amanda Mombourquette - whose District Four takes in the community of Oban - secured her fellow councillors' support to contact Nova Scotia's Minister of Public Works, Kim Masland, to remand action on the stretch of road serving Oban residents. 

"[These] road washouts go way beyond the area of re-routing [traffic] and are creating a dangerous situation with regards to responding emergency vehicles, because some of the roads are impassable," the warden declared during the November 14 meeting at the Richmond Municipal Building in Arichat.  

Also on this week's episode of TELILE 24/7:

5:08 - Richmond municipal staff will take another look at the costs and equipment required to expand the Babin's Hill Look-Off, which straddles the communities of Arichat and West Arichat and has become a popular spot for locals and visitors alike. 

16:41 - Special guest interviewer Taylor Linloff, an LGBTQIA+ activist from Port Hawkesbury, speaks to the head of the Cape Breton Transgender Network, Veronica Merryfield, about the upcoming events planned for Trans Day of Remembrance on Sunday, November 20. 

31:06 - Richmond municipal councillors take a look back at Remembrance Day ceremonies around the county, including a ceremony at the municipal building in Arichat to unveil the Veterans' Banner Project launched by Royal Canadian Legion Isle Madame Branch #150 earlier this year. 

35:24 - In the first installment of TELILE 24/7's "Where Are They Now?" segment, host Adam Cooke catches up with Paddy Quinn, a former on-air personality at Port Hawkesbury's CIGO-AM Radio - now 101.5 The Hawk FM - who is currently midway through his first term in municipal politics, serving as the Deputy Mayor for the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick.