N.S. news: Pictou County considers state of emergency [Video]

Pictou County Warden Robert Parker says council will meet Wednesday night and discuss if they should call a local state of emergency, as some residents are still trapped at home from the heavy snowstorm that blanketed the Nova Scotia municipality.

Parker says council considered calling a local of state of emergency this weekend but at that time it wouldn’t have brought in more clean up equipment.

“If we decide that that is going to help us some, then fine,” said Parker. “But we couldn’t see anything that a state of emergency will do that we aren’t doing now. It won’t bring in more equipment, the province is already helping and doing that.”

The Cape Breton Regional Municipality declared a state of local emergency over the weekend in response to the heavy snowfall.

Parker says the main concern is the safety for residents, especially rural residents who are still blocked in from the snow and getting their roads and entry points …