CBRM is still waiting for word from the province on whether it will receive disaster relief for last winter's snowstorm, which dropped about 150 centimetres of snow on the region over one weekend.

Cape Breton Regional Municipality's chief financial officer says if projections hold until March 31, the municipality could end the fiscal year with an extra $1.2 million.

The fall heavy wind and rain storm that hit much of the CBRM in late September 2022 put ... noted that there is a possibility to recover some winter-storm costs via Disaster Financial Assistance ...

CBRM is still waiting for word from the province on whether it will receive disaster relief for last winter's snowstorm, which dropped about 150 centimetres of snow on the region over one weekend. If ...

Jennifer Campbell, CBRM's chief financial officer, said that one weekend storm last year cost the municipality about $3.8 million. Luckily, she said, the rest of the winter was not too bad.