John Atkinson stands atop an aging dike, with the rising tides of the Bay of Fundy before him and family farmland behind, imagining the storm that could turn Nova Scotia into a virtual island. A strip of eroding Nova Scotia coastline is shown in this undated handout photo. The severity of the winter left Nova Scotia farmers unable to clear the snow off their buildings between storms, and its weight caused widespread damage. But we're not, it's not our money," says Higham, who joined his Nova Scotia counterpart for an interview at his city hall. Hopes are now pinned on an engineering assessment that New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ottawa say will "explore viable options to climate change impacts on the Chignecto Isthmus trade corridor" between the two provinces.

Source: CBC News March 30, 2019 15:56 UTC