Trapped in Her Home, Cape Breton Mayor Wept When a Snowplow Arrived on Her Street

Published on February 8, 2024

The mayor of Cape Breton’s largest municipality says she wept the night of Feb. 6 when a huge snowplow rumbled down her street in Sydney, N.S., where she had been trapped with her family since a weekend storm dumped 150 centimetres of snow on the community. “My three-year-old … was so excited,” Amanda McDougall said in an interview on Feb. 7, recalling the arrival of the plow. “It was palpable in the air how happy we all were.” Ms. McDougall said her top priority as mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality is bringing that sense of relief to residents who remain stuck behind massive snowdrifts that have buried cars, blocked sidewalks and clogged paths and doorways....

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