LOWER SOUTH RIVER: The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) have drastically increased compensation to a couple of Antigonish County landowners.

From the original $70,000 that was awarded to Kevin Partridge and his common-law spouse Jane DeWolfe in 2019, the 757 per cent increase came as a result of the case being overturned in the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.

“The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal remitted this case back to the (UARB) to assess damages determined to be caused by flooding resulting from the construction of the province’s works as part of a bridge replacement project,” UARB mem…

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