Cape Breton Regional Municipality is in a fight with the Nova Scotia government over policing on 100-series highways.

Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill said in the last couple of weeks, the Department of Justice has said it will no longer pay RCMP to patrol the main highways in CBRM. The change was to take effect May 1.

McDougall-Merrill said that's contrary to written agreements with the province, and if the government wants to change the deal, it must give 12 months' notice. 

"The fact that the pro…