Budget pressures are causing tension between the village commission in Baddeck, N.S., and Victoria County council, commission chair Jennifer MacDonald says.

Last year, the county cancelled all of its long-standing funding agreements with the village and MacDonald said since then, both sides have started trying to work out which level of government is responsible for things like sidewalk snow clearing and sewer and water services.

"Everybody wants to make their dollars stretch as far as possible a…