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Halifax - More than 100,000 homes in Nova Scotia could face several more days without electricity after a winter storm knocked out power on Sunday. In a statement issued early Monday, Nova Scotia Power's chief operating officer warned that an estimated 100,000 customers may not get their power back until late in the week. The heavy snow crumpled electrical towers in Dartmouth. Ralph Tedesco said the utility's crews, along with teams from New Brunswick and Maine, will be working around the clock. Heavy, wet snow on Sunday downed power lines across the province. Sarnia, Ont. - In a move that could affect thousands of Canadian landed immigrants, American officials began Monday to fingerscan, photograph and run checks on certain visitors at three border crossings into Canada and Mexico. The border checkpoints ? at the Blue Water Bridge in Sarnia, Ont., along with Laredo, Mexico and Douglas, Ariz. ? are testing grounds for the U.S. Homeland Security Department's new border security technology. The new rules will be applied to 17 other Canadian border crossings by the end of the year. Toronto - Hundreds of families with autistic children are taking the Ontario government to court to get money to pay for therapy for their children. The group, which includes about 1,200 families, will file a class-action lawsuit against the province on Monday, seeking $225 million.
