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Halifax - Provincial and municipal authorities in Nova Scotia struggled Monday to assess how much damage last week's blizzard did to their budgets. "It's going to be expensive," said John O'Brien, spokesman for the Halifax Regional Municipality. Four days after the province was brought to a standstill by the fierce winter storm, many city staff still haven't made it into the office to file expenses, said O'Brien. A normal storm costs the municipality roughly $500,000 to clean up. Last Thursday's blizzard, which dumped over 95 centimetres of snow on the province, was about three times the size of a normal storm, said O'Brien. Toronto - Toronto's police chief expressed concern Monday about the city's international image as he pleaded for the public's help in solving a flurry of weekend murders that included the stabbing of a University of Havana student at a travel agency and the shooting death of a high-profile music manager. However, Julian Fantino stressed that Canada's biggest city isn't yet going to "hell in a handbasket" even as residents grapple with the latest slayings. Toronto - A Toronto nurse who contracted SARS during the second phase of last year's deadly outbreak is suing the city and the Ontario and federal governments, claiming they were more concerned with tourism than with protecting public health.
