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School is cancelled across the province as the first nor'easter of the year blows through Nova Scotia. Snowfall warnings are in effect for much of the province.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to Nova Scotia today to announce $13.3 million in funding to fast-track construction of 367 housing units over the next three years.

Environment Canada issued another winter storm watch for Nova Scotia on Sunday afternoon, forecasting up to 30 centimetres of snow late Tuesday and into Wednesday.

As Cape Breton continues cleanup from a record-breaking snowfall earlier this month, the region is now preparing for another storm that is expected to hit Nova Scotia on Tuesday.

Several experts blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on the planet.

Saint John, N.B., Mayor Donna Reardon said in a release she was happy to see that people embraced the snow plow naming contest, and 'made it their own and ran with it.'

Nova Scotia Power has said the heavy snowfall that accumulated took down lines and caused branches to fall on equipment in parts of the province during the storm.

The New York-New Jersey region woke up to a layer of wet snow and more power outages Thursday after a new storm pushed back efforts to recover from a superstorm had left millions powerless and dozens dead last week. <br /><br />

NEW YORK, N.Y. - To people who were caught in snarled traffic or had to shovel snow with leaves still on the trees, the storm pulling off the East Coast on Thursday was your basic nor'easter.

A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day goes into effect in New York as a nor'easter that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of new people erased some of the progress made by utility crews.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Richard Chan prowled around his cold, dark Staten Island home with knives and a sword to protect it from thieves, standing his ground as another East Coast storm threatened and police went through neighbourhoods with loudspeakers warning people to get out.

Coastal residents of New York and New Jersey faced new warnings to evacuate their homes and airlines cancelled hundreds of flights as a new storm arrived Wednesday, only a week after Superstorm Sandy left dozens dead and millions without power.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Shivering victims of Superstorm Sandy went to church Sunday to pray for deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan region — and another powerful storm forecast for the middle of the week — added to their misfortunes and deepened the gloom.

An Environment Canada meteorologist says the strongest winds and storm surge from a system that lashed the Maritimes have largely passed through the region.

A fierce nor'easter pounded Atlantic Canada and the northeastern U.S. over the weekend, bringing record amounts of snow and left tens of thousands of homes without electricity. The power of #snowtober was captured in smartphone pics, YouTube videos and tweets.

A "powerful" winter storm was headed to the Maritimes Saturday, with as much as 40 centimetres of snow expected to hammer parts of Nova Scotia, Environment Canada said.

HALIFAX - A "powerful" winter storm was headed to the Maritimes Saturday, with as much as 40 centimetres of snow expected to hammer parts of Nova Scotia, Environment Canada said.

HALIFAX - A "powerful" winter storm was headed to the Maritimes Saturday, with as much as 40 centimetres of snow expected to hammer parts of Nova Scotia, Environment Canada said.

The Maritime provinces were grappling with heavy snowfall, blowing snow and rain that knocked out power for thousands and grounded flights on Sunday.

Just four days after a record-breaking snowstorm moved into eastern Canada, the Maritimes got hit with another blast of winter weather. Click on our interactive map to find out how much snow fell on your area on Dec. 30.