{"id":15286,"date":"2025-02-06T11:20:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/06\/kentville-n-s-couple-looking-for-accountability-after-home-floods-from-water-main-break-halifax\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:20:44","slug":"kentville-n-s-couple-looking-for-accountability-after-home-floods-from-water-main-break-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/06\/kentville-n-s-couple-looking-for-accountability-after-home-floods-from-water-main-break-halifax\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentville N.S. couple looking for accountability after home floods from water main break &#8211; Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A couple in Kentville, N.S. is seeking accountability after their basement flooded following a water main break on their street.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Heather Kroezen and her partner live in their home and have tenants in the basement.<\/p>\n<p>They were awoken just before midnight on Jan. 23 by their tenants, who told them their suite was being flooded with water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI panicked because we have two ladies who are in here with disabilities. So wondering what I\u2019m going to do with them. Where they\u2019re going to go?\u201d said Kroezen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The couple immediately called the town to repair what was identified as a water main break. However, even after the repair, that didn\u2019t stop the deluge of water.<\/p>\n<p>The home is right across from a large ditch where the water had collected before travelling through an abandoned culvert that runs directly under their property.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s probably rotten. It\u2019s very old, so its probably from before the building was made, so the water\u2019s going in the culvert and around the culvert and just through the ground under the parking lot,\u201d said Kroezen.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11005050\/u-s-tariff-quebec-canadian-layoffs-workers\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8780791ad9955d6975caa511864dc90a2312adee6d7a836d024ea5fbb6a81914_4a8925.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"U.S. tariff threat: Quebec furniture company lays off 115 workers after sales drop\" data-title=\"\">U.S. tariff threat: Quebec furniture company lays off 115 workers after sales drop<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11005070\/canada-usa-border-security-alberta-manitoba-rcmp-events\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LisaMoreland.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"\u2018These situations are dynamic\u2019: 1 dead, 9 detained in separate border incursions in Alberta\" data-title=\"\">\u2018These situations are dynamic\u2019: 1 dead, 9 detained in separate border incursions in Alberta<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>But now the question remains \u2014 who will cover the cost of repairs?<\/p>\n<p>Kentville\u2019s CAO explains the town does not own the abandoned culvert and is therefore not responsible for the damage.<\/p>\n<p>Kroezen has since learned that the culvert is owned by the province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s absolutely no way that we can afford it. But the biggest thing is it\u2019s not even about us, it\u2019s about these people have been misplaced. They don\u2019t have a home now,\u201d said Kroezen.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more on this story, watch the video above.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11005485\/kentville-nova-scotia-home-flooding-issue\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size A couple in Kentville, N.S. is seeking accountability after their basement flooded following a water main break on their street. 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