HALIFAX — A group of tenants have been without power in their downtown Halifax apartment building for 10 days, prompting a call from the Opposition NDP for the provincial government to step in to ensure their rights are protected.

In an interview Saturday, Lisa Lachance, the legislature member for the area, said they had met with tenants at The Scotian who have been without electricity in the five-storey building in the city’s south end since Aug. 27.

Lachance said the frustrated tenants in the 50-unit building have received little help from the landlord other than advice to contact their insurance companies.

“People are in a really difficult position,” Lachance said, adding that after paying September’s rent, some people have been told that they will have to leave the building on Monda

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