Lobster aid info hotline actually a sex line

HALIFAX: Maritime lobster fishermen in need of financial help are getting a lift of another kind.

A toll-free hotline number announced today by federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea for fishermen is actually a sex line.

The hotline is supposed to offer details about a short-term assistance program.

But instead, a sultry-sounding woman offers callers “some tantalizing fun” from a bevy of “nasty girls.”

Officials with the federal Fisheries Department couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

The department’s four other numbers for the Gulf region, Newfoundland and Quebec are working properly.