by CJ GoaterOntario is investing $94.5 million over three years to extend the Preceptor Resource and Education Program for long-term care. The program provides long-term care homes funding to help increase the quality and capacity for clinical student placements in Ontario. The program is entering year...
READ MOREThe judge overseeing an inquiry in a triple murder-suicide nearly seven years ago believes it is difficult to determine if the deaths could have been prevented. Judge Paul Scovil presented his report and 25 recommendations on the Lionel Desmond hearings. He stated health care professionals could...
READ MORE by Brad PerryNew Brunswick is asking the province’s top court to weigh in on a weeks-long “gap” in child protection and adoption legislation. The government brought forward the Child and Youth Well-Being Act to modernize part of the 40-year-old Family Services Act. But the province said an “error” meant...
READ MORE by Tara ClowThe new Chamber of Commerce for Greater Moncton CEO will officially move into her new role on March 11. Nadine Fullarton has more than sixteen years of experience in the non-profit industry association sector, according to a news release from the chamber. Her previous positions include president...
READ MORENova Scotia is short over 1,000 healthcare professionals. New information from the Nova Scotia General Employees Union says the number of vacancies has increased almost 198 per cent since 2019. First vice-president Hugh Gillis says the government needs to act. “We believe it has to do with...
READ MORE by Evan TaylorNova Scotia’s NDP are raising some concerns over the government’s plans to absorb $117 million of Nova Scotia Power fuel costs to spare ratepayers from a large increase. “It seems necessary that the government do what it can to prevent a further increase, but the real issue is we need to find a...
READ MOREHalifax Stanfield saw more airline passengers in 2023 compared to 2022 but numbers were still below pandemic totals. The international airport served nearly 3,580,000 travellers last year, a 15 per cent increase over 2022’s roughly 3,100,000. In 2019, the airport served more than 4,000,000...
READ MOREA long-running event on the Yarmouth waterfront is ending. The Coal Shed Music Festival will not return for an 18th year. Organizer Phil DeMille says health issues have made it difficult to continue. He says the festival has had a huge impact for the area. “I get calls every year from all over...
READ MORE by Caitlin SnowThe child poverty rate in Nova Scotia has seen the biggest increase in one year, since 1989, according to the 2023 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia which was released by The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. In one year, the child poverty rate in the province,...
READ MORE by Caitlin SnowOne man was airlifted to hospital after a serious head-on collision in Porters Lake on Hwy 7, involving a school bus. RCMP say it was yesterday afternoon around 3:15 p.m. near Post Office Rd., when a Honda Pilot and the bus crashed. The driver of the Honda, a 41-year-old Lake Echo man has...
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