Tantramar Report: TRHS student takes on school dress code; NB responds to COVID surge with new restrictions; local federal candidates forum tonight.
On Thursday’s Tantramar Report:
A student who was asked to change her clothes due to a violation of Tantramar Regional High School dress code is speaking out against inconsistent enforcement of the rule, and the need to update or eliminate the policy. Grade 12 TRHS student Fiona Brett dropped by CHMA studios to talk about her dress code violation, and what it’s inspired her to do.
Tonight at 6pm, CHMA listeners can tune it to hear from some local federal election candidates. The Mount Allison Students’ Union is hosting a forum featuring four of the six candidates in the Beauséjour riding. Listeners will hear from the NDP’s Evelyne Godfrey, Liberal Dominic LeBlanc, Green Party candidate Stella Anna Girouard, and Shelly Mitchell from the PC party. The forum will be moderated by Mount Allison political science professor Dr. Mario Levesque, and cover topics including Covid-19 recovery, digital infrastructure, climate change, Truth and Reconciliation, affordability, health care, accessibility, and leadership.
Tomorrow is a national Nurses’ Day of Action, with demonstrations organized across the country aiming to spread awareness about the nursing shortage and poor working conditions for nurses. The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions says the shortage of nurses—currently causing ER closures in Sackville and elsewhere in Canada—has been a chronic problem building for the past 10 years. They say nurses and health care staff are, “overworked, underpaid, burnt out, and suffering moral distress because there are not enough staff to provide the care patients deserve.”… Continue