Wednesday on TR: Green resilience in Tantramar; finding the right mask for Omicron
Today’s features on Tantramar Report:
Green Resilience in Tantramar
We’ve all seen how the disruption of the pandemic has reached into nearly all aspects of our lives, from how we seek entertainment to how we make our livelihoods. And we’ve seen how the upheaval has affected the most vulnerable in society the most.
The same pattern is poised to repeat itself with regard to the other global emergency we’re facing: the effects of climate change. A group of people in the Tantramar Region tried to address that topic head on recently, in a discussion about Green Resilience, addressing climate impacts and their corresponding threats to income security.
Local environmental consultant Margaret Tusz-King organized the community conversation. On today’s Tantramar Report, David Gordon Koch speaks with Tusz-King about what she heard at the Tantramar Green Resilience conversation, and also with conversation participant and new Sackville resident Saly Davis, who points out that climate anxiety can be even worse for people of colour and immigrants who are already dealing with racism and bias.
Which mask is best?
Rules and recommendations around mask use have been evolving throughout the pandemic, and the Omicron wave, with its incredible transmissibility, is bringing yet another set of changes.
Recently Mount Allison instructed its students, staff, and faculty to stop using their cloth masks, in favour of medical grade surgical masks or N95 or KN95 respirators. Education minister Dominic Cardy said that as part of the province’s return to school plan, a supply of medical-grade masks has been secured for teachers and school staff, and students are being asked to wear three-layer masks to school when they return.… Continue