Liberal Leader Mark Carney issued a public appeal for Canadian health-care professionals working abroad to come back to Canada.
Speaking in Charlottetown yesterday, Carney told Canadian health-care professionals practicing in the United States – quote – “If you’ve been thinking about coming back to Canada, there’s never been a better time.”
Carney says his government would commit four-billion-dollars to provinces to build more hospitals and clinics.
Carney made other campaign stops in Truro, Nova Scotia and Fredericton, New Brunswick.
(The Canadian Press)
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Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston acknowledged the death of Pope Francis yesterday by saying “these are difficult days for the more than 200-thousand Catholic Nova Scotians.”
In a statement released yesterday, Houston said the pontiff would be remembered for addressing climate change and championing environmental stewardship.
He also noted Francis’s 12-year papacy was marked by servant leadership and caring for those most in need.
He added he hoped Catholic Nova Scotians will find comfort in their faith and the life and legacy of Pope Francis.
(The Canadian Press)
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A landlord in Digby County is set to appear in court next month on a voyeurism charge.
This comes after a young single mother says she found a hidden camera in the bathroom of her rental apartment where she lived with her toddler.
The camera reportedly looked like a screw and was no bigger than a pinky nail.
The Public Prosecution Service has confirmed the charge, while none of the parties involved are being identified due to a court-ordered publication ban.
(CBC Nova Scotia)
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A number of residents of Newfoundland and Labrador are without power yesterday due to outages expected to last into the evening.
Both Newfoundland Power and N-L Power have confirmed outages in the northeastern, northern and central part of the Newfoundland, with hundreds of people affected.
The outages are said to be caused by the weather.
N-L Hydro says some customers might not see their power restored until around 8 o’clock tonight.
(The Canadian Press)
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Professors at the University of Prince Edward Island are already starting to heed a warning not to travel to the U-S by the Canadian Association of University Teachers.
U-P-E-I’s Faculty Association executive director Margot Rejskind says she’s already changed some travel plans to the U-S, noting she doesn’t think her union involvement and advocacy work would be looked kindly upon there.
Meantime, U-P-E-I Clinical Psychology assistant professor Doctor Jessica Strong says she has already made travel plans that exclude the U-S.
Canadian Association of University Teachers president Peter McInnis says U-S customs officials are scrutinizing professors who are usually headed to the U-S for work-related activities like conferences or research.
(CBC)
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Newfoundland and Labrador entrepreneur and philanthropist Rob Crosbie has died at the age of 67.
His official obituary confirms the chairman of Crosbie Group Limited died on Friday.
Crosbie stepped down as C-E-O of the family business in 2022 and was also made a member of the Order of Canada in 2018.
He was the nephew of former federal cabinet minister, John Crosbie.
(CBC)
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(Atlantic Update by Lisa Laporte)
