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A new Nursing Homes Without Walls location is opening in Fredericton to better support seniors aging at home.
Nursing Homes Without Walls is a program that provides seniors with resources and programming to help them live at home longer.
The program’s expansion is supported through Healthcare Excellence Canada and Université de Moncton’s Research Centre on Aging.
The New Brunswick government says the program expansion is an implementation of a government commitment from Premier Susan Holt’s speech from the throne.
(The Canadian Press)
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A technical issue on a ferry carrying passengers between P-E-I and Nova Scotia has caused the boat to cancel sailings on the boat’s first day back in service in over 10 weeks.
The M-V Confederation resumed service on December 4th after nearly 10 weeks without ferry service.
The vessel first went out of service after it collided with a wharf in September.
Northumberland Ferries Limited says the ship is expected to make four daily round trips until the end of the season, which is later this month.
(The Canadian Press/CBC News)
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New Brunswick’s child, youth and seniors advocate says there was a lack of accountability and due diligence in government funding of a private, faith-based drug rehab centre.
In a report titled, “Express Lane: How a Faith-Based Addictions Program Jumped the Queue During a Shortage of Services,” Kelly Lamrock expresses concern about politicized decision-making by the provincial Regional Development Corporation.
Under the previous Progressive Conservative government, led by Blaine Higgs, the corporation gave 1.5-million-dollars in September to a Christian group called Village of Hope to expand its services in Upper Tracy, about 45 kilometres south of Fredericton.
Lamrock says the Regional Development Corporation did not review Village of Hope’s own due diligence report, or get advice from experts
(The Canadian Press)
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The Town of Kensington in P-E-I is backing away from a plant to build pickleball courts that prompted its mayor of 10 years to step down.
The town announced yesterday it is abandoning its plan to accept funding for six new pickleball courts, saying there are more pressing issues that need resources.
The announcement reverses a the council’s decision last week to go ahead with the project.
Former Kensington mayor Rowan Caseley had advised against the project, and when council went against his advice, he took it as a vote of non-confidence and resigned.
(The Canadian Press)
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Around four-hundred unionized Nova Scotia jail guards have rallied outside a government building in downtown Halifax, hoping to bring attention to working conditions they say are a crisis.
The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union has been in contract talks with the provincial government since September.
A jail guard and first vice-president with the union says the guards need more help from the Justice Department in dealing with issues such as staff retention and better pay.
Hugh Gillis says salaries for jail guards in the province top out at about 69-thousand-dollars a year, making them among the lowest paid in the country.
(The Canadian Press)
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More than 100 pharmacy practitioners have applied to be licensed in Nova Scotia — a year after a streamlined licensing pathway for pharmacy professionals launched in the province.
Officials say 30 of those professionals have completed licensure and 70 are still in the process.
The streamlined pathway waives the national licensing exam and internship period for pharmacy professionals from jurisdictions with the same educational and licensing standards as Canada.
An international campaign is ongoing to recruit pharmacy professionals from the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
(The Canadian Press)
