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New Brunswick Liberals are set to table their first budget today since winning the election.
Premier Susan Holt has said preparing the budget has been tricky because of unspooling developments between Canada and the United States.
One of the Liberals main campaign promises was to resuscitate the ailing health care system, and Holt says her government will not be shortchanging the public on that front.
However, the government projected a deficit of nearly 400 million dollars for the current fiscal year, due to soaring health-care costs, including operating and personnel costs at regional health authorities and contracts for travel nurses.
(The Canadian Press)
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The R-C-M-P in Saint-Leonard, New Brunswick are asking the public for help to locate a stolen snowmobile.
They say the theft is believed to have happened overnight on March 13th at a residence near Couturier Road in Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska.
The snowmobile is described as a black 2017 Bombardier Summit with the license plate X-Z-7-2-4-6.
(The Canadian Press)
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The P-E-I Liberal Party says it will choose its next leader on October 4th in Charlottetown.
President Katie Morello says the Liberals conducted a province-wide policy development process over the past year which has left the party ready to “fight and win” the next provincial election, which is set for October 4th, 2027.
People have until September 27th to join the party and become an eligible voter in the leadership contest.
Those interested in running for the leadership have until July 4th to declare their candidacy and must raise seven-thousand 500 dollars to join the race along with a further 15-thousand dollars over the course of the campaign.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Emergency-Department-Security)
The emergency department at the Dartmouth General Hospital is implementing new security measures officials say will keep patients and care providers safer.
Starting this week anyone that enters the hospital’s emergency department will be searched with hand-held metal-detecting wands and will have their personal belongings searched.
Any dangerous objects, weapons or objects that can be used as a weapon will be confiscated and returned when the person leaves.
Discretion will be used by security staff if a patient arriving at the hospital needs urgent and immediate attention.
(The Canadian Press)
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Nova Scotia R-C-M-P say a 17-year-old from Dartmouth faces multiple charges after a crash last week near Windsor.
Police say they responded Thursday to a report of a car driving erratically and unsafely on Highway 101.
Police located the car twice and say the driver fled in both instances before later hitting the median concrete divider and the guard rail.
The youth, who was arrested and taken to hospital for treatment, faces a charge of dangerous driving.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Cosmic-Fuel-Tank)
Astronomers at Dalhousie University and the University of British Columbia have discovered what they describe as a “cosmic fuel tank” about 25-billion light years from Earth.
The researchers in Halifax and Vancouver say this region of space represents an infant galaxy cluster that contains a large reservoir of molecular gas.
In essence, it’s a part of the early universe where a cluster of galaxies is just beginning to form, allowing astronomers to observe galaxies as they come together.
The research, based on data gathered at an astronomy facility in Chile, was published in the journal “Astrophysical Journal Letters.”
(The Canadian Press)
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Newfoundland R-C-M-P have arrested a man following an investigation that left a snowmobiler with life-threatening injuries.
Officers responded to reports of an injured snowmobiler on Gravel’s Pond in Port au Port.
It was alleged that the operator of the snowmobile fell from the machine after it came to a stop and sustained serious injuries that did not appear to be consistent with a fall from the vehicle.
Police arrested a 66-year-old man who remains in custody and faces a charge of attempted murder.
(The Canadian Press)
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