Canada’s newest finance minister and (now former) public safety minister Dominic Leblanc was at the Dorchester Penitentiary on Thursday to announce progress on a major new project: a standalone Health Centre of Excellence to replace the existing Shepody Healing Centre. LeBlanc told reporters that the project would be a “game changer for Tantramar, for southeastern New Brunswick, and for the Correctional Service of Canada across the country.”
We hear more from LeBlanc, and Tantramar Mayor Andrew Black who says he’s asking questions about the project’s impact on municipal infrastructure, and addressing issues with how the federal government pays municipal taxes.
Plus in news briefs:
- A woman is dead and two people displaced after a tragic house fire in British Settlement last weekend, and the community is organizing financial support for the family who suffered the loss.
- Ventilation projects at Marshview Middle School and Dorchester Consolidated School will be completed in 2025, says the department of education.
- Horizon Health Network is touting growth in the use of the Sackville Memorial Hospital ambulatory care clinic which offers services to local patients in need of ongoing care.
