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Richmond County staff developing vulnerable persons registry for emergency response
Cape Breton's Richmond County is working on creating a vulnerable persons registry to help look after residents affected by increasingly frequent and severe storms.Warden Amanda Mombourquette said county staff are gathering information and will be making recommendations to council soon on how a registry could work.She said Hurricane Fiona in 2022 and a heavy snow storm this February drove home the urgent need to come up with a way to help those living rough or others at home who need some assist
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Toxic animal tranquilizer showing up in N.B. street drugs
A dangerous animal tranquilizer is showing up in New Brunswick's unregulated drug supply, according to those who work on the front line with drug users.Xylazine, a veterinary sedative with effects similar to the depressant benzodiazepine, was identified in a Health Canada report in 2022 as an emerging additive to illegally sold opioids.The drug is added to the mix to "increase bulk and enhance or mimic the effects of other illicit drugs."The federal report showed just five cases of the drug in N
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Justice minister aims to rebuild trust after predecessor's domestic violence comments
Nova Scotia's new justice minister says there is work to do to rebuild trust with service organizations following controversial comments a former cabinet colleague made last week about domestic violence.Brad Johns resigned as justice minister a day after casting doubt on the pervasiveness of domestic violence and telling reporters he thought there were "bigger issues" in the province, including drugs and guns.His comments came on the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting in Nova Scotia that be
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Town of Woodstock will no longer fly Pride banners on downtown lampposts
For many years, Pride flags have been among the banners flown on lampposts in downtown Woodstock.But going forward, a change in the town's rules means they will no longer be allowed. "We're disappointed that that's the position the town has taken," said Amanda Lightbody, founder and president of The Rainbow Crosswalk, a non-profit Pride organization supporting the Woodstock region.Last October, her group appeared before town council to thank them for the Pride banners over the years, after Light
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Shelter for asylum seekers needed in London, advocates say
A Windsor, Ont., program that offers immediate shelter to asylum seekers should be replicated in London to prevent refugees from ending up in homeless shelters, advocates say. "These are people who are hungry to rebuild their lives and our communities need people like that," said Mike Morency, executive director of Matthew House, a welcome centre for refugees in Windsor. The centre houses around 126 people at a time and provides settlement services. "From arrival right on through, we use a wrapa
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Sooner top doctor post is filled, the better for public health, says former medical officer
It's been more than six months since Dr. Jennifer Russell announced her resignation as New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, but the Department of Health has no update on the search for her replacement.The recruitment process is ongoing, said department spokesperson Sean Hatchard.He did not respond to numerous questions, such as who is conducting the search or how, what kind of interest they're seeing, or how Public Health is coping with being short-staffed while Dr. Yves Léger, the a
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New Halifax road safety plan includes better data, targeted projects
Reactions from Halifax councillors to the city's new road safety strategy are largely positive as the municipality moves toward an ambitious goal of zero fatalities and serious injuries on local roads by 2038.Staff presented the new plan to the city's transportation standing committee Thursday. It replaces the former five-year strategy that recently finished, but this one has no end date.It's a framework of four key priorities: intersections; vulnerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists;
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