(NB-Whooping-Cough)
New Brunswick Public Health says an outbreak of whooping cough on the Acadian Peninsula has hit 19 cases since June.
Public Health says the area typically only gets no more than four cases of whooping cough in a year.
The northern region’s medical officer of health Dr. Rita Gad says additional cases are expected, and families are encouraged to keep up-to-date on their vaccinations.
Early whooping cough symptoms are similar to the common cold, then escalates to serious coughing fits.
(CTV Atlantic)
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(NB-Economy)
New Brunswick’s economy grew by 1.3 per cent last year, supported partly by record-breaking employment and population figures.
The new report by the finance and treasury board says employment rose by 3.5 per cent in 2023 and reached a record-high 386-thousand-500 positions.
It says the unemployment rate decreased to 6.6 per cent.
And immigration helped the population grow by 3.1 per cent to nearly 835-thousand on July 1st of last year.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Lobster-Theft)
New Brunswick R-C-M-P say about 800 pounds of lobster has been stolen at the Dipper Harbour Wharf.
Mounties say one or more suspects broke the lock on a lobster bin over the Canada Day long weekend and stole the shellfish.
They’re asking the public to contact police if they come across anyone trying to sell underpriced lobster.
The investigation is ongoing.
(The Canadian Press)
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Halifax-Water-Advisory)
A boil-water advisory has been lifted for more than 200-thousand people living and working in Halifax and the surrounding area.
The advisory, which had been in place since Monday evening, was lifted yesterday.
An internal electrical problem at the Pockwock Lake water treatment facility forced the advisory after a limited amount of unchlorinated water entered the system.
Halifax Water says the water is now safe for the areas that were affected including the Halifax peninsula, Beaver Bank, Middle and Lower Sackville, Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Timberlea, Spryfield, and Herring Cove.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Foreign-Workers)
Rupinder Pal Singh says about 20 people from a group of foreign workers protesting recent changes to Prince Edward Island’s immigration rules have returned to their home countries.
The spokesperson for the group says about 250 people have been challenging the provincial government’s decision to change immigration rules that were in place when they arrived on the Island.
He told a news conference yesterday that some of those entitled to permanent residency under the old rules were front-line workers at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, a spokesperson for Workforce, Advanced Learning and Population Minister Jenn Redmond says nothing has changed since the minister told protesters in a June 18th letter that there would be no changes to the province’s immigration policy.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Health-Records)
Information from hospital visits and other medical records are now available for Nova Scotians through the province’s mobile phone application called Your-Health-N-S.
Health Minister Michelle Thompson says the province is expanding access to health information through the app after a two -million dollar pilot project that launched in February involving 15 family doctors and seven nurse practitioners at six clinics.
With the new rollout, patients 16 and over can access information on hospital visits and stays, medications, immunizations and lab test results.
Thompson says records from I-W-K Health are also now available, while information from visits with family doctors and nurse practitioners should be accessible on the app by the end of September.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Healthcare-Labour-Conciliation)
Unions representing health-care workers in Nova Scotia filed for conciliation to reach an essential services agreement with the province — a first step towards a possible strike.
The Nova Scotia Government Employees Union, Canadian Union of Public Employees, and Unifor met 13 times with Nova Scotia Health, but haven’t agreed on a staffing plan that would ensure essential services in the event of a strike.
N-S-G-E-U president accused Nova Scotia Health of refusing to meaningfully engage in the process of establishing an essential services plan.
The three unions have been without a collective agreement since October 31st.
(The Canadian Press)
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