(Police-Chiefs-Protests)
Canada’s police chiefs say the frequency of protests linked to domestic and global issues is creating an “unsustainable demand” on policing services across the country.
At its annual summit meeting in Halifax yesterday, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police called on all levels of government to provide the “moral and financial support” necessary to meet the demand for service.
Ontario Provincial Police commissioner Thomas Carrique — who is the national association’s president — says chiefs are increasingly concerned they have to pull officers away from their regular duties and dispatch them to control demonstrations.
As protests become more difficult to control, Carrique says police will need more officers, equipment and training to deal with them.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Elxn-Candidate)
New Brunswick Liberals say they’ve nominated a former president of the Saint John Human Development Council for Kings Centre riding.
A news release describes Brian Stephenson as an economist, a teacher, and a lawyer.
The party says Stephenson has worked with federal and provincial governments and industries including aerospace and automotive manufacturing.
Stephenson is the forty-sixth candidate to be nominated leading into the upcoming provincial election to be held on or by October 21st.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Nursing-Role-Expansion)
P-E-I’s Progressive Conservative government is adding a new nursing profession and is also expanding the scope of practice for some nurses.
The province announced yesterday it is creating a category referred to as registered psychiatric nurses.
These nurses are trained to care for people with mental and developmental health needs — working closely with other healthcare professionals.
The province will also change regulations to allow registered nurses and registered professional nurses with advanced education to prescribe medications.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Housing-Health)
The head of a Nova Scotia shelter says the province can reduce homelessness by addressing “pathways” that put people on the street.
Sheri Lecker told a legislature committee yesterday that fixed-term leases and so-called “renovictions” can be resolved by political action.
A fixed-term lease allows a landlord to raise the cost of rent well beyond the province’s five per cent cap, and a renoviction is a term to describe when a tenant is forced to leave their unit for renovations.
Lecker — who is executive director of Adsum for Women and Children — says that until those two “pathways to homelessness” are closed, people will continue to lose affordable housing.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Hate-Crime)
R-C-M-P in Antigonish, Nova Scotia say a 69-year-old man faces charges in connection with alleged hate-motivated threats in the town.
Police say they arrested a man on Monday who faces charges of causing a disturbance and mischief motivated by bias, prejudice or hate.
The Mounties say they initially received a report on July 24th about a man who the day before racially admonished a woman in a park who objected to his using a mobile device to record a group of women and children.
They say they received another report on July 28th that a man was observed leaving garbage and urine at the entrance to a mosque in the town.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Swiss-Airline-Halifax)
Halifax is among one of three Canadian cities that will soon be served by a Swiss airline.
The airport says Edelweiss will provide non-stop flights to Zurich from Halifax next July.
Flights between Zurich and Halifax will be available between July 3rd and October 5th twice weekly.
The release says Edelweiss is among six airlines with direct connection to Halifax.
(The Canadian Press)
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