(NB-ELXN-Liberals)
The New Brunswick Liberals got a jump on the province’s coming fall election by officially launching their party’s campaign yesterday.
The party is led by Susan Holt, who says the Liberals are focused on addressing affordability and improving the province’s ailing health care system at the event that was hosted ahead of the election call.
The Liberals promise to open at least 30 community care clinics over the next four years at a cost of 115.2-million-dollars to improve New Brunswickers’ access to primary health care.
The provincial election must take place on or before October 21st.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Manhunt)
R-C-M-P in northeastern New Brunswick say a 47-year-old suspect wanted for a fatal shooting has been arrested.
A social media post from the Mounties yesterday did not provide details about where the suspect man was arrested.
But earlier in the day, residents in and around the Esgenoopetitj (ES’-gen-oh-ped-ee-dish) First Nation were told they could resume regular activities because investigators had determined the crime was an isolated incident.
Police have accused the suspect of fatally shooting a 48-year-old man and injuring another man on Thursday.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Brain-Disease)
A Liberal M-P is calling for a federal investigation into the cluster of neurological illnesses in New Brunswick.
Jenica Atwin represents Fredericton in the House of Commons and she has written to federal Health Minister Mark Holland to request a full investigation into the cluster of diseases.
Her letter dated Tuesday says there are now more than 430 cases in the province, including 111 patients younger than 45.
Atwin says the high number of young people afflicted shows an investigation is warranted, and she says federal law obliges the minister to launch research into such a public health “anomaly.”
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Assault-Charge)
A Newfoundland man has been charged with assault following a disturbance at a home in St. John’s this weekend.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says it responded to the incident around 6:30 a-m Saturday at a residence in the east end of the city.
A 38-year-old has been charged with assault, assault with a weapon, mischief causing damage to property and for making threats of bodily harm.
The man was held in St. John’s city lock up and is set to appear in court.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Affordable-Housing)
The Nova Scotia government says the first residents of 32 new affordable homes for women and their children in Dartmouth have moved in.
Of the 32 new homes, 10 are reserved for urban Indigenous families who are without stable housing.
The province says residents of the townhomes in the Mount Hope neighbourhood will be offered supports for maintaining the unit, referrals for health care services and employment skills training.
The project funded by Nova Scotia, Ottawa and Y-W-C-A cost about 12.3-million-dollars.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Street-Checks-Apology)
The R-C-M-P in Nova Scotia is apologizing to African Nova Scotians for the force’s past use of street checks that did lasting harm to both individuals and communities.
Assistant commissioner Dennis Daley issued the apology yesterday in North Preston, a predominantly Black community northeast of Halifax.
Street checks — sometimes known as carding — are now banned in Nova Scotia and involved police randomly stopping citizens to record their personal information and store it electronically.
A provincially commissioned study released in 2019 condemned the practice used by the Halifax Regional Police and Mounties, and found Black citizens were five times more likely to be stopped than white citizens.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
