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The New Brunswick government says a clinic expansion in Bathurst yesterday marks the 10th collaborative care centre opened this year in the province.
The government says the current Clinique Médicale Centre-Ville serves about 58-hundred patients.
New funding will allow the clinic to partner with physiotherapists and pharmacies, and add training space next year.
The New Brunswick government had promised to establish and support at least 10 collaborative care teams this year. (CBC News)
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R-C-M-P in Richibucto, New Brunswick, are asking for the public’s help in a hit and run that took place yesterday just after noon.
Mounties say it happened at the intersection of Acadie Street and Legion Street where a pickup truck fled the scene.
No one was injured and Mounties are looking to identify the vehicle.
It is described as a red Ford Ranger, with a vanity plate on the front of the vehicle bearing an Acadian flag.
Anyone with information is being asked to contact R-C-M-P. (The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic-Premier-Approval)
New figures from the Angus Reid Institute suggest New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt is the most popular premier in Atlantic Canada.
A survey of more than four-thousand Angus Reid Forum members shows 56 per cent approve of Holt.
She has the second-highest premier approval rating in the country, behind Wab Kinew in Manitoba.
Nova Scotia’s Tim Houston had a 50 per cent approval rating, and Newfoundland and Labrador’s new premier Tony Wakeham was at 41 per cent.
Data from Prince Edward Island was not included because of a small sample size.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Bathurst-Flooding)
A high tide this weekend brought flooding to parts of Bathurst, New Brunswick.
Resident Jane Moore told C-B-C News said water was pouring over an embankment, across a road and up into her driveway.
City crews began working to try to stop the flooding on Saturday evening.
They used pumps to get water off the streets as the tides receded, while two plows cleared the ice buildup in the area.
(CBC News)
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The fate of alcohol imported from the U-S is still up in the air in Newfoundland.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Commission says they have 3-point-2 million dollars worth of American booze in their inventory, but has not yet made a decision about what to do with the stockpile.
Nova Scotia and Manitoba have begun to sell off their American alcohol and donate the profits to charity.
The province removed all U-S products from liquor store shelves earlier this year in response to U-S President Donald Trump’s trade war.
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(NS-Liberal-Party)
The Nova Scotia Liberals say Iain Rankin will take over as the party’s interim leader.
The party has just two sitting members — Rankin and Derek Mombourquette.
Rankin was the Liberal premier up until the 2021 election that saw the Progressive Conservatives take power.
Rankin issued a letter today saying the P-C government needs to implement a comprehensive economic strategy to deal with their record 1.2 billion-dollar deficit.
(The Canadian Press)
