New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says she is happy that Carney is in active conversations with China to get a deal.
Her remarks came after the three-day gathering of premiers in Huntsville, Ontario, for the Council of the Federation meeting.
Holt says tariffs imposed by China affect not just the New Brunswick seafood industry, but various sectors in other provinces such as Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
She says she thinks some of those tariffs were in place because of positions that Canada took in partnership with the U-S, but given there’s going to be a new deal, we can get back to the negotiating table with China.
(The Canadian Press)
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Canada’s highest court is allowing a class-action lawsuit to proceed against New Brunswick’s largest health authority and an obstetrics nurse.
The proposed class action was launched in 2019 and claims several women at Moncton Hospital were given a labour-inducing drug without their consent.
The women allege the Moncton Hospital either knew or should have known the drugs were being administered to pregnant women without their knowledge or consent.
The allegations have not been tested in court, and the plaintiffs are seeking a full apology and compensation. (The Canadian Press)
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New Brunswick is reporting 15 confirmed measles cases in Sussex.
Measles cases were first reported in Sussex in early July after person travelled to the area from another province between June 22nd and June 23rd.
Shelly Bolotin, director of the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases at the University of Toronto, says the first does of the measles vaccine is usually given at 12 months but children as young as six months can also be given the shot if they are travelling or living in an area with an outbreak.
Although those children who receive a dose at six months will still need to receive two subsequent doses.
(The Canadian Press)
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The head of Nova Scotia’s Africville Genealogy Society, which hosts an annual family reunion event in the historic Black community, says this year’s event will have increased safety measures after last year’s shooting.
Irvine Carvery says there will be more security, a registration system and improved lighting at this year’s annual Africville Family Reunion event.
Last year there was an unprecedented shooting at one of the reunion events, which left five people injured.
Carvery says he wants people to feel safe and comfortable at the celebration that brings about five-thousand people together at the site of the historic Black community that was torn down by the City of Halifax in the 1960s. (CBC NS)
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Halifax police are warning residents about a scam involving people who are purporting to be installing heating and cooling devices as part of an energy efficiency rebate program.
Police say they are investigating two cases of fraud involving two men who have been posing as representatives from a heating and cooling company, aiming to get copies of people’s personal documents.
The alleged scammers then use that personal info to take out loans, with the promise of a government efficiency rebate reimbursing the victim — but the rebate never arrives.
Police are asking the public to report any suspicious behaviour. (The Canadian Press)
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