Seven New Brunswick organizations are set to receive more than 78-million-dollars in funding for improving access to health services in French for Francophone communities.
The funding will be dispersed over five years to organizations including five Atlantic post-secondary training institutions.
The money will go toward projects that increase access to care, improve recruitment and create internship and placement opportunities in Francophone communities.
Health Minister Marjorie Michel says everyone in Canada should have access to health services in their official language of choice, no matter where they live.
(The Canadian Press)
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A review of the Moncton Fire Department in New Brunswick has found a need for more firefighters and stations.
The Emergency Management Group review includes 64 recommendations which city staff estimate could cost 200-million-dollars to implement.
The report was commissioned by the city and presented to council on Monday.
It comes after the union representing city firefighters spent years raising the alarm about staffing levels.
(CBC New Brunswick)
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Prime Minister Mark Carney began his remarks in Ontario yesterday by acknowledging the wildfires in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Carney said the premiers at the meeting all wanted to acknowledge Premier John Hogan and the people across the country affected by fires.
He praised municipal, provincial and federal governments for their cooperation and thanked first responders and volunteers.
A fire has destroyed cabins in the Chance Harbour area, in northeastern Newfoundland, and another forced the evacuation of nearby Musgrave Harbour.
(The Canadian Press)
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A film from Mi’kmaq (MIG’-maw) director Bretten Hannam is among the movies in the Toronto International Film Festival’s competitive Platform program.
The Canadian/Belgian production’s title translates into “At the Place of Ghosts.”
It’s about two Indigenous brothers who reconnect in the forest near their home to confront someone from their past, who is visualized as a monster in the film.
An international jury will choose the Platform winner who will take home the 20-thousand-dollar prize, at TIFF’s closing awards ceremony on September 14th.
(The Canadian Press)
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New Brunswick says it has signed an agreement with Manitoba to improve trade and labour mobility.
It says similar agreements were signed earlier this year with the governments of Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Premiers across the country are working to tear down interprovincial trade barriers and improve flow of goods and services across the country.
They began this move after United States President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on Canada and called for it to become the “51st state.”
(The Canadian Press)
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