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The Saint John, New Brunswick, police are recognizing one of their own for an outstanding performance at the World Police and Fire Games.
Detective Constable James Smith, a 14-year veteran of the Saint John Police, competed between June 27th and July 6th in Birmingham, Alabama, in large and small-bore shooting.
During the Games this year, Smith was awarded a total of eight medals, including three golds, and achieved a personal best high score.
The World Police and Fire Games is an Olympic-style competition that attracts more than eight-thousand-500 athletes representing law enforcement and firefighters from more than 50 countries across the world.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Salmon-Report)
The Federal Fisheries Department says it is not in charge of regulating Newfoundland and Labrador’s aquaculture industry.
The comment comes after a report yesterday from the Atlantic Salmon Federation alleging fish-farming operations are dumping garbage in six sites along Newfoundland’s south coast.
The federation is calling for a moratorium on aquaculture expansion in the province, at least until the companies get their waste under control.
Though D-F-O says it is not in charge, it can investigate or prosecute anyone who disrupts or causes harm to fish habitat under the federal Fisheries Act.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Child-Hit-and-Run)
The Mounties have charged a 35-year-old Nova Scotia man with impaired driving, and hit-and-run, in a case of a child being hit by a vehicle.
R-C-M-P say the incident happened in New Ross on Saturday evening on Huckleberry Lane.
Investigators allege a Ford F-250 hit a child in a beach parking lot and then drove away at a high speed.
The child was immediately taken to the New Ross Volunteer Fire Department by a family member for medical treatment and later taken to hospital and treated for injuries.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Inmate-Death)
Correctional Service Canada says a 62-year-old inmate has died at Nova Scotia’s Springhill institution.
It says Blair Chisholm died in custody of “apparent” natural causes.
The federal agency says Chisholm was serving a two year sentence since June 25th.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Health-Teams)
Nova Scotia health officials say they are making progress recruiting health professionals through an emphasis on collaborative care.
Dr. Aaron Smith, provincial medical executive director with the province’s health authority, told a legislature committee yesterday that clinics with multidisciplinary teams attract doctors.
Smith says in the past year all of the 89 primary care physicians who came to work in the province were recruited into clinics featuring other health professionals.
The legislature committee was told there are currently 118 so-called health homes or collaborative-care clinics where health teams provide a range of care.
(The Canadian Press)
