(NB-Brain-Disease)
An advocate for New Brunswick patients suffering from unusual neurological symptoms is calling for the retraction of a recent scientific report that found no evidence of a mystery brain disease.
Katherine Lanteigne is alleging research bias and privacy breaches in the study published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The former executive director of BloodWatch told C-B-C News she has already written to schools and health officials about the study.
The study reassessed 25 of 222 patients diagnosed with a neurological syndrome of unknown cause, and the researchers concluded all 25 patients had well-known conditions.
(CBC News)
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(NB-Jobs)
Xerox Canada is creating up to 138 full-time jobs in Saint John, New Brunswick — with the help of a 725-thousand-dollar payroll rebate from the provincial government.
The company says the new positions will be filled before the end of next year.
The plan is to expand the company’s digital sales operations.
The company plans to hire sales representatives, partner managers and specialists.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Missing-Kids)
Nova Scotia’s Justice Department is offering a reward of up to 150-thousand dollars for information about the disappearance of two young children in May.
The province’s justice minister says the disappearance on May 2 of six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack is being felt across the province and beyond.
Police have repeatedly said there is no evidence to suggest the children were abducted.
But on June 11th, R-C-M-P Corporal Guillaume Tremblay would not say if abduction was considered as a possibility.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Manslaughter-Charge)
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has charged a suspect in the death of a 63-year-old man found injured in St. John’s on Tuesday.
The police force says the injured man was rushed to the hospital, where he died on Wednesday.
The R-N-C has charged a 23-year-old man with manslaughter, assault with a weapon, breach of probation and other offences.
Police are looking for dashcam, cellphone or surveillance footage that could provide information about the case.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Seniors-Report)
Newfoundland and Labrador’s seniors’ advocate says the province is making progress implementing her recommendations.
Susan Walsh says her office issued two reports in 2019 and 2023 with a total of 37 recommendations.
An update from Walsh’s office says the province has partially or fully implemented 97 per cent of those recommendations.
They mostly pertain to covering the cost of home-care services and relieving cost of living challenges.
(The Canadian Press)
