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(NB-Human-Rights)
The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission has appointed a new chair to a three-year term.
Amber Chisholm previously worked as a lawyer at a private firm before joining the Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick, where she currently serves as Associate Director.
Chisholm replaces Phylomene Zangio, who became a member of the commission in 2022 and served as chair since 2023. (The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Ombud-Restraint)
New Brunswick’s francophone health network is apologizing for the way it used restraints and seclusion rooms at an adult psychiatric facility in the province’s north.
Sébastien Lagacé, associate vice-president of mental health and addiction at Vitalité Health Network, says the situation at the Restigouche Hospital Centre was not acceptable and officials are working with the ombudswoman to make changes.
His comments follow a scathing report by the ombudswoman — Marie-France Pelletier — that said some patients at the hospital were restrained for hours, sometimes in their own urine and feces.
Lagacé called the issue systemic, and says the health network accepts Pelletier’s recommendations, which include that hospitals keep more detailed records on the use of restraints and seclusion rooms.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Axe-Roadrage)
Police in central P-E-I have arrested a man after a bizarre incident of road rage.
On Monday morning, the victim told Summerside police that a man he was arguing with had pulled an axe from his vehicle and threatened to damage the victim’s vehicle.
A 74-year-old Summerside man was arrested later at his home.
He’ll appear in court to answer to charges of uttering threats and possession of a dangerous weapon.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Abandoned-Ship)
The Canadian Coast Guard has declared an abandoned vessel left on the shore in Port au Bras on the Burin Peninsula a hazard to the marine environment and public safety.
The owner of the Exploits Harvester was fined 13-thousand dollars in June, and given 30 days to pay up or appeal.
The coast guard also ordered the owner to move and stabilize the vessel, and to ensure that all hazards are eliminated.
The federal government maintains a publicly available national inventory of wrecked and abandoned vessels, with over two-thousand reported to date.
(VOCM)
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(NL-Rocket-Launch)
A fire delayed an Ontario company’s latest attempt to launch a rocket into space from southern Newfoundland.
NordSpace says residual vaporized fuel on its launch pad on the Burin Peninsula caused a minor fire yesterday.
The company’s launch countdown indicates it will try again this morning.
Another fire on the launchpad delayed an attempt on Tuesday.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Fall-Sitting)
The Nova Scotia government is introducing a bill it says would eliminate red tape and encourage business activity, particularly in the province’s natural resources sector.
Service Efficiency Minister Tim Halman introduced the bill in the legislative chamber yesterday.
Halman says the bill is aimed at streamlining approval processes for industrial projects without weakening environmental protections.
The bill could require provincial officials to create a ‘red-tape reduction action plan’ that includes targets to speed up the approval of a development permits.
(The Canadian Press)
