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A new air ambulance is now serving the island of Grand Manan, New Brunswick.
Ambulance New Brunswick says the fixed-wing King Air 200 is the same as its program’s two existing planes and is equipped with the same avionics and capability.
The ambulance is being operated in partnership with the provincial health department and Voyageur Aviation.
Grand Manan Village Mayor Bonnie Morse is welcoming the air ambulance, saying the island’s isolation puts its residents in a unique position when emergency medical care is required.
(The Canadian Press)
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New Brunswick R-C-M-P say a 36-year-old man from St. Stephen is dead after being struck by a vehicle over the weekend.
The Mounties say the man was hit Sunday while walking on Route 170 in Oak Bay.
The man died at the scene, while the driver of the vehicle was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and two passengers were not injured.
Police say a 25-year-old woman was later arrested in connection with the incident.
(The Canadian Press)
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Halifax area R-C-M-P say a 21-year-old man is dead following a single-vehicle crash in Ingramport.
Police say they responded yesterday to a report of a crash on Service lane near Exit 5-A on Highway 103.
They say a Ford Mustang struck some boulders at the end of the roadway.
The driver, who was a resident of Hubley, died at the scene.
(The Canadian Press)
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P-E-I’s child and youth advocate is calling on the Island’s government to make schools more suitable for neurodiverse students.
Marv Bernstein says some students with neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism have been removed from school because of challenging behaviours.
He says he’s heard from a growing number of parents whose children with complex needs aren’t attending school full time, or at all, for weeks or months at a time.
Bernstein says there should be better tracking of how often students with complex needs are absent and why, and he says he knows of students who are sitting at home because of a lack of guidance from school officials.
(CBC PEI)
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Nova Scotia’s Opposition Liberals say the province will be the first in Canada to offer free public transit if they form the next government.
Leader Zach Churchill says 65.6-million-dollars in proposed funding would eliminate existing transit fares, while helping to expand transit systems.
Churchill says the move would have a big impact on people’s finances and would also help reduce carbon emissions and reduce traffic congestion.
The Liberal pledge follows another major promise made in February to cut the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax by two percentage points to 13 per cent, making it the lowest in Atlantic Canada.
(The Canadian Press)
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A large Nova Scotia island and an adjacent peninsula will soon become protected lands.
The Nova Scotia Nature Trust says it plans to complete its largest acquisition of privately owned coastline by the end of the month.
The non-profit conservation group says it is in the process of buying the 717-hectare Blanche Peninsula and the 317-hectare Cape Negro Island, both of which are near the southwestern tip of the province.
The derogatory name of the island will be changed after public consultations are completed, a process that started in 2018 when a local resident filed a complaint.
(The Canadian Press)
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