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New Brunswick’s English-language health authority is looking to double its number of full-time sexual assault nurse examiners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Horizon Health Network says it’s looking to hire nearly a dozen more forensic nurse examiners, up from the existing nine and a half full-timers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The funding comes nearly four years after examiners weren’t available at a Fredericton hospital when a woman came in seeking an exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The clinical director of the nurse examiner program, Amanda Hunt, says the new positions mark a major expansion. (CTV Atlantic)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(NB-Gagetown-Funding)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The commander of a New Brunswick military base says expansion plans present both challenges and opportunities for the local population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced more than one-billion dollars in new spending at Base Gagetown last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colonel Paul Williams says that includes building new on-base training infrastructure built for modern equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He says the base also is planning to build apartment buildings and some single-family homes for the two-thousand soldiers being posted there over the next decade. (CBC News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(NB-Fredericton-Election)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former Liberal M-P Jenica Atwin is running for mayor of Fredericton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Atwin says she wants to leverage her connections and experience to help her neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She made history in 2019 as the first Green MP from Atlantic Canada before crossing to the Liberals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Atwin is up against longtime city councillor Steve Hicks and retired construction worker John Reid. (The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(NS-Health)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia is giving out one-point-two-five million dollars in grants this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The foundation says the 67 grants across the province aim to help with access to care and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The foundation’s president Starr Cunningham says the grants are aiming at building community connections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cunningham says she wants to remove the stigma that still exists when it comes to talking about mental health. (CTV Atlantic)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(NL-Safety-Bikes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Safety N-L is reminding drivers to watch out for motorcycles and e-bikes with warmer weather in the forecast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Safety N-L instructor Darrin Dunphy says bikes aren\u2019t as noticeable on the road as other vehicles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He says scanning quickly isn\u2019t enough for the brain to register what you saw on the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dunphy says people should take four to six seconds before pulling into traffic. (VOCM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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