The head of the New Brunswick Nurses Union is taking issue with how the Horizon Health Network explained a staffing shortage on the weekend. A critical shortage of nurses prompted emergency services to be cut back on the weekend at two of New Brunswick’s largest hospitals — the Moncton Hospital and the Saint John Regional Hospital. Horizon interimContinue reading “N.B. Nurses Union objects to Horizon’s claim that vacations caused shortage”
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Mother fights for school bus stop for 4-year-old with arthritis
Jennifer Comeau is pleading for help to get a school bus to stop in front of her house in Miramichi next week when school starts. Comeau’s daughter Claire is four years old and going into kindergarten. She has juvenile psoriatic arthritis, characterized by the skin condition psoriasis and joint inflammation. Claire is in medicated remission, said Comeau,Continue reading “Mother fights for school bus stop for 4-year-old with arthritis”
Medical society says national findings on doctor burnout are true for N.B.
Results of a national survey suggesting significant levels of stress, burnout and depression among doctors in Canada also reflect what’s happening in New Brunswick, the medical society says. More than half the doctors and medical students who took part in the 2021 National Physicians Health Survey said they experienced high levels of burnout, and nearly half areContinue reading “Medical society says national findings on doctor burnout are true for N.B.”
Supporting N.B. monarch butterflies with milkweed
Growing milkweed in your garden is one way homeowners can help monarch butterflies thrive. Monarch butterflies are diet-specialists, and their caterpillars are only able to feed on native milkweed plants, says Steve Heard, a professor of biology at the University of New Brunswick. Hear said an initiative by Nature NB, which allows New Brunswickers to sign up online toContinue reading “Supporting N.B. monarch butterflies with milkweed”
N.B. wins 19 medals at Canada Games, Durham Bridge resident becomes most-decorated
The conclusion of the 2022 Canada Games in Niagara left Team New Brunswick with 19 medals — 10 more than the nine medals won at their last winter Canada Games in 2019 but less than the 24 won at the summer games in 2017. This year was one of Team New Brunswick’s best years yet.Continue reading “N.B. wins 19 medals at Canada Games, Durham Bridge resident becomes most-decorated”
N.B.-born New York performer brings Broadway to Saint Andrews
For Fredericton-born Broadway actor Tony LePage, time slows down in Saint Andrews. “There’s something about the feeling when you come to Saint Andrews,” he said. “The water is so close, and it’s just the surroundings are so beautiful. So that was an immediate draw, just the place itself.” LePage and his wife, Courtney, have createdContinue reading “N.B.-born New York performer brings Broadway to Saint Andrews”
1,300 health-care workers hired at Horizon since April, says CEO
Recruitment of staff is up at Horizon Health, where 1,300 health-care workers have been hired since April, says Margaret Melanson, the interim president and CEO. Melanson held a news conference Thursday to talk about Horizon’s recruitment and retention efforts, in part to give hope to employees that working conditions will improve. She said she expects to seeContinue reading “1,300 health-care workers hired at Horizon since April, says CEO”
Children’s liquid pain reliever in short supply at N.B. pharmacies
A shortage of children’s liquid pain reliever across the country is affecting pharmacies in New Brunswick too. Kurtis Gallant, a pharmacist at Bowman’s Pharmasave in Fredericton, said he was only recently made aware of the shortage of liquid children’s Tylenol. He said the supplier is short right now and he’s unsure when more of theContinue reading “Children’s liquid pain reliever in short supply at N.B. pharmacies”
COVID-19 deaths, hospital admissions are up, N.B. report says
New Brunswick recorded five more deaths last week related to COVID-19, an increase of one from the previous week, according to the weekly report released Tuesday. Public Health also recorded 675 PCR confirmed COVID-19 cases last week, with 403 of them belonging to the 50-and-up age category that started getting second booster shots in April. Public Health doesContinue reading “COVID-19 deaths, hospital admissions are up, N.B. report says”
New Atlantic Ballet Indigenous director says collaboration, not tokenism, key to new role
The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada named a new director of Indigenous programming — a position borne of a collaboration that lasted over eight years. Nipahtuwet Naka Wespahtuwet Possesom from Sitansisk, or St. Mary’s First Nation, has worked with the Atlantic Ballet on numerous projects over that time, including a ballet debuting in May. He is theContinue reading “New Atlantic Ballet Indigenous director says collaboration, not tokenism, key to new role”
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