Monthly Archives: February 2020

Fort Folly Chief Knockwood and Sackville Mayor Higham to fight cuts to hospital services

Posted on February 27, 2020 by brucewark

Leaders in the Memramcook-Tantramar region are organizing a committee to co-ordinate  the fight against provincial plans to cut overnight emergency room services, day surgeries and acute-care beds at Sackville Memorial Hospital. During a public meeting in Sackville Wednesday night, MLA … Continue reading →

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Two stories about healthcare cuts and Horizon CEO Karen McGrath

Posted on February 22, 2020 by brucewark

“I’ve always wanted to be a CEO of a hospital,” Karen McGrath told the Advertiser, the newspaper in the small town of Grand Falls-Windsor as she reminisced in January 2013 about her six years as Chief Executive Officer at Newfoundland and … Continue reading →

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Commentary: Community hospitals have ‘a duty to the living’

Posted on February 19, 2020 by brucewark

by Alexander (Sandy) Burnett Horizon Health CEO Karen McGrath seemed perplexed last week. Faced with questions from the public and the press about planned reductions in service at six small-town hospitals across New Brunswick, her standard answer suggested a serious … Continue reading →

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Sackville rally hears fight against hospital cuts is not over yet

Posted on February 17, 2020 by brucewark

For the second time in four days, hundreds gathered today outside Sackville Memorial Hospital to oppose cuts to medical services there. Sackville Mayor John Higham told the crowd that Premier Higgs’s announcement last night that the government would not close the … Continue reading →

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Commentary: Too many unanswered questions about cuts at Sackville Memorial Hospital

Posted on February 16, 2020 by brucewark

by Kathy Hamer (Edwards) Probably everyone in rural New Brunswick knows that our access to health care is likely to require some travel, even for routine appointments with a family doctor. We are not so naive as to think the … Continue reading →

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Horizon CEO says she understands outcry over hospital cuts, but the changes are needed

Posted on February 15, 2020 by brucewark

The President and CEO of the Horizon Health Network says she recognizes that people in small communities and rural areas are upset over the health-care changes announced this week including the closure of overnight emergency rooms starting on March 11. … Continue reading →

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‘I will fight with you,’ Mitton promises protesters during rally at Sackville hospital

Posted on February 14, 2020 by brucewark

Hundreds of demonstrators marched Thursday to the Sackville Memorial Hospital to protest against cuts in services announced this week by the Horizon Health Network and the increasingly shaky minority government led by Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs. The demonstrators waved placards … Continue reading →

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Sackville hospital cuts an attack on rural people, says local doctor

Posted on February 11, 2020 by brucewark

A family doctor in Sackville says he’s both sad and angry after today’s announcements about extensive cutbacks in patient services at the Sackville Memorial Hospital. Allison Dysart was referring to the elimination of day surgeries and overnight emergency services along … Continue reading →

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Mount Allison students returning to classes Monday after tentative agreements end six-day strike

Posted on February 8, 2020 by brucewark

Mount Allison University and its full and part-time professors and librarians have reached tentative agreements ending the six-day strike that began last Monday. Both sides announced the agreements today after a marathon bargaining session that lasted well into the early … Continue reading →

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Amherst mayor talks about flooding, climate change and youth at Sackville forum

Posted on February 6, 2020 by brucewark

Amherst Mayor David Kogon says one of the options for protecting the transportation corridor on the Chignecto Isthmus could be to elevate both the TransCanada highway and the CN Rail line to prevent flood waters from cutting the commercial links … Continue reading →

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Sackville town councillors respond to RCMP complaint about public police briefings

Posted on February 4, 2020 by brucewark

After six months of holding RCMP briefings in public, two Sackville town councillors have signalled it may be time to start hearing from the police again behind closed doors. During last night’s town council meeting, Councillor Bill Evans suggested that … Continue reading →

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