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Category Archives: Health care
Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton running for NB Green Party leadership
Megan Mitton’s announcement this week that she is running for the leadership of New Brunswick’s Green Party rekindled memories of that suspense-filled night on September 24th, 2018, when her provincial political career officially began with a razor-thin, 11-vote victory over … Continue reading
Tantramar councillors & Premier Holt discuss taxes, roads, health care & rural services
Aside from highly contentious issues such as the proposed gas plant and the plan for highway tolls, Premier Holt discussed a wide range of other issues with Tantramar Town Council last week including property tax reform, road safety and local … Continue reading
Tantramar Council hears QAnon, anti-COVID message during 2-minute presentation
Sackville resident Sara Rideout followed procedural rules when she registered in advance for a two-minute presentation to Tantramar Town Council last week. After Mayor Black called her name, Rideout began by quoting the Bible, Luke chapter 8, verse 17: “For … Continue reading
NB premier announces plans to eliminate waiting list for family doctors in Tantramar area by April 2026
Premier Susan Holt has announced plans to add another 1,000 patients this year to the list of 1,650 already being treated at the new primary care clinic next to the Sackville Memorial Hospital. Holt made the announcement today during a … Continue reading
Inside Dorchester Penitentiary Part III: New $1 billion centre alone won’t fix prison system’s health-care crisis
A Moncton psychiatrist, who has being doing part-time consulting work at Dorchester Penitentiary for 25 years, says the announcement of a new, 155-bed health centre there is long overdue. “This is quite a challenging place to work,” Dr. Louis Thériault … Continue reading
Tantramar council hears appeal from volunteer health group
Pat Estabrooks, Co-chair of the Rural Health Action Group, appealed to Tantramar Town Council yesterday for communications staffing support to help recruit more medical professionals to the area and to help keep the public informed about health-care issues. “You have … Continue reading
Greens promise more local control over health care
“Good morning from Sackville,” said Green Party leader David Coon today as he greeted supporters and journalists. “I’m at Megan Mitton’s campaign office to announce the Green Party’s commitment to bringing local decision-making back to our hospitals and our communities.” … Continue reading
Liberal leader Susan Holt promises to fix health care on Day 4 of NB election campaign
New Brunswick Liberal leader Susan Holt stressed the need to fix the health care system today during the official opening of Tantramar candidate John Higham’s campaign headquarters at 26 York Street in Sackville. “There’s a lot of New Brunswickers feeling … Continue reading
Tantramar Liberal candidate John Higham says majority Liberal gov’t key to ousting Blaine Higgs
“A change is needed in how politics are run in New Brunswick,” John Higham told about 50 people who had gathered Monday night at the Veterans Memorial Civic Centre in Sackville. “Higgs and his team, and their disregard for broader … Continue reading
Distraught former councillor shares painful stories of health-care ‘failures’ at public meeting
“I’m here to bear witness,” former Sackville councillor Sabine Dietz said last week as she stood before senior officials from the Horizon Health Network and an audience of about 400 local residents at the Tantramar Civic Centre. “I’m shaking and … Continue reading
MLA Megan Mitton presses Horizon to extend access to family docs and lengthen ER hours in Sackville
Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton opened Thursday night’s public meeting on health care by thanking senior officials from the Horizon Health Network for attending. But she also made it clear, as she spoke for many of the approximately 400 people in … Continue reading
