The Council of Atlantic Premiers will meet in Pictou on Wednesday.

The last time the premiers met was in March during the spring.

They discussed regional approaches to health care, economic recovery, the cost of living, immigration and energy security at that time.

It’s expected rising inflation and energy costs will be discussed on Wednesday as the premiers meet.

 

 

Nova Scotia’s health minister says the province’s new website for reporting health data will hold the government accountable for making health system improvements.

Michelle Thompson launched the new online portal on Friday, saying it will report updated wait-lists for family doctors and long-term care, as well as physician recruitment figures, hospital occupancy, ambulance offload times and more.

A statement from the Health Department says some information, including emergency room visits and hospital occupancy percentages, will be updated daily.

The department says other categories will be updated as data is made available, though it did specify how often.

 

 

This week, Nova Scotia Health’s COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinics will be offering drop-in vaccines.

Locations include:

Truro Public Library (Pfizer – anyone age 5+)

754 Prince St., Truro

Tuesday, June 28 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

New Glasgow Public Library (Pfizer – anyone age 5+)

182 Dalhousie St., New Glasgow

Wednesday, June 29 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

 

 

The emergency department entrance at Colchester East Hants Health Centre in Truro has reopened after being temporarily relocated.

The emergency department entrance and waiting room were moved to the ambulance bay while repairs were made to the flooring.

People seeking urgent and emergency care can now use the main emergency department entrance.

 

 

The federal Conservatives are saying that the Justice minister needs to appear before a federal committee to answer questions about why four important pages of an R-C-M-P superintendent’s notes were withheld from a public inquiry for months.

The Conservatives say the decision not to disclose to the Nova Scotia mass casualty inquiry may have come from the top of the Liberal government.

The notes claim the R-C-M-P Commissioner told senior officers she’d promised politicians that the models of guns would be released to the public, though an investigation was still underway.

The Conservatives have submitted a motion calling on David Lametti to appear as a witness before the Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

 

 

The Nova Scotia N-D-P has chosen a new leader.  Claudia Chender, who ran unopposed, officially secured the top job Saturday after an online party vote that began last Monday.

The 45-year-old former lawyer replaces Gary Burrill, who announced last November that he would step down after leading the New Democrats since February 2016.

 

 

In a sports note, the Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup, dethroning the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning with a 2-1 win in Game 6 last night in Tampa.  Cale Makar won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff M-V-P.