The R-C-M-P says Commissioner Mike Duheme has now looked at the recommendations in last month’s final report from Nova Scotia’s Mass Casualty Commission.

A spokesperson says the R-C-M-P has put a team in place to study the report and its recommendations.

The report found widespread failures in how the Mounties responded to the rampage that resulted in 22 people being murdered by a man disguised as Mountie in April 2020.

When the final report was released on March 30th, Duheme told reporters had not yet read its recommendations, though the report was provided to him the day before.

 

 

The Province is expanding a program that enables pharmacists to treat and prescribe medication to patients with common illnesses or certain chronic diseases, like diabetes.

The provincial government announced yesterday that its Pharmacy Primary Care Clinic program will expand from 12 to 26 locations as of next month.

The program is part of the province’s efforts to ensure residents have access to primary care even if they don’t have a doctor.

The first 12 primary care clinics opened in February, which included Shoppers Drug Mart on East River Rd. in New Glasgow.

New community pharmacy primary care clinics opening on Monday (May 1st) include Pictou Pharmasave according to Pictou West MLA Karla MacFarlane.

 

 

An independent expert report has been released in response to a 2014 human rights complaint accusing the Nova Scotia government of discriminating against people with disabilities.

The report includes six key recommendations over five years for reforms to government programs and services needed by people with disabilities to live in the community.

The Nova Scotia government website says both the province and the Disability Rights Coalition of Nova Scotia agree that the report’s recommendations will form the basis of a remedy for the ongoing human rights complaint.

The complaint was launched by three individuals along with the coalition.

 

 

Negotiations between the government and the largest federal public-sector have stalled, as workers begin Day 9 of the strike.

Hundreds of public servants converged on Parliament Hill in the rain as the government warned the job action was resulting in backlogs for immigration and passport applications and tax filings across the nation.

Chris Aylward, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, says the government has declared it won’t budge on its offer.

 

 

The last of the three public engagement sessions this week with New Glasgow Regional Police is set for tonight.

It’s at 6:00pm at West Side Community Centre.

You’ll be able to meet representatives from the local police department, ask questions and learn more about how they serve the community.