Some Nova Scotia disability advocates say they can’t trust the government’s word because the province continues to admit people with disabilities to institutional environments that are slated for closure. The province agreed to act on recommendations released last year that say the province should end new admissions by March 31st, but the government missed that deadline. Halifax disability rights advocate Vicky Levack says she feels betrayed. The head of Nova Scotia’s disability support program says the new target date to stop admitting new people with disabilities into institutions due to be closed is January 1st, 2025.
A large crowd rallied in front of the Nova Scotia legislature to call on the province to enact coastal protection legislation that it decided to abandon.
The Progressive Conservative government announced in February that it would not put into force the Coastal Protection Act, which was passed in 2019 by the former Liberal government with support from all parties in the legislature.
Yesterday’s rally included representatives from several environmental and conservation organizations as well as some coastal land owners and opposition politicians.
Maggy Burns, executive director of the Ecology Action Centre, urged the crowd to maintain pressure on the government and to make coastal protection an election issue.
The head of the Public Service Alliance of Canada says members will be encouraged to file tens of thousands of grievances in an effort to force the federal government to withdraw a new mandate. Chris Aylward says the union has already filed a series of legal challenges against the government after it announced federal employees will have to start working from the office three days a week as of September 9th. Treasury Board President Anita Anand says the government has the jurisdiction to make such changes, noting hybrid work arrangements are not included in the unions’ collective agreements.
Public Health will be holding COVID-19 and influenza testing, and COVID-19, influenza and measles immunization clinics across the province this week. Locations include:
Rath Eastlink Community Centre
5625 Abenaki Rd., Truro
Thursday, May 9 from 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Drop in to pick up COVID-19 rapid tests. Booked appointments, COVID-19 and influenza PCR tests not available.
Hundreds of people stepped out on Wednesday for Walk Day, as Hike Nova Scotia celebrated walking and how it connects us to our communities and each other. Over 100 group walks took place in 54 communities, workplaces and schools across the province. Those Walk locations included New Glasgow, Trenton, Westville, Pictou and Antigonish.
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