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NS shares cyber attack details

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Nova Scotia says it has identified more details about the records stolen in a file transfer service cyber attack, impacting teachers, students and health care workers’ records.

As many as 100,000 Nova Scotians’ are estimated to have had personal information stolen due to a privacy breach affecting the file transfer software MOVEit, the province said Tuesday.

The province said in a statement Friday that the breach includes about 55,000 records of past and present teachers in the province, records of 26,000 students over the age of 16 and records of 5,000 short-term housing accommodation owners that are registered with the

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How Danielle Smith could transform health care

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Governments, like boards of directors, need to know what is going on, but they cause chaos when they meddle

Published June 05, 2023 • Last updated 22 hours ago • 4 minute read

A trailer for extra space outside the ER at the Alberta Children's Hospital.
A trailer for extra space outside the ER at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia

Albertans re-elected Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party with a majority last week. Smith now offers a chance to change the way we think about health care — a radically conservative vision. What might that include?

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Healthcare, education, and safety highlighted for Shaunavon residents – SwiftCurrentOnline.com

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The Town of Shaunavon has released its new Strategic Plan that will stick around for the next five years.

After months of work including community surveys, the Town Council put together the final plan to help guide them from 2023-28.

Major Kyle Bennett said there weren’t many major changes in this plan from the previous one that was finalized in 2017.

“Our biggest focus is still infrastructure; our streets, sidewalks, water, sewers,” he said. “That comes as no surprise because our main goal as a municipality is safe drinking water and to look after sewage and streets and roads. One

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School system, Carteret Health Care partner to provide internships for 18 students | News

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MOREHEAD CITY — The county’s two largest employers have joined forces to create internships for 19 high school students that can lead to future careers with Carteret Health Care.

Officials with the Carteret County Public School System and the hospital gathered with students and families Thursday at Carteret Health Care to witness the interns sign agreements.




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Croatan High School students, from left, Lucas Somogy, Chelsea Zheng, Fabrizio Fonseca and Eli Doyle signed internship agreements Thursday with Carteret Health Care in Morehead City as part of the school system’s Careers and Partnerships in Education program. (Cheryl Burke photo)


Students from Croatan,

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Downtown Winnipeg project to include health-care expansion

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WINNIPEG – A private developer announced plans Friday to turn a struggling shopping center in downtown Winnipeg into a large complex of health-care services, affordable housing and public green spaces, with a small number of retail stores.

True North Real Estate Development, the real estate arm of the company that owns the National Hockey League Winnipeg Jets, unveiled its designs as it continues to work to buy the Portage Place mall. The mall is currently owned by the Vancouver-based Peterson Group, while the surrounding area including a parkade has different owners.

“I will, again, not make the claim that this

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BC health care: Crisis at Langley hospital emergency department?

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The Lower Mainland’s medical community is stunned after receiving an urgent memo from a highly-respected doctor about Langley Memorial Hospital’s emergency department – ​​saying it is near collapse and patients should be discouraged from going there.

CTV News has obtained the email, written by Dr. Jeff Plante and sent to physicians across Fraser Health late Friday afternoon, describing very sick patients warehoused in the emergency department for days since there aren’t enough physicians in the wards to care for new people.

“I would like to urge you to advise your patients to, if at all possible, bypass Langley Memorial Hospital

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Opinion: Bullying of health-care workers has to stop

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Nickel Belt MP Marc Serré has strong words for people who feel it is their right to harass and bully health-care workers, especially after their work during the pandemic

I wish to reach out to the electorate to express concerns and advocate for anti-bullying.

Inspiration can be drawn easily from the brave and inspirational acts of 50 students from Cambridge, Nova Scotia, who back in 2007 showed solidarity to support a fellow student who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. A movement that has garnered international recognition and is promoted in Canada every Feb. 22.

It is very valuable

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Health-care recruiting isn’t just about the job. It’s about selling PEI

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Recruiters working to bring health-care workers to PEI say the province has something to offer that no other jurisdiction can compete with: life on the Island itself.

“Right now, the efforts underway are really about demonstrating everything that’s wonderful about Prince Edward Island,” Rebecca Gill, PEI’s director of health recruitment and retention, told CBC News: Compasss host Louise Martin on Tuesday.

“[It’s] making Prince Edward Island stand out from other jurisdictions, given how competitive we are seeing this labor market today [to be].”

All of Canada is facing an unprecedented shortage of health-care workers, which means every province in

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