• Local Journalism Initiative

    MODG seeks citizen advisors on local policing

    GUYSBOROUGH — For the first time in more than a decade – and under orders from the provincial government – the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) is seeking citizen advisors on local policing to attend certain council meetings. According to Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Shawn Andrews, who spoke to The Journal last week about a letter the municipality received in January from the Department of Justice, the province “would like to see the personal connection with the resident

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    Junior doctors enter talks with Government in bid to end pay dispute

    Strikes by junior doctors have caused disruption to the NHS in England for more than a year,

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    Virtual urgent care at Canso hospital hailed as ‘great option’

    CANSO — Efficient, cheerful and even a little disarming is how Susan O’Handley, co-chair of the Canso & Area Healthcare Working Group, describes Eastern Memorial Hospital’s (EMH) new virtual urgent care pilot program unveiled last month by Nova Scotia Health (NSH). “Nothing replaces an actual physician, of course,” she says. “But this looks like a great option for urgent care ... And it is great.” O’Handley had the opportunity to experience how the new service works by attending a simulated “run