IN MEMORIAM: Nell Toussaint: July 14, 1969–January 9, 2023
Nell Toussaint passed away this month after suffering heart failure and falling into a coma late last year. As the ...
Tag: health care
COMMENTARY: Blaine Higgs is holding us back
About a year ago, I wrote a piece for the NB Media Co-op in which I lamented the PC government’s ...
As health ministers meet, NB Health Coalition wants privatization off the table
About 30 people rallied outside Health Minister Bruce Fitch's office in Riverview today, November 7, to express their opposition to ...
LETTER: New Brunswickers oppose moves towards private delivery of health care
Editor's note: This letter by long-time public health care advocate Jean-Claude Basque and signed by almost 100 people was sent ...
Health care workers rally outside Liberal MP retreat [video]
Advocates rallied in support of public health care earlier this month in St. Andrews, as Prime Minister Trudeau and the ...
My thoughts as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in Fredericton
Editor’s Note: In August 2022, a victim of sexual assault was taken to the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton, ...
Letting the private sector deliver health care hurts the public system
Recently, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs and some doctors have pushed for more private involvement in the delivery of health ...
Gloating about a surplus is callous, says New Brunswick Coalition of Persons with Disabilities
On August 30, New Brunswick Finance Minister Ernie Steeves provided a budget update. He gloated that not only did the ...
What Higgs can do besides peddling privatization of health care
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said he isn’t ruling out more private sector health care as an option for the ...
New Brunswick Coalition of Persons with Disabilities opposes health care privatization
Following a visit from Ontario Premier Doug Ford to Atlantic Canada, and the “Atlantic-Ontario Health Care Summit” held on Monday, ...
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