UPDATE: Province Announces More Supports For Doctor Recruitment | The Chronicle Herald

The provincial government announced a total of $8.4 million of new investments for doctor recruitment and collaborative health care in the 2017-18 budget tabled in the legislature Thursday. The budget includes an extra $2.4 million to recruit and retain up to 20 new doctors per year, including 10 residency spaces for family physicians, and the same again for a new practice-ready assessment program geared toward international recruits. That leaves $6 million to build collaborative care teams, which the province will do in concert with communities, health providers and the Nova…

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NS Has 118 Doctor Vacancies, Needs 100 A Year For Next Decade: Group | CTV Atlantic News

HALIFAX — The shortage of doctors in Nova Scotia is worsening as a growing number of physicians near retirement, recruitment levels lag and health needs become more complex, a medical group warned Wednesday. Nancy MacCready-Williams, CEO of Doctors Nova Scotia, told the legislature’s public accounts committee there are 118 doctor vacancies throughout the province. As well, 1,300 of the 2,400 physicians currently practising are over the age of 50, and 630 are over 60, suggesting the shortage will become more acute as doctors wrap up their careers. Read full story…

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Petition · Marc Garneau: Immediate HALT Of Transport Canada New Safety Rules For Recreational Drone Use In Canada · Change.org

The new Transport Canada legislation for recreational drone use is as follows:No drone can fly higher than 90 m above the ground closer than 75 m from buildings, vehicles, vessels, animals, people/crowds, etc. closer than 9 km from the centre of an aerodrome (any airport, heliport, seaplane base or anywhere that aircraft take-off and land) within controlled or restricted airspace at night and in clouds. The new law is inflexible. For responsible RC enthusiasts, the new law effectively eliminates the use of drones in Canada given that irrespective of where…

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Some Canadian Bank Record Information Being Sent Directly To IRS – Politics – CBC News

Thousands of reports containing confidential Canadian banking information records have been sent directly to the U.S Internal Revenue Service, without the Canadian government’s knowledge. According to information obtained by CBC News under a U.S. Freedom of Information Act request, 31,574 such reports have been sent directly to Internal Revenue Service over the past two years under the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). That is in addition to about 469,827 reports that the Canada Revenue Agency has transferred to the IRS under a Canada-U.S. agreement negotiated in the wake of the adoption…

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Tesla Hopes To Double Supercharger Network In 2017 – Roadshow

Tesla hopes to double the size of its Supercharger network in 2017. It wants to bring its equipment total to 10,000 Superchargers at 15,000 Destination Charging connectors. To that end, Tesla is already deep in site selection, and several spots will begin construction soon, in anticipation of the summer driving season. Tesla could make some cash licensing Supercharger use to other automakers, but that could also create some serious gridlock. It should be noted that the above figures represent Tesla’s global Supercharger network. In the US alone, Tesla wants to…

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Teachers Will See A Difference In The Classroom Come September: Council – Nova Scotia – CBC News

A committee tasked with making recommendations to improve conditions for teachers and students in Nova Scotia remains optimistic there will be noticeable changes when school starts in September. The 14-member Council to Improve Classroom Conditions was created earlier this year as part of legislation imposing a four-year contract on more than 9,000 of the province’s unionized school teachers. The group plans to meet three more times to discuss teachers’ concerns ahead of a final report due April 28. Read full story here: Teachers Will See A Difference In The Classroom Come September: Council – Nova Scotia – CBC…

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CBRM Mayoral Candidates Raked In Business Donations Under ‘Wild West’ Rules – Nova Scotia – CBC News

Close to 60 per cent of campaign donations in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s 2016 election came from businesses and unions, a CBC News investigation has found. That’s a higher rate than the Halifax Regional Municipality, where only 37 per cent of donations came from those sources. Unlike provincial and federal elections, municipal elections in Nova Scotia have no restrictions on who can donate, or how much. “The question is whether a reasonable person looking at it would think there is a potential to be influenced,” said Guy Giorno, an…

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‘Lesson learned’ Says Permanent Resident Who Had To Walk Into Canada – Nova Scotia – CBC News

A Canadian permanent resident learned a hard lesson that when travelling between the United States and Canada, there is no room for error. David Thomas, of Nova Scotia, has a British passport and has been a Canadian permanent resident for 45 years. He and his spouse, Livia Anthes, booked a flight to Las Vegas Feb. 3 to celebrate Thomas’s 50th birthday. Anthes is also a permanent resident with a valid card. The problem was Thomas’s permanent residency card expired in December. He applied for new documentation and tried to get an expedited card…

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Quebec Cottage Region Quietly Emerges As Electric Car Capital Of Canada | The Chronicle Herald

RAWDON, Que. — A small corner of Quebec cottage country has quietly become the electric car capital of Canada, driven in part by the unlikely success of a small-town dealership. The region of Lanaudiere north of Montreal has the highest per capita electric car ownership in Quebec, according to the provincial electric vehicle association. Quebec accounted for nearly half of all of Canada’s electric car sales last year. Several factors make Quebec fertile ground for electric cars. Electricity is relatively cheap due to abundant hydropower. The provincial government offers sales rebates and recently…

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Former Sydney Convent Gets Funding For New Life As Arts, Culture, Innovation Centre | Cape Breton Post

SYDNEY, N.S. — The province will contribute $3.2 million to redeveloping the former Holy Angels convent into what’s being billed as an arts, culture and innovation centre. Premier Stephen McNeil announced a grant of $3.2 million for the Cape Breton Centre for Arts, Culture and Innovation project. New Dawn Enterprises, which owns the building and is leading the project, will contribute a further $1 million. The 40,000-square-foot $12-million centre is intended to provide affordable space for artists, social enterprises and not-for-profit organizations. The project will see the four floors of…

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