TRURO, N.S. Wayne Smith has been creating sculptures for years, but his latest one is close to his heart. The Broken Heart Sculpture was finished last June, but only unveiled over the weekend at Victoria Park in Truro. The sculpture stands three-and-a-half metres tall and weighs 680 kilograms. The names of those lost in the tragedy, including that of an unborn child, are displayed on the piece. One of the hardest things, difficult things emotionally to do was the day before we brought it down was on a Friday was to put the names of all the people including my stepson Corrie, said Smith. The emotions were very heavy that day.
FREDERICTON Lawyers have filed notice seeking a class-action lawsuit against the University of New Brunswick and a physician over alleged sexual assaults committed at the university s student health centre. The notice filed Monday claims the representative plaintiff who is a female student at the university was subjected to sexual assault by Dr. Manoj Bhargava during appointments for psychiatric treatment. The plaintiff alleges the defendant physician requested she wear loose clothing, or remove articles of clothing and underwear, so that her heart rate and blood pressure could be obtained, according to the statement of claim. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant physician obtained her heart rate and blood pressure often times by non-consensual sexual contact.
Airports around here are hoping the addition of flights by PAL Airlines is a sign of recovery for the aviation industry, which has been hit hard by the pandemic.
PRESS RELEASE FROM AVERTRA CORP
Halifax Water successfully releases its first ever online digital customer platform, with help of technology partner Avertra, moving a step closer to becoming the utility of the future. Posted Apr 13, 2021
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (March 17, 2021) - Halifax Water, the water, wastewater and storm water utility serving residents in the Halifax Regional Municipality, has successfully released online access to customer accounts through a new online digital platform. Customers can now access their Halifax Water accounts and a suite of services online through Customer Connect. This is the first phase of a 2-phase deployment approach that Halifax Water successfully completed along with technology partner, Avertra.