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BELFAST Upstream Watch, a nonprofit dedicated restoring the Little River, which empties into Penobscot Bay in Belfast, will be arguing Feb. 18 before the Belfast Zoning Board of Appeals as to why its members believe the December 2020 permit approvals for a $500 million land-based indoor salmon raising facility must be vacated. The meeting, to be held via Zoom, begins at 6 p.m., and can be viewed by the public via Livestream on the City of Belfast website, cityofbelfast.org, and on BEL-TV. The city said that Upstream Watch, which is represented by Attorney David B. Losee, in Camden, alleges that the Belfast Planning Board did not properly interpret and apply City Ordinance requirements in issuing the following: ....
RIVER JOHN, N.S. Families of patients who died before paramedics arrived are sounding the alarm about ambulance wait times in Nova Scotia and the paramedics union is doing the same. When Teddy Joudrey had a heart attack, he called his daughter, Grace Clough, who dialled 911. I was on the phone with my father for 15-20 minutes before he passed away or he went silent, Clough said. Joudrey died and never went to the hospital. Clough says it took 45 minutes for paramedics to arrive. It’s enraging that a fire department is two minutes away that has men that could possibly go to your home and and they’re not allowed to do that, Clough said. ....
Posted: Feb 16, 2021 7:03 PM AT | Last Updated: February 17 Grieving husband seeks answers after 80-minute ambulance wait for dying wife CBC News Nova Scotia2 months ago 2:49Kevin George wants answers after it took more than an hour for help to come for his wife. April George did not survive. Now, the situation is raising questions about the role of firefighters in medical emergencies. Shaina Luck reports.2:49 Firefighters should be able to work as medical first responders during the pandemic if they get the right personal protective equipment, the head of the Fire Service Association of Nova Scotia said Tuesday. Daniel Gaudet spoke to CBC News after hearing about April George, a Nova Scotia woman who died after collapsing last week at her Bass River, N.S., home. It took 80 minutes for help to arrive after her husband called 911, despite a fire hall sitting just minutes away. ....
File Photo Paramedics in Nova Scotia are taking to social media to once again combat an ongoing issue of personnel availability and shortages. #CodeCritical is being used on Twitter by paramedics in the province to highlight moments of time when an area of the province has either few or no ambulance crews available for emergency calls. Over the last two days, a total of 27 #CodeCriticals were called across the province, seven of those were in Southwestern Nova Scotia. Michael Nickerson, NS Paramedics Union IUOE Local 727 business manager, said the issue stems from a shortage of paramedics, but also the lack of access to primary care in rural areas due to ER department closures. ....
Paramedics in Nova Scotia are sounding the alarm. A series of tweets from the union claims there is a serious ambulance shortage at times in the province. ....