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Canadian Blood Services is going to shut down blood donor clinics in Campbellton and Dalhousie, and the mayors of those two places are not too happy about it.
Mayor Normand Pelletier of Dalhousie, was told it was because there were not enough donors to make it worth their while to come to the area.
The nearest place to donate will be Bathurst, but Pelletier feels that locals will not drive there to give blood.
A Nova Scotia native has won the biggest teaching prize in the world, a million dollars.
Maggie MacDonnell won a million dollars in the “Global Teacher Prize” in Dubai as the best teacher in the world. MacDonnell won for her philosophy promoting hope and acts of kindness in Salluit, a remote community in northern Quebec. MacDonnell established a fitness centre for youth and adults and ran a community kitchen, among other things. She plans to set up youth programs with her prize.
Prime Minister Trudeau sent a videotaped message saying she had done extraordinary things in exceptional circumstances and has shown enormous heart, will; and imagination.