Three family doctors, nurse hired for Digby

Three family doctors and a family practice nurse will join the collaborative practice at the Digby and Area Health Services Centre. The nurse starts later this spring, the doctors in September. MLA Gordon Wilson says this will give everyone in Digby and surrounding areas including Weymouth, Bear River, Barton and Digby Neck access to a family practice.

Supreme Court rules Dennis Oland should’ve been granted bail pending appeal

The Supreme Court of Canada says Dennis Oland should’ve got bail while waiting to appeal his murder conviction. The landmark ruling says the New Brunswick Court of Appeal made the wrong move by denying it. No one convicted of murder in the province has ever been granted bail pending an appeal. This ruling is the Supreme Court’s first of its kind.