Category: Moncton

Storm meetings set

The province has set up public meetings in the spring to hear from residents about their experiences during the ice storm.

Thousands went without power for days and will have a chance to tell officials in April how they think that could be improved. But the President of the Acadian Society, Kevin Arsenau, told the Times and Transcript the five 90 minute meetings from Richibucto to the Acadian Peninsula are not enough to gather the information needed….said it seems more like a public relations exercise.

More calls for universal pharmacare

A report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says Ottawa could address some of the existing gaps in the health-care system by providing universal access to 117 prescription drugs.

The report says one in 10 Canadians are not filling their prescriptions because they can’t afford them…for things such as diabetes, high blood pressure, antidepressants, pain killers. The report says a universal pharmacare system would save billions of dollars a year by preventing hospitalizations.