Tests on a skunk have confirmed the presence of rabies in New Brunswick. Samples of a skunk that had to be euthanized after being found in Charlotte County last week with porcupine quills in it were sent for testing. Those tests confirmed the first case of rabies in New Brunswick this year. After 24 confirmed cases two years ago the province undertook an oral-vaccine baiting program. The skunk found last week is only the second confirmed case of rabies in New Brunswick since the baiting program began.
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Mi’kmaq Rep to Chair Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board
The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board has a new Chair: Darren Googoo of Membertou. It’s the first time a Mi’kmaq has been chosen to head a school board in Nova Scotia, according to the Cape Breton Post. The board tried to elect a chair last fall after the elections but it ended up a tie between Lorne Green and John Berk. So it became the responsibility of the provincial government to choose and it picked Googoo. He is a teacher with a masters of education degree. He is chair of the Council on Mi’kmaq Education among other positions and has three children in the school system.