Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says all 12 recommendations from a report on reducing violence at hospital E-R’s will be implemented within a year. The report showed increased violence in the health-care field between 2013 and 2015, with one third of nurses saying they were physically assaulted, bullied or injured at work. Recommendations include doing risk assessments for all emergency departments, better educating staff and providing them with communication devices to call for assistance.
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Women Across Maritimes March Against Trump
Hundreds of Maritimers took to public squares and social media to show their solidarity with their U-S neighbours a day after Donald Trump’s inauguration. Offshoots of the Women’s March on Washington were held in Halifax, Fredericton and Charlottetown on Saturday. Protesters in Newfoundland’s capital held a “virtual” rally after being snowed out by a blizzard in St. John’s. Organizers say 30 events were planned across Canada.