Overview
- New Brunswick’s Public Accounts Committee pressed provincial officials on Monday about department budgets and long-outstanding Auditor General recommendations, increasing public scrutiny of oversight and contract management.
- A 2020 Auditor General performance review found weaknesses in government oversight, ambulance governance and the Medavie management contract with 15 of 21 recommendations still unresolved by 2024.
- Saint John’s civilian Community Safety Services pilot reported 809 service calls and 672 wellness checks in its first eight months and logged 2,059 needles disposed and 126 returned shopping carts, leading the city to tighten patrol expectations and improve coordination with police.
- Vitalité Health Network temporarily redeployed three licensed practical nurses from a Dalhousie primary-care site to Campbellton Regional Hospital’s emergency department to maintain acute services, a move the nurses’ union says undermines continuity of primary care.
- Regional sports notes show Vancouver Giants newcomer Cash Koch scored twice in his Oct. 18 debut and Brady Tkachuk’s return to Ottawa still had more than 2,000 tickets available as of Monday noon, reflecting mixed immediate public demand.