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The mayors of the Town of Amherst and the Municipality of the County of Cumberland are expressing concern about a nursing shortage that is impacting the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre in Upper Nappan and All Saints Hospital in Springhill.
The mayors expressed their concern in a letter to Health Minister Michelle Thompson, dated Sept. 24, 2021. They also proposed a solution they believe would help resolve the problem in a timely manner.
The Town of Amherst has proclaimed Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, as Medic Monday in recognition of the life-saving services provided by the paramedics who serve this community, region and province.
As part of that recognition, the town will be flying the Emergency Health Services flag at the corner of Church and Albion streets during that day.
Mayor David Kogon, on behalf of Amherst town council, has proclaimed Sept. 27, 2021, to Oct. 3, 2021, as Right to Know Week in the Town of Amherst.
“Access to information is critical to democracies around the world because having that access enables citizens to actively engage in a meaningful way in the democratic process,” Kogon said, as he signed the proclamation on Sept. 24, 2021.
Hope has turned into reality for Amherst’s Active Transportation plan.
When it was implemented four years ago, the goal of the five-year plan was to get more people cycling and walking by providing an efficient and effective network of interconnected and continuous cycling and pedestrian routes that linked neighbourhoods and major destinations within the town.
“Amherst has made great strides in meeting that goal,” Ken MacKenzie, a representative of the Amherst Striders Running Club, said recently in a discussion with town staff.