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currently sitting in the Dartmouth Gen emerg right now, and honestly, I’m pretty pissed off and confused.
When I came in, I thought everyone was supposed to go through the same security screening with the wand and have their bags checked. But I’ve been sitting here watching the Paladin security guards let some people through without checking them, while other people are being screened.
What’s bothering me is that I’ve specifically noticed what appears to be a pattern involving people of different backgrounds, and I’m trying to understand why. I’ve watched the guards let other Indian people through without screening them, while I was under the impression that everyone was supposed to be checked.
Maybe there’s an explanation I’m missing, but when security procedures don’t appear to be applied equally, it makes you question whether you’re being treated differently because of your background.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this at Dartmouth General? Is there a reason certain people aren’t being screened the same way as others? Because from where I’m sitting, it doesn’t feel right.

Nova Scotia’s promise of jobs for all nursing graduates is giving a misleading impression of the actual opportunities available. Yes, some new grads have secured positions in Halifax and Dartmouth, but many others are being offered jobs in rural communities hours away (Tatamagouche, Pugwash, Inverness).

Many graduates can find work in the Halifax area. This also affects Nova Scotians who left the province to attend nursing school and now can’t find local jobs to return home to.

Meanwhile, other provinces are actively recruiting new RNs and offering significantly better pay. Nova Scotia increased university nursing seats, yet the government’s standing offer to hire all nursing graduates ended this year.

How does it make sense to train more nurses while graduates are struggling to find jobs in the communities where they want to live and work?

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DO NOT rent a unit in this apartment building, if you know what's good for you. There is an ongoing, persistent, active cockroach infestation in the building and the superintendent/owners DNGAF. They refuse to hire an exterminator to fumigate the building. They slap bandaids on the problem every 6 months or so, with gold glops of goo in kitchen and bathroom cupboards and outlets and poison discs under the sinks in said rooms. We hear the adjoining neighbour plunging their kitchen sink drain nonstop (how this helps, I don't know), and we've seen these nasty bugs in the communal laundry rooms on the walls and in the machines. 🤢

Edit: the property owner is Provincial Distributors Ltd. and the building is also known as Basinview Terrace.

The wait time is rough but staff are amazing, friendly and positive despite having 60+ people waiting. Ive been here since 7, (9.5 hours and counting). Only a few patients have been dicks and I think a huge part of that is the amazing staff. If any of you read this, you are super stars and thank you for helping me.

Going out for sushi tomorrow for my wife’s birthday. What are your favourite sushi spots in Halifax??

Thanks!!

We’re almost at the halfway point of this current Council term, which means it’s time to not only start thinking, but planning what the 2028 Election is going to look like.

I’ve been having conversations with people about what kind of person should run next time, and what keeps appearing is the idea that the people who resist running the most may actually be some of the people we need.

Mostly because if you don’t particularly want to be a politician, there’s a decent chance you’re less interested in protecting the job once you have it. You might actually be willing to go in, question things, change things, piss people off where necessary, and then leave.

Then this gem from Kelowna popped up on Instagram today:

https://preview.redd.it/lhugl9o72vth1.png?width=674&format=png&auto=webp&s=a074f555d669b6113fc96d69a566f02dd802870c

Obviously I went to his website, and this is part of what he wrote:

>“Engineering taught me that finding good answers starts with asking good questions. Understanding comes before solutions.”

And:

>“Far too often, we feel like the systems around us are happening to us. But they aren’t forces of nature. We built them, we can question them, and when they stop working for us, we can change them.”

More of this, please.

There are a lot of people in HRM who understand systems, business, housing, community, infrastructure, law, finance, social services, governance, or just how completely absurd something can look once you’re standing outside the institution looking in.

Most of them would probably rather chew glass than run for Council. I'm one of them.

But I’m starting to find and talk to those people now so by the time 2028 comes around, we may actually have an election worth engaging and participating in.

EDIT: Send me a DM if you are one of those who are on the fence. I really do want to talk to you.

EDIT #2: Here's the current list of councillors so everyone can see what we're looking at. Each Council term is 4 years.

• District 01: Cathy Deagle Gammon — elected 2020 — approx. 6 years
• District 02: David Hendsbee — elected 2003* — approx. 23 years
• District 03: Becky Kent — elected 2004** — approx. 10 years
• District 04: Trish Purdy — elected 2020 — approx. 6 years
• District 05: Sam Austin — elected 2016 — approx. 10 years
• District 06: Tony Mancini — elected 2016 — approx. 10 years
• District 07: Laura White — elected 2024 — approx. 2 years
• District 08: Virginia Hinch — elected 2024 — approx. 2 years
• District 09: Shawn Cleary — elected 2012 — approx. 14 years
• District 10: Kathryn Morse — elected 2020 — approx. 6 years
• District 11: Patty Cuttell — elected 2020 — approx. 6 years
• District 12: Janet Steele — elected 2024 — approx. 2 years
• District 13: Nancy Hartling — elected 2024 — approx. 2 years
• District 14: John A. Young — elected 2024 — approx. 2 years
• District 15: Billy Gillis — elected 2024 — approx. 2 years
• District 16: Jean St-Amand — elected 2024 — approx. 2 years

* = left to serve as MLA since first elected, and returned to Council

After looking at psychology today and getting a headache from reading all the options, I am hoping someone here who has gone something similar has a recommendation.

Im looking for someone who specializes in trauma/PTSD with domestic abuse. My ex almost killed me last year and the trial starts in a few months. Im trying to find someone who can help me start healing and getting out of survival mode and actually understands a bit about going to courts to testify and writing a victim impact statement. Preferably someone who wont have to go to therapy after having a therapy session with me.