MLA Chuck Chiasson. (Image submitted)
A Liberal MLA from the Grand Falls area is set to undergo cardiac surgery in Saint John on Friday, according to the party.
Chuck Chiasson, who represents Victoria-La Vallée, suffered a heart attack last Friday and later learned he had several blockages.
Chiasson’s colleague, MLA Francine Landry, said he was lucky enough to make it to the hospital on time.
“As he said on social media, sometimes your body tells you in a polite way that you need to slow down. You need to listen then because, if you don’t, your body will give you a stronger signal,” Landry said in the legislature this week.
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Calls mount for Doug Ford to resign as Premier of Ontario
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As Ontario continues to face a deadly, catastrophic third wave of COVID-19 that is overwhelming the province s hospitals and intensive care units, calls are growing for Premier Doug Ford to resign from his position due to his handling of the pandemic. Over a year into the pandemic, things are worse in Ontario than they have been since it began. Despite warnings from health experts and dire predictions from modeling, the province was slow to adopt necessary measures to slow transmission, wrote Moscrop.
Roger Melanson is the interim leader of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick. (Photo: Facebook/Roger Melanson)
The New Brunswick Liberal Party will hold its first virtual biennial convention Saturday.
Party officials say more than 1,100 people have registered to take part in the event.
“In speaking with Liberals since becoming interim leader, I could sense the momentum building within the party’s membership and I am thrilled to see that reflected in the number of people participating in our upcoming biennial,” said interim leader Roger Melanson in a statement.
A brand-new executive will be named as part of the convention, including the party’s next president.
Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips resigns over St. Barts vacation
Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips resigns over St. Barts vacation
The Ajax MPP s social media posts gave the impression he was still at home in Ontario By Kevin Ritchie
The vacation is over for Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips.
Premier Doug Ford said on Thursday afternoon that the minister resigned after taking a secret trip to a luxury Caribbean destination in the middle of the province-wide COVID-19 lockdown.
“Today, following my conversation with Rod Phillips, I have accepted his resignation as Ontario’s Minister of Finance,” Premier Doug Ford said in a statement on Thursday afternoon.