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RCMP appealed for backfill after 70 officers took sick leave following N.S. mass killings

Posted: Feb 03, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 3
Nova Scotia RCMP Commanding Officer and Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman reads an statement at the start of a news conference on April 22, 2020. (Tim Krochak/The Canadian Press)
Seventy Mounties took sick leave in the wake of April s mass killings in Nova Scotia and the province s justice minister agreed to pay for out-of-province officers to backfill, but only until the end of August, newly released documents show.
Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman, commanding officer for Nova Scotia RCMP, first requested approval for the extra help on April 27, eight days after a gunman disguised as an RCMP officer killed 22 people, leaving 16 crime scenes in several rural communities. ....

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Doctor exposed to COVID-19 at work questions end of isolation pay program

Posted: Dec 14, 2020 6:03 PM AT | Last Updated: December 14, 2020
The health department says it doesn t know of any physicians who were exposed at work in hospitals during the second wave. (Shutterstock / shutter o)
A Nova Scotia doctor is questioning the province s decision to cut a program that paid physicians in isolation after he was exposed to COVID-19 at work during the second wave.
Health Minister Leo Glavine said at the time the program was no longer necessary because physicians hadn t been exposed in the second wave, and most doctors could work from home.
The comments came as a surprise to Dr. Sam Hickcox, a hospitalist who works in the Central Zone. He was exposed to COVID on Nov. 18. ....

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