The New Brunswick Medical Society is asking parents and teachers to take a second look at school menus.
The group is launching "Make Menus Matter", a campaign to raise awareness about eating healthy at school.
CEO
Anthony Knight tells CHSJ News, when it comes to healthy school menus,
there's still room for improvement. He says, unhealthy options are still
available on school menus.
"There's all different forms of
burgers, whether they're chicken, fish or hamburgers, lot of pizza and
some variations of fried foods. We want to encourage more whole grain
products, more fruits and vegetables, and more lean meat," he says.
Parents
are being asked to submit their child's school menu to the Medical
Society, for a chance to with a healthy lunch prepared by doctors and
dietitians.
Quispamsis
council making sure they are prepared for the worst...the town making a
request to be updated on the state of emergency and local state of
emergency legislation.
Regional
Emergency Management Coordinator for Saint John and Sussex Brent Whalen
tells CHSJ News, it all starts at the municipal level.
"If an
emergency occurs...multiple police departments, multiple fire
departments from adjacent municipalities have to come in to assist a
single municipality. It becomes overwhelming, and so an escalation in
support is going to be required," he says.
Whelan and KV E-M-O Director Brian Shanks making a presentation to council at their last meeting.
It
started as a pilot program, but now the SCAN program is helping
residents file complaints against problem tenants and residents on a
permanent basis.
That's
thanks to funding from the province. Police Chief Bill Reid tells CHSJ
News, they have a lot of tips coming in, and they work with SCAN to deal
with complaints about drug dealers, squats, and other issues.
"Scan
is not connected to police, it's an outside provincial unit and once we
have information we certainly pass it along," he says.
Reid says the city's fortunate the provincial government has continued funding for the program.
