AULDS COVE, N.S. - The wind was cutting. Halfway across the Canso Causeway, the snow came in heavy flurries. But the wintry weather did not deter the pugnacious spirit of the group of Cape Breton residents who say they are frustrated with the Nova Scotia government’s approach to health services.
The protestors who shut down the causeway for an hour Nov. 16 had a message, and they were going to share it, whatever the weather: the standard of health care in Cape Breton is not enough and the provincial government has to do better.
Shortly after 11 a.m. Friday, a parade of members of the Capers 4 Healthcare, an advocacy group fighting for a better standard of health care in the area, and their supporters gathered at the Cape Breton side of the causeway.
More than 150 people marched and drove across the causeway chanting to express their discontent, accompanied the sound of a single droning bagpipe as they made their way across the Strait of Canso.
Before and after the procession, passersby honked to show support.
Posted by The Casket Newspaper on Friday, 16 November 2018
Cape Breton Post reporter Erin Pottie is with the “Get on the Bus” convoy of buses, organized by Capers 4 Healthcare.
The group had originally planned to continue on to the constituency office of Liberal MLA Randy Delorey, the Minister of Health and Wellness, in Antigonish. However, a mix of snow and rain moving through the region led to a decision to head back to Cape Breton after the march across the causeway, according to a post in the Capers4Healthcare Facebook group.
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