PUBLIC NOTICE - April 2009 “Talk With Me” activities
Baby Talk session The Talk With Me service invites all parents and their babies (aged 0 - 1 year) to a free session on their baby’s communication skills. Come learn different ways to stimulate your baby’s language and come discover how he is already communicating. .

PRESS RELEASE - Pilot Project for Nurse Retention
Moncton, March 12, 2009 – Regional Health Authority A will be participating in a national pilot project to facilitate the recruitment and retention of nurses. The project will initially be implemented in Zone 1 – Beauséjour, then extended to the other three zones of RHA A.

PRESS RELEASE - March is Nutrition Month Plenty of Activities to Celebrate Nutrition Month in RHA A
Bathurst, March 10, 2009 – Regional Health Authority A’s professionals will be holding several activities in March to highlight the benefits of healthy eating and an active lifestyle. Indeed, the national slogan this year is, "Stay active. Eat like a champion."

MEDIA RELEASE / High Occupancy Rates at the Edmundston Regional Hospital
Edmundston, January 22, 2008 - As of Monday, the Edmundston Regional Hospital has been coping with record occupancy and a great increase in visits at the Emergency.

The First Baby of Year Has Arrived!
Edmundston, January 1, 2009 – Regional Health Authority A, Madawaska-Victoria Zone is pleased to announce the birth of the region’s first baby of the year! Little Mollie was welcomed into the world at the Edmundston Regional Hospital at 3:21 a.m. on January 1, 2009. The daughter of Bryan and Anita Finnemore of Plaster Rock, Mollie weighed 2.937 kilograms (7 pounds and 6 ounces) at birth, and was delivered by Dr. Liette Poitras. Mollie is the couple’s fourth child and the whole family is doing well. The New Brunswick Medical Society presented a 3-in-1 car seat to the first newborn of the New Year as part of its 2009 Safe Start program. This initiative’s goal is to make the public and new parents aware of the importance of car safety. Picture: Dr. Philippe Virgili, president of the Madawaska Medical Society, Anita Finnemore, mother and little Mollie. Absent: Dr. Liette Poitras and Bryan Finnemore, father.

PRESS RELEASE / Sick children receive gifts from Madawaska Maliseet First Nation
EDMUNDSTON, December 17, 2008 – Children from the area who have to deal with grave diseases had a taste of Christmas magic, today, when Santa Claus brought them gifts

PRESS RELEASE - Kedgwick Extra-Mural Program Marks Official Opening of New Offices
KEDGWICK, December 5, 2008 – The staff of the Kedgwick Extra-Mural Program celebrated the grand opening this afternoon of their newly renovated offices at 156 Notre-Dame Street in Kedgwick. Colleagues and a number of clients were on hand to appreciate the extent of the renovations recently carried out.

Awareness Raised about Dangers of Methamphetamine Use during National Addictions Awareness Week
SAINT-FRANÇOIS, November 12, 2008 – As part of National Addictions Awareness Week, which takes place from November 16 to 22, 2008, Addiction Services in Regional Health Authority A, Madawaska-Victoria Zone, will once again this year be organizing a range of activities targeting teens and parents in particular. The topics explored will include use of methamphetamine, also known under street names such as “crystal meth” or “peach.”

PRESS RELEASE - Regional Health Authority A urges the people of the area to receive their influenza vaccinations
Edmundston, October 30, 2008 – Regional Health Authority A invites the people of the area to receive the flu vaccine over the next few weeks.

PUBLIC NOTICE-November 2008 “Talk With Me” activity
Baby Talks The Talk With Me service invites all parents and their babies (aged 0 - 1 year) to a free session on their baby’s communication skills. Come learn different ways to stimulate your baby’s language and come discover how he is already communicating.

Regional Health Authority A Welcomes a New Orthopedist in Madawaska/Victoria
Edmundston, October 7, 2008 – Regional Health Authority A is pleased to announce the arrival of a new orthopedist in the region.

Public Notice - The Support Group for parents with hyperactive children resumes its activities in the Grand Falls area
Grand Falls, August 27, 2008 – The support group for parents with hyperactive children (ADHD) or an attention deficit without hyperactivity (ADD) is back with its monthly meetings in the Grand Falls area every second Wednesday night of the month, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The group meets in Health department’s basement in Grand Falls’ city hall, 131 Pleasant Street. The first activity will be held on a Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 7 p.m. and psychologist Richard Ouellette will be the guest speaker.