[Moncton] Sackville Developments

[MonctonRad]

Kookie Kutter Bakery, which opened more than 25 years ago, has moved to a bigger location and invested in advanced manufacturing capacity to help it fulfill orders for its vegan cookies in Canada and the U.S.

https://huddle.today/sackville-baker...00-investment/

The bakery opened its new, larger space in a repurposed fire hall on Main St., Sackville, about a month ago. At 3,000 square feet, the building is twice as large as the original bakery on Lorne St.

The new machinery, which includes cutting machines and ovens, has also arrived from Italy. The equipment will allow the company to boost production by about seven times.

“At our previous facility, the max capacity we would do would be about a million pounds of cookies a year,” said Tower. “[This] gives us the production capacity to grow to approximately seven million pounds.”

The new equipment also has different molds, which allows the bakery to make new products like Christmas tree cookies that are available at Costco for the holiday season.

The increased capacity will enable Kookie Kutter to expand its reach significantly across Canada and in the New England states, and grow the business up to 10 times more, says Tower.

[Sumater]

However, to do that, they had to switch places with a local co-working space. That said, that co-working space now has more room for their main space and they pay less rent, albeit on arguably the ugliest street in town (Lorne St.).

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Proposed Sackville abattoir attracts controversy
Some don't want a slaughterhouse in town, while developer says local butcher means local food
Tori Weldon · CBC News · Posted: Dec 16, 2020 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 16
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...ersy-1.5842376



While there are legitimate questions about how the abattoir would operate, there are a number of residents of Sackville who have an idealized view of what a small university town should look like, and this does not include having an industrial park within town limits...……...

The proposed abattoir in Sackville has apparently been approved by town council.


Building the abattoir is going in (T&T photo)

[MonctonRad]

I always intended the Sackville section to be "Sackville/Dorchester"

27-room Lady Smith Manor restored as labour of love
'It's like peeling back an onion,' Miriam Andrews says of restoring 19th-century Dorchester home:
Tori Weldon · CBC News · Posted: Feb 05, 2021 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 5
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...tion-1.5900736

The Georgian style home was built in two sections by Sir Albert Smith in 1842. He added the second section for his wife, Lady Sarah Marie Young Smith, for whom the house is named.

Smith was both the attorney general (1861) and the premier of New Brunswick (1865-66) and strongly opposed Confederation.

From a well-to-do Shediac family, Smith spent many years in Dorchester before he made the move to Ottawa to take on the role of minister of fisheries under prime minister Alexander Mackenzie in the 1870s. Smith was the first person from New Brunswick to be knighted.

He was integral in the decision to build what is now the Dorchester Penitentiary, and Smith is buried in a local cemetery.

Andrews (the new owner) has plans for murder mystery evenings, catered dinners, workshops like wreath-making, and liquor tastings, and she is also considering setting up a pub at the back of the house.

[MonctonRad]

I see that Mount Allison University is the recipient of a $5M donation for their Fine Arts Department from Toronto businessman and art connoisseur Pierre Lassonde. In gratitude, the university in turn is naming the Fine Arts Department the Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts.

I wonder if this also entails a name change for the Purdy Crawford Centre for the Arts, since this building houses the Fine Arts Department?

[MonctonRad]

Not development related, but a sad bit of news in any event.

The Sackville Tribune Post has ceased publishing permanently. It (was) one of a number of weekly newspapers published by Nova Scotia's Saltwire network. Many of these weeklies are now in peril. The Amherst newspaper is also in very rough shape and may not survive.

[MonctonRad]

This headline just appeared on the T&T site:

Feds Announce $400M New Brunswick Hospital for Inmates:



The new hospital will be built at Dorchester Penitentiary to replace the current Shepody Healing Centre.

Personal comment:

$400M is a heck of a lot of money to spend on a new inmate hospital facility. This is probably close to what the province spent on the Upper River Valley Hospital in Waterville when it was built (even including for inflation)

The only way that this makes sense is if the feds want to end the practice of sending inmates to civilian hospitals for most forms of diagnosis and treatment. In other words, I would expect this new hospital facility to resemble a civilian hospital with on site general radiology, ultrasound, and likely CT. There will likely be special procedure rooms for minor surgery, inpatient treatment wards for mildly to moderately ill prisoners, and the current prisoner wing at the Moncton Hospital will likely be closed down. There will also have to be a large and well equipped psychiatric facility on site to help justify this cost. I would imagine ill prisoners will be transferred here from other institutions in the region.

[theshark]

The article said the facility will cost between 300-400 millions and will have 155 beds, they will shut down the wing at the Moncton hospital.

[PEI highway guy]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

This headline just appeared on the T&T site:

Feds Announce $400M New Brunswick Hospital for Inmates:



The new hospital will be built at Dorchester Penitentiary to replace the current Shepody Healing Centre.

Personal comment:

$400M is a heck of a lot of money to spend on a new inmate hospital facility. This is probably close to what the province spent on the Upper River Valley Hospital in Waterville when it was built (even including for inflation)

The only way that this makes sense is if the feds want to end the practice of sending inmates to civilian hospitals for most forms of diagnosis and treatment. In other words, I would expect this new hospital facility to resemble a civilian hospital with on site general radiology, ultrasound, and likely CT. There will likely be special procedure rooms for minor surgery, inpatient treatment wards for mildly to moderately ill prisoners, and the current prisoner wing at the Moncton Hospital will likely be closed down. There will also have to be a large and well equipped psychiatric facility on site to help justify this cost. I would imagine ill prisoners will be transferred here from other institutions in the region.

That should mean a fairly good nunmber of good oaying jobs for the area

[mylesmalley]

A- I had no idea there was a ward at the Moncton Hospital specifically for inmates.

B- I wonder what kind of catchment area this facility will have. Surely more than just the Maritimes?

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by theshark

The article said the facility will cost between 300-400 millions and will have 155 beds, they will shut down the wing at the Moncton hospital.

Thanks. Yes, 155 beds would mean it would be a proper sized mid range hospital like the URVH in Waterville.

The prison wing at the Moncton Hospital isn't so much of a wing as it is a "secure holding unit." It only has something like 6-10 beds and isn't that busy.

I would suspect that the majority of the beds at the new prison hospital will be a replacement for the Shepody Healing Centre, which is for secure care of mentally ill prisoners (essentially a holding facility for inmates declared not criminally responsible, and other inmates with mental health issues). These patients would be under the care and supervision of psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses and social workers.

The big question is how much of the facility will be given over to routine medical care of the prison population. If they are closing down the "prison wing" at the Moncton Hospital, and if they make this the primary medical unit for all the Atlantic provinces, then I could see at least 40 beds given over to routine health care.

Right now we get prisoners coming up from Dorchester (and Renous) on a daily basis for medical appointments at the Moncton Hospital (and the GDH too dependent upon what's wrong with the inmate). A lot of this is for imaging studies. Dorchester right now has an x-ray machine and does some rudimentary radiography now. I could see a new hospital down there having a proper x-ray department, possibly also with ultrasound and CT. There will have to be minor procedure rooms and clinics as well. I doubt there would be an actual operating room or ICU. Sophisticated medical care would still require referral to a general hospital with proper resources. I presume however that the new hospital will be looking for full time 24/7 medical and nursing staffing to run the medical side of the facility.

Yes, this new hospital will likely provide at least 100 new well paying health care positions for the region (on top of the pre-existing jobs at the Shepody Healing Centre and the prison infirmary).

[MonctonRad]

CBC article regarding the new federal prison hospital to be built in Dorchester:

155-bed health centre serving federal offenders planned for Dorchester Penitentiary
Federal government says the centre will improve access to health care and treatment
Vanessa Balintec · CBC News · Posted: Jun 18, 2021 5:45 PM AT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...ster-1.6071624

The federal government says it is moving ahead with a "state-of-the-art" health centre at Dorchester Penitentiary that will offer bilingual service, be sensitive to the needs of Indigenous people and cost up to $400 million.

"We are committed to providing a correctional system that delivers effective and timely interventions to address the health needs of offenders," said Public Safety Minister Bill Blair.

The federal government will spend between $300 million and $400 million on the project, said federal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc, the MP for Beauséjour.

The contract for the design and construction phase of the project is expected to be awarded this fall, and bidders will be required to include an Indigenous architect in their proposals.

"The Indigenous architect will help design culturally safe spaces for Indigenous patients that integrate and promote a holistic approach to health and to wellness," LeBlanc said.

the government said it wanted to build a new, bilingual health-care centre in New Brunswick that would include mental health beds, beds for women in prison, and for offenders elsewhere in the Atlantic region.

The comment about "effective and timely interventions" by Minister Bill Blair indeed indicates to me that this facility will include full diagnostics, up to and including CT, and will have treatment facilities for almost everything short of major surgery. This will indeed be a full hospital.

There will have to be full time on site medical coverage for medical emergencies, probably with fully trained emergency physicians (like you would find in a real hospital ER). In terms of specialists, the medical images could be read offsite by teleradiology (perhaps from Moncton). Specialist clinics could be conducted by telemedicine, although I imagine there will be some occasional onsite clinics too. It will be interesting to see if they plan onsite surgeries, bringing in surgeons and anaesthesiologists from Moncton. I doubt this, but you never know.

In terms of psychiatric services, I imagine this will be one of the finest psychiatric hospitals in the province.

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Thanks. Yes, 155 beds would mean it would be a proper sized mid range hospital like the URVH in Waterville.

The prison wing at the Moncton Hospital isn't so much of a wing as it is a "secure holding unit." It only has something like 6-10 beds and isn't that busy.

I would suspect that the majority of the beds at the new prison hospital will be a replacement for the Shepody Healing Centre, which is for secure care of mentally ill prisoners (essentially a holding facility for inmates declared not criminally responsible, and other inmates with mental health issues). These patients would be under the care and supervision of psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses and social workers.

The big question is how much of the facility will be given over to routine medical care of the prison population. If they are closing down the "prison wing" at the Moncton Hospital, and if they make this the primary medical unit for all the Atlantic provinces, then I could see at least 40 beds given over to routine health care.

Right now we get prisoners coming up from Dorchester (and Renous) on a daily basis for medical appointments at the Moncton Hospital (and the GDH too dependent upon what's wrong with the inmate). A lot of this is for imaging studies. Dorchester right now has an x-ray machine and does some rudimentary radiography now. I could see a new hospital down there having a proper x-ray department, possibly also with ultrasound and CT. There will have to be minor procedure rooms and clinics as well. I doubt there would be an actual operating room or ICU. Sophisticated medical care would still require referral to a general hospital with proper resources. I presume however that the new hospital will be looking for full time 24/7 medical and nursing staffing to run the medical side of the facility.

Yes, this new hospital will likely provide at least 100 new well paying health care positions for the region (on top of the pre-existing jobs at the Shepody Healing Centre and the prison infirmary).

Question: With 100 new health care positions being provided, will there be a problem filling them? Isn't there already a shortage of nurses?

[L'homard]

There is a shortage of everything.
The nurses just have the best PR firm.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

Question: With 100 new health care positions being provided, will there be a problem filling them? Isn't there already a shortage of nurses?

I'm pulling that staffing number out of my ass.

- I have no idea what the current staffing level is at the Shepody Centre.
- Staffing requirements at the new hospital will depend entirely on what services they intend to provide.
- If they are going the full OR/ICU route, staffing will increase exponentially.
- Are they going to have full radiology/laboratory capabilities? If so, then staffing will increase significantly
- Psychiatric services will entail many people on its own.

You get the idea.

This facility will be similar in size to the URVH, which I presume has about 500 staff. Now, since this facility is co-located with a penitentiary, many support services can be shared, decreasing staffing requirements. I am predicting 200-300 staff will still be required, some of which already exists at the Shepody Centre.

Will recruitment be difficult? Likely, but these are federal jobs with good compensation and excellent benefits. As long as people don't mind in a prison environment, the positions will be filled, perhaps from elsewhere in Canada.

There is certainly a risk however that some parasitization of workers from elsewhere in southeastern NB could occur.

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I'm pulling that staffing number out of my ass.

- I have no idea what the current staffing level is at the Shepody Centre.
- Staffing requirements at the new hospital will depend entirely on what services they intend to provide.
- If they are going the full OR/ICU route, staffing will increase exponentially.
- Are they going to have full radiology/laboratory capabilities? If so, then staffing will increase significantly
- Psychiatric services will entail many people on its own.

You get the idea.

This facility will be similar in size to the URVH, which I presume has about 500 staff. Now, since this facility is co-located with a penitentiary, many support services can be shared, decreasing staffing requirements. I am predicting 200-300 staff will still be required, some of which already exists at the Shepody Centre.

Will recruitment be difficult? Likely, but these are federal jobs with good compensation and excellent benefits. As long as people don't mind in a prison environment, the positions will be filled, perhaps from elsewhere in Canada.

There is certainly a risk however that some parasitization of workers from elsewhere in southeastern NB could occur.

Well federal jobs with all the perks they offer, plus the reputation the Maritimes seems to be getting in upper Canada - Maybe we'll see people transferring in! Would they post these positions internally?

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

Would they post these positions internally?

I imagine, but a full fledged prison hospital like this seems to be a new paradigm. I would imagine most positions would have to be filled externally.

[MonctonRad]

A few more tidbits of info from the T&T today:

1) - The current Shepody Healing Centre has 53 beds, so the new prison hospital in Dorchester will be 3x the size.
2) - The current prison infirmary only has five beds and is "always at maximum capacity". If this new hospital is to serve all the federal prisons in Atlantic Canada (and replace the prisoner wing at the Moncton Hospital), then I think it's pretty safe to say that the medical wing at the new hospital will have somewhere in the vicinity of 30-40 beds, with the remaining beds (approximately 120) being psychiatric.
3) - Construction is still 5-6 years away, and will take at least two years, so this facility likely will not open until about 2029 or maybe 2030.

[MonctonRad]

Tiny art gallery enchants Sackville
Sackville's newest art gallery is the size of a breadbox and the art is free for the taking
Tori Weldon · CBC News · Posted: Jul 09, 2021 8:00 AM AT | Last Updated: July 9
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...ille-1.6094327

[MonctonRad]

Apparently Fener's Place will soon be opening in the former Napule Pizza location on Bridge Street. They will specialize in Kurdish cuisine, which must be a first for the region........