Politicians from two Atlantic provinces are calling for a federal investigation into an unexplained increase in a brain illness that first appeared in New Brunswick nearly 10 years ago and has since spread to Nova Scotia.
N.S. Independent MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin and N.B. Green Party MLA Megan Mitton are asking the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to lead the inquiry into the spike of “atypical neurodegenerative” illnesses in both provinces.
The disease was previously thought to be only in New Brunswick, but Smith-McCrossin began hearing from her Cumberland North constituents four months ago about a variety of “unusual” neurological symptoms. Located in the northern part of the province, the riding borders New Brunswick. Amherst, the largest town in Cumberland County, N.S., is just minutes from the border….