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RECENSIONE: Cena con delitto al castello di Balmoral di Chris McGeorg

Cari Sognatori, Cinzia ha letto il libro Thriller scritto da Chris McGeorg e pubblicato dalla PIEMME Edizioni !!! GENERE: Thriller DATA DI PUBBLICAZIONE: 15 novembre 2022 Ebook / Cartaceo È il giorno di Natale, la tavola è imbandita e la famiglia reale britannica si appresta a festeggiare…Le tradizioni sono dure a morire. E così, anche quest’anno, nonostante il peggior maltempo che si sia mai…

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#AMurderatBalmoral #ChrisMcGeorge #HouseofWindsor #AlternativeFiction #BookReview #GPPutnamandSons #PenguinAudio

Imagine a world where #EdwardVIII did the right thing and married a suitable woman. His heir is murdered, and someone in the family is responsible. #AMurderatBalmoral #BookReview #HouseofWindsor #AlternativeFiction #ChrisMcGeorge #GPPutnamandSons

A delightful locked-room mystery in which the king has been poisoned, each member of the royal family has motive and opportunity, and the king’s beloved chef must figure out whodunit and why. The royal family has gathered at their Scottish retreat, Balmoral Castle, for a traditional Christmas–and King Eric has given nearly all of the staff the day off. As a blizzard gathers outside and a…

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[Books] Cena con delitto nel castello di Balmoral di Chris McGeorge

Titolo originale: A Murder at Balmoral Autore: Chris McGeorge Prima edizione: 2022 Edizione italiana: traduzione di Gloria Pastorino (PIEMME, 2022) (more…) “”

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READING LIST: Children's Books

Green: Currently Reading

Pink: LOVED IT!

Orange: Liked It

Strikethrough: DNF/Not For Me

A Boy Called Slow by Joseph Bruchac

A Carp for Kimiko by Virginia Kroll

A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce

A Pack of Lies by Geraldine McCaughrean

A Starlit Somersault Downhill by Nancy Willard

All Aboard Trains by Mary Harding

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner by Amy Schwartz

Anno's Magic Seeds by Mitsumasa Anno

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold

Back Home by Gloria Jean Pinkney

Bad Day at Riverbend by Chris Van Allsburg

The Bamboo Flute by Garry Disher

Baseball Saved Us by Ken Machizuki

Belinda by Pamela Allen

Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett

Big Al by Andrew Clements

Bill's New Frock by Anne Fine

Black and White by Tana Hoban

Black Like Kyra, White Like Me by Judith Vigna

Blue and The Gray by Eve Bunting

The Boggart by Susan Cooper

Boo to a Goose by Mem Fox

Boomer Goes to School by Constance McGeorge

The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida

The Call of the Wolves by Jim Murphy

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. 

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Clippity-Clop by Pamela Allen

Dandelions by Eve Bunting

Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with The Family Lazardo by William Joyce

Dinosaur Roar! by Paula and Henrietta Strickland

Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff

The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

Drylongso by Virginia Hamilton

Eleanor by Barbara Cooney

The Empty Pot by Demi

Feel the Wind by Arthur Dorros

Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting

Free Fall by David Wiesner

Frogs by Gail Gibbons

From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

Gentle Willow by Joyce C. Mills

George Shrinks by William Joyce

Going West by Jean Van Leeuwen

Good Queen Bess by Diane Stanley

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say

The Great Elephant Chase by Gillian Cross

Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie

Heather Has Two Mommies by Lesleá Newman

The Honey Makers by Gail Gibbons

Horace by Holly Keller

How Night Came From the Sea by Mary-Joan Gerson

I Can Hear the Sun by Patricia Polacco

I Love My Daddy Because... by Laurel Porter-Gaylord

If You Made a Million by David M. Schwartz

In for Winter, Out for Spring by Arnold Adoff

It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach

Island Boy by Barbara Cooney

John Henry by Julius Lester

The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

Koala Lou by Mem Fox

Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley

Let the Celebrations Begin! by Margaret Wild

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

Magic Beach by Alison Lester

Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M Joosse

The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket by Sonia Levitin

Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh

Matilda by Roald Dahl

The Matzah that Papa Brought Home by Fran Manushkin

Max's Chocolate Chicken by Rosemary Wells

Max's Dragon Shirt by Rosemary Wells

Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen

Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke

Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder

Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack

The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen

Mrs/ Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco

My Body Belongs to Me from My Head to My Toes by Pro Familia

My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg

New Shoes for Sylvia by Johanna Hurwitz

Nothing but the Truth by Avi

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann

Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss

The Old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant

Oliver's Vegetables by Vivian French

One Hundred Angry Ants by Elinor J. Pinzes

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Pit Pony by Joyce Barkhouse

The Planets by Gail Gibbons

Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion by Verna Aardema

The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus

Rechenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco

Reuben and the Fire by Merle Good

The Rough-Face Girl by Rage Martin

Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran

Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat by Amy Tan

The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer

Sam and The Tigers by Julius Lester

Seashells Crabs and Seastars by Christiane Lump Tibbitts

The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow

The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy

Shrek by William Steig

Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore

Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch

The Sunday Outing by Gloria Jean Pinkney

The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Sciezka

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson

The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg

The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci

Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Joseph Bruchac

Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco

Tillie and the Wall by Leo Lionni

Time For Bed by Mem Fox

Tough Boris by Mem Fox

Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszcka

Tuesday by David Wiesner

Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg

Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by Dyanne DiSalvo-Ryan

The Very First Americans by Cara Ashrose

Voyage of The Basset by James C. Christensen

Waiting for Anya by Michael Morpurgo

War Boy by Michael Foreman

We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

What Lives in a Shell? by Kathleen Weidner Ziegfeld

Why the Sky is Far Away by Mary-Joan Gerson

The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg

Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Kroll

The Wolf by Margaret Barbalet

The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg

Zomo The Rabbit by Gerald McDermott

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2023 - Best of Books (Part 2)

As I did last year, I’m splitting my posts into 4 parts: Books (Part 1), Books (Part 2), Music (Song), Music (Video). Just click on the photo to get a zoomed in, closer view of all the text. ~ Monster and the Beast, by Renji A Dance of Water and Air, by Antonia Aquilante Capturing Magick, by Dean Cole Guess Who, by Chris McGeorge The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides Fiorenzo, by…

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Meurtre à Balmoral de Chris McGeorge

Achat : https://amzn.to/3rNsGU2 Un The Crown à la sauce Cluedo, un délicieux huis clos qui séduira tous les fans d’Agatha Christie et de cosy crimes. Chronique : “Meurtre à Balmoral” est un véritable régal pour les amateurs de romans à énigmes et de mystères à la manière d’Agatha Christie. L’auteur, Chris McGeorge, nous emmène dans un univers de luxe, de mystère et d’intrigues au sein de la…

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“- Czego najbardziej się boisz? spytał pewnego razu Winter (...).

- Zapomnienia- odparł Sheppard, zastanowiwszy się chwilę.

- Wi��kszość ludzi powiedziałaby, że najbardziej ze wszystkiego boją się śmierci.

- Śmierć jest nieunikniona, bycie zapamiętanym to przywilej.”

~ Chris McGeorge:"Zgadnij kto"

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The next book I’m reading. It sounds very interesting and it’s the first time reading this author. 

At eleven years old, Morgan Sheppard solved the murder of a teacher when everyone else believed it to be a suicide. The publicity surrounding the case laid the foundation for his reputation as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. He parlayed that fame into a gig as TV’s “resident detective,” solving the more typical tawdry daytime talk show mysteries like “Who is the father?” and “Is he cheating?” Until, that is, Sheppard wakes up handcuffed to a bed in an unfamiliar hotel room. Around him, five strangers are slowly waking up, as well. Soon they discover a corpse in the bathtub and Sheppard is challenged to put his deductive skills to the test. One of the people in the room is the killer. He has three hours to solve the murder. If he doesn’t find the killer, they all will die.

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Now You See Me

Now you see me by Chris McGeorge, an interesting Thriller read.  Six people go into a Canal Tunnel but only One comes out and he has been hit in the head appearing to suffer from a concussion.

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Day 12: a villain from a book (you've read)

"Guess Who" by Chris McGeorge

I'm sorry but it's just the scariest and propably bloody weirdest book I've ever read. The villain is literally a dude in a horse head. It was haunting me for a good few days after finishing.

Crazy.

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(If I somehow missed you or you want to be tagged, just tell me!)

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Book Recommendations: New Mysteries 

A Murder at Balmoral by Chris McGeorge 

The royal family has gathered at their Scottish retreat, Balmoral Castle, for a traditional Christmas--and King Eric has given nearly all of the staff the day off. As a blizzard gathers outside and a delicious dinner is prepared, the family circles up for the traditional holiday toast. King Eric makes clear he has something momentous to say--in fact, he will name his chosen successor. But as he raises a glass of his favorite whiskey from a bottle that has just been sealed, he drops dead.

The King has been poisoned, only the royal family are present, and each one of them has opportunity and motive.

The only person at Balmoral who keeps his wits about him is the beloved head chef, Jonathan--an outsider in the eyes of the royal family, and one who is now hurled into the role of sleuth. In a state of shock, out of his depth, and possibly in a killer's crosshairs, Jonathan must confront a hopeless case. Why would one of the king's own family members want to kill him? And how did they do it?

The answers will shake the monarchy and the entire British Empire to its core.

A Trace of Poison by Colleen Cambridge 

Phyllida Bright, housekeeper for Agatha Christie, must uncover a killer among a throng of crime writers.

In England’s stately manor houses, murder is not generally a topic for polite conversation. Mallowan Hall, home to Agatha Christie and her husband, Max, is the exception. And housekeeper Phyllida Bright delights in discussing gory plot details with her friend and employer . . .

The neighboring village of Listleigh has also become a hub of grisly goings-on, thanks to a Murder Fête organized to benefit a local orphanage. Members of The Detection Club—a group of celebrated authors such as G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Agatha herself—will congregate for charitable events, including a writing contest for aspiring authors. The winner gets an international publishing contract, and entrants have gathered for a cocktail party—managed by the inimitable Phyllida—when murder strikes too close even for her comfort.

It’s a mystery too intriguing for Phyllida to resist, but one fraught with duplicity and danger, for every guest is an expert in murder—and how to get away with it.

This is the second volume in the “Phyllida Bright Mystery” series. 

Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala 

It's Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for Lila Macapagal. Sure, her new business, The Brew-ha Cafe, is looking to turn a profit in its first year. And yes, she's taken the first step in a new romance with her good friend, Jae Park. But her cousin Ronnie is back in town after ghosting the family fifteen years ago, claiming that his recent purchase of a local winery shows that he's back on his feet and ready to give back to the Shady Palms community. Tita Rosie is thrilled with the return of her prodigal son, but Lila knows that wherever Ronnie goes, trouble follows.

She's soon proven right when Ronnie is accused of murder, and secrets and rumors surrounding her shady cousin and those involved with the winery start piling up. Now Lila has to put away years of resentment and distrust to prove her cousin's innocence. He may be a jerk, but he's still family. And there's no way her flesh and blood could actually be a murderer...right?

This is the third volume in the “Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery” series. 

Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire

Ellie Christie is thrilled to begin a new chapter. She’s recently returned to her tiny Colorado hometown to run her family’s historic bookshop with her elder sister, Meg, and their friendly bookshop cat, Agatha. Perched in a Swiss-style hamlet accessible by ski gondola and a twisty mountain road, the Book Chalet is a famed bibliophile destination known for its maze of shelves and relaxing reading lounge with cozy fireside seats and panoramic views. At least, until trouble blows in with a wintery whiteout. A man is found dead on the gondola, and a rockslide throws the town into lockdown—no one in, no one out.

He was a mysterious stranger who visited the bookshop. At the time, his only blunders were disrupting a book club and leaving behind a first-edition Agatha Christie novel, written under a pseudonym. However, once revealed, the man’s identity shocks the town. Many residents knew of him. Quite a few had reason to want him dead. Others hide secrets. The police gather suspects, but when they narrow in on the sisters’ close friends, the Christies have to act.

Although the only Agatha in their family tree is their cat, Ellie and Meg know a lot about mysteries, and they’re not about to let the situation snowball out of control. The Christie sisters must summon their inner Miss Marples and trek through a blizzard of clues before the killer turns the page to their final chapter.

This is the first volume in the “Christie Bookshop” series. 

Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower 

January 1855 Willa Noble knew it was bad luck when it was pouring rain on the day of her ever-important job interview at the Dickinson home in Amherst, Massachusetts. When she arrived late, disheveled with her skirts sodden and filthy, she'd lost all hope of being hired for the position. As the housekeeper politely told her they'd be in touch, Willa started toward the door of the stately home only to be called back by the soft but strong voice of Emily Dickinson. What begins as tenuous employment turns to friendship as the reclusive poet takes Willa under her wing. Tragedy soon strikes and Willa's beloved brother, Henry, is killed in a tragic accident at the town stables. With no other family and nowhere else to turn, Willa tells Emily about her brother's death and why she believes it was no accident. Willa is convinced it was murder. Henry had been very secretive of late, only hinting to Willa that he'd found a way to earn money to take care of them both. Viewing it first as a puzzle to piece together, Emily offers to help, only to realize that she and Willa are caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse that reveals corruption in Amherst that is generations deep. Some very high-powered people will stop at nothing to keep their profitable secrets even if that means forever silencing Willa and her new mistress....

This is the first volume in the “An Emily Dickinson Mystery” series. 

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Anticipated releases : June-Dec. 2018

Hi everyone! Here are some books I’m looking forward to that are being released in the latter half of 2018. I’ve put them in order of release date, not anticipation. I talk about these in a bit more detail over on my BookTube channel here!

Florida, by Lauren Groff (June 5th)

Neverworld Wake, by Marisha Pessl (June 5th)

The Book of M, by Peng Shepard (June 5th)

Save the Date, by Morgan Matson (June 5th)

A Place For Us, by Fatima Farheen Mirza (June 12th)

A Reaper At the Gates, by Sabaa Tahir (June 12th)

Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik (July 10th)

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, by Ottessa Moshfegh (July 10th)

Record of A Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers (July 26th)

City of Ghosts, by Victoria Schwab (August 28th)

Sadie, by Courtney Summers (September 4th) (I got an early copy of this, review to come)

The Boy At the Keyhole, by Stephen Giles (September 4th)

Guess Who, by Chris McGeorge (September 18th) (I’ve already read this, meh.)

Time’s Convert, by Deborah Harkness (September 25th)

Vengeful, by V.E. Schwab (September 25th)

Transcription, by Kate Atkinson (September 25th)

Muse of Nightmares, by Laini Taylor (October 2nd)

The Ladies’ Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, Mackenzi Lee (October 2nd)

What If It’s Us, by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera (October 9th)

The Clockmaker’s Daughter, by Kate Morton (October 9th)

Melmoth, by Sarah Perry (October 16th)

A Sorrow Fierce and Falling, by Jessica Cluess (October 16th)

Little, by Edward Carey (October 23rd)

Kingdom of Ash, by Sarah J Maas (October 23rd)

Archenemies, by Marissa Meyer (November 6th)

Skyward, by Brandon Sanderson (November 6th)

Pulp, by Robin Talley (November 20th)

The Western Wind, by Samantha Harvey (November 27th)

And another mention has to go to An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma, which comes out January 9th, 2019 in the US, but earlier elsewhere. Cross your fingers I get an ARC. :D Two books I had to take off this list were Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff, which was pushed back to September 2019, and Dark Age by Pierce Brown, which was also pushed back to February 2019. :(

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Rules: Tag 10 followers you want to know better

Tagged by @pocketghoul thank u so much!!! <3

Tagging: dkfjgfg pls dont feel like u have to do this, if youve done it already or dont want to, but~  @saltbaetsukki @thotdagas @basicallybergara @adamstevenandrew @smolboogara  

Name: jemma Star sign: aries Height: 5′8 Middle name: beth Put your music on shuffle. What are the first 4 songs to pop up? take cover - all time low holiday/boulevard of broken dreams - greenday hot blood - kaleo believer - imagine dragons Grab the closest book to you and turn to page 23. What’s line 17? themselves. Ever had a poem or song written about you? nope When was the last time you played air guitar? skjfsdjf never Who is your celebrity crush? katie mcgrath. theres probably a lot more but im in love with her rn What’s a sound you hate, and one you love? im literally copying u fdhkjd but i hate the sound of people chewing with their mouths open, and my favourite sound is rain Do you believe in ghosts? nooo How about aliens? yep Do you drive? i have my licence but no car If so have you ever crashed? surprisingly no What was the last book you read? im reading guess who by Chris McGeorge Do you like the smell of gasoline? i used to, dont anymore What was the last movie you saw? ooooo it was love, simon with my fave @saltbaetsukki Do you have any obsessions right now? omg @pocketghoul im loving no man’s sky too atm because my brother told me about it. but yeah apart from that idk Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong? i shouldnt but i tend to yeah In a relationship? nopeee

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Interesting books!! Is there anys of your favorite up there? -💐

I love all of them!! But from the ones I have finished already:

Hangman - Daniel Cole

Guess Who - Chris McGeorge

All of my Sherlock Holmes books - Arthur Conan Doyle (which is the majority of my books)

Solitaire - Alice Oseman

Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

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Currently Reading (book 66 of 2022)

Shirley Steadman, a 70 year old living in a small town in the North East of England, loves her volunteer work at the local hospital radio. She likes giving back to the community, and even more so, she likes getting out of the house. Haunted by the presence of her son, a reluctant Royal Navy officer who was lost at sea, and still in the shadow of her long dead abusive husband, she doesn't like being alone much. One day, at the radio station, she is playing around with the equipment and finds a frequency that was never there before. It is a pirate radio station, and as she listens as the presenter starts reading the news. But there is one problem - the news being reported is tomorrows. Shirley first thinks it is a mere misunderstanding - a wrong date. But she watches as everything reported comes true. At first, Shirley is in awe of the station, and happily tunes in to hear the news. But then the presenter starts reporting murders - murders that happen just the way they were reported. And Shirley is the only one who can stop them

I just finished part 1 in the book and WOW, the ending of that first part had me blinking my eyes for a while and trying to wrap my head around it. I am so curious about how it will continue now. I saw on goodreads that they have it 3.4 stars out of 5. I guess that isn’t bad but sometimes I also think that the readers on goodreads are a bit too harsh at times. (As if it’s somehow cool to be mean and rude for no real reason)

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Staffing shortages, lack of leadership plague N.B. health-care system: advocate

For the next 10 days, people are being asked to avoid Moncton's Georges Dumont Hospital -- if they can help it.

The hospital is over its occupancy rate and the overflow is affecting the ER.

Vitalite Health Network says the culprit is staff shortages and seniors having to wait in hospital for a nursing home bed.

"I was in there one night with one of my family - and the sign said the wait today will be I think it said nine hours or something like that, so we've got to fix that," said healthcare advocate Ken McGeorge. "And it's fixable. Other hospitals have fixed it. Why can't we?"

McGeorge is speaking of an experience at Fredericton's Everett Chalmers hospital.

In the early 1990s, he helped restructure the province's hospital system and recently published a book on healthcare reform.

He believes the solution is out there.

"It's organization and it's leadership," McGeorge says. "Somebody's got to lead the charge here and make this happen and it's going to require some thought patterns to change, with some physicians, some nurses and the public."

Almost half of the physician job postings listed on the government website are for the northern areas of the province. Some postings have been there since 2017 and many of them list the start date as "as soon as possible."

"We've always had trouble trying to recruit to New Brunswick," says Dr. Chris Goodyear, the president of the Medical Society of New Brunswick. "That's why the medical society is advocating for a human resource strategy when it comes to the recruitment and retention of doctors and nurses and nurse practitioners."

The medical society says the province needs 300 doctors over the next few years.

Dr. Goodyear says the province needs to do better at identifying New Brunswickers who are in medical school or residency programs and advertising across the country.

"And we also need to make sure that people who want to come here and work have a streamlined process by which they can cut through a lot of red tape," Dr. Goodyear said. "Whether it's rural or urban New Brunswick, they know they are wanted. They know they can have a job here."

Ottawa has given New Brunswick $218 million to help with the pressures of COVID-19 on the healthcare system.

Some of that may be used for capacity issues facing hospitals.

The mayor of Moncton and Vitalite Health Network were both contacted to comment on the situation at the Georges-Dumont, but neither responded to CTV News.

from CTV News - Atlantic https://ift.tt/2FTQRYE