In this region the game is most popular in southern New Hampshire and the Merrimack Valley of northeastern Massachusetts. In the 1920s, French Canadian economic migrants who moved south into Massachusetts and New Hampshire in New England introduced the game, where it continues to be popular, sometimes under the French name quarante-cinq. The daughters of Elizabeth Kitson, Meg and Mary played Maw at Hengrave Hall at Christmas 1572. James VI was recorded playing "Maye" at Kinneil House at Christmas 1588.
Maw was first seen being played in 1511 and the earliest written rules of 1576, the incomplete "Groom Porter's lawes at Mawe," may have originated from Scotland. Scottish emigrants to Atlantic Canada may explain the reason for the popularity of the game there. Auction Forty Fives is closely related to the game One-hundred and ten.įorty-fives is a descendant of the Irish game, Twenty-five (also known as Spoilt Five), which in turn is a descendant of a game that King James VI of Scotland popularized in the 17th century called Maw. Although the number 45 has no relevance to Auction Forty Fives, the name persisted. In many areas outside of Canada, Auction Forty Fives is simply referred to as Forty Fives. In the Auction Forty Fives variant the score goes to 120 points and requires bidding. Traditional Forty Fives goes to a score of 45 points, hence the name of the game. Forty-fives is also played in parts of Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire in New England, United States, as well as in the South Island of New Zealand. The game is popular in many communities throughout Atlantic Canada ( New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) as well as the Gaspé Coast in Québec. The province says construction on the clinical services building is expected to start in 2023.Ace of Hearts ( Irish language deck), always a trump in Forty-fivesįorty-Five, Forte Fives, Auction Forty-Fives, 45 à bitter, Auction 120s, 120, Growl, Spoil Five, Maw and Strong Fivesįorty-fives (also known as Auction Forty-Fives, Auction 120s, 120, and Growl) is a trick-taking card game that originated in Ireland. "This cardiac cath lab will provide life-saving care in Cape Breton, and also make life so much easier for patients, who will be able to have their procedure done in less time than it takes them to get to the causeway," said Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson, in the release. Of the Cape Bretoners who require cardiac catheterization each year, the province says 300 are transported to Halifax by emergency air or ground ambulance. The hospital says it treats more than 400 patients for heart attacks and more than 500 patients for congestive heart failure every year.
This is a major step forward for health care in Cape Breton and for all Nova Scotians,” said MacDonald in a news release.Īccording to the province, cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Cape Breton.
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“It will improve patient outcomes, reduce wait times for cardiac services and free up hospital beds in Cape Breton and across the province.
Paul MacDonald, chief of cardiology in Nova Scotia Health’s Eastern Zone, says the lab is the biggest health care initiative announced for Cape Breton since the opening of a cancer centre in 1998. In cardiac catheterizations, a thin, flexible tube is guided through a blood vessel to the heart to diagnose or treat conditions like clogged arteries and to prevent heart attacks.ĭr. The province says a cardiac catheterization lab will be built in a new clinical services building that is part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality Health Care Redevelopment project. A lab for a heart procedure currently only available in Halifax will be part of a new expansion at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney, N.S., said Nova Scotia’s health and wellness minister Friday.
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