My name is Darcie. My friend Angela was brutally stabbed while at work at a local high school in HRM. She is not being supported in any way and is expected to use her personal benefits for therapy. She should not be spending a cent on her mental counselling or her physical rehabilitation. She shouldn’t be worrying about bills or money. Let’s come together and help her!! She was just at work…at a high school.

Here is her story…

So many of you ask how I am doing. The reply I give is “I’m doing ok” which is usually followed by a polite smile. I can assure you, this is for your benefit. So I don’t make you feel uncomfortable.

The truth is I am far from ok. Let me be clear. The attack that day was the most violent thing I have ever witnessed. It was purposeful and intentional and then the same violence I had just witnessed was unleashed on me too. I have PTSD, nerve damage to my back and soft tissue damage to other parts of my body. I wasn’t just stabbed in the back, I was assaulted, I was rag dolled and thrown to the floor with a punctured artery and nicked lung. Let’s call it what it was….attempted murder.

It changed my person and the life I spent years building was ripped from me, no fault of my own. My careers, my son, my parents, my friends, colleges, my home, my community everything familiar to me. It has been over three years. I am still stuck in this WCB nightmare. I have been living off half of my salaries since March 20,2023. HRCE refuses to make exceptions for a return to work. My raises through my collective bargaining agreement are being withheld from me. I have been putting Chiro and Massage through my personal plan. I have been without a therapist for over three months as I wait for WCB to find and approve someone.

I am on the verge of losing everything but yet I smile and say I’m ok. When I try to fight back they twist me in the HRCE, WCB and NSGEU tornado of finger pointing! It’s time I start telling people what is really happening to me.

My nervous system has been in fight mode since 9:20 am, March 20, 2023. Who on earth would be fine?!

So no. I am not fine. I have nothing left to lose only things to gain. So I am going to talk about it. All of it. I’m not going to be muzzled by this government, the board, the union, the felon nor his advocates.

My dad always told me to speak the truth even if my voice shakes. It’s time. My truth and integrity are what I have left and I plan to use it.