COLUMN: Premier Houston on healthcare worker retention
The following column is a new monthly piece that is being submitted by Premier Tim Houston to community news outlets across the province. The last few years have been long…
Province introduces legislation to improve patient access to care
HALIFAX: Nova Scotians will be able to get healthcare faster with new legislation introduced on March 21. The Patient Access to Care Act includes new measures to reduce administrative burdens…
Family Feud Canada seeking N.S. families to be contestants
HALIFAX: Are you a family of five that has personality, energy, enthusiasm, a competitive spirit? Then Family Feud Canada wants you to apply for their Nova Scotia tapings, expected to…
NSH advising the public to check Take Home Naloxone Kits
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Health was alerted today by a distribution partner that some Take Home Naloxone Kits that have been distributed to pharmacies across the province do not contain the…
Province announces retention bonuses for nurses, healthcare workers
From a release DARTMOUTH: As a way of thanking Nova Scotia’s nurses while encouraging more of them to keep working in the province, Premier Tim Houston announced a $10,000 bonus…
Brien named U-13 AAA provincial hockey championship MVP
FALL RIVER: A Fall River hockey player has captured a top award at the Hockey No0va Scotia Under-13 AAA provincial championship in Antigonish. Max Brien was awarded the tournament MVP…
N.S. moving forward with Aquaculture committee’s recommendations
LOWER SACKVILLE: Nova Scotia is moving forward with recommendations from an advisory committee to improve aquaculture regulations in the province. A report from the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Regulatory Advisory Committee,…
Applications now open for HRM’s Youth Poet Laureate program
HALIFAX: The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) is advising residents that applications have opened for the inaugural Youth Poet Laureate Program. Young poets (aged 12-21 at the time of application) are…
Province announces $3.5m investment in volunteer fire, SAR organizations
From a release BIBLE HILL: Volunteer fire departments, ground search and rescue organizations, and First Nations fire departments will get help to address the impacts of rising operational costs. N.S.…
Development, lack of transit, speeding main concerns voiced at Community Meeting
WAVERLEY: Four main topics of concerns came to the forefront during a community meeting between residents in the Waverley/Lakeview/Fall River/Wellington and surrounding communities area and their local representatives on March…