The case was confirmed in an individual who recently travelled internationally.  Continue reading →

Catherine Tully made an impassioned plea on the need to overhaul Nova Scotia’s privacy legislation during an appearance Wednesday before the legislature’s public accounts committee. Continue reading →

The next scheduled meeting of the new health committee is Feb. 12. Continue reading →

Nova Scotia’s health minister says he believes there is timely access to abortion services in the province despite calls from advocates to improve access. Continue reading →

Privacy commissioner Catherine Tully found that the Nova Scotia government did not even attempt to search for government records in response to the Global News request.   Continue reading →

The number of reported cases of HIV and gonorrhea in Fredericton and Oromocto have nearly doubled this year, according to Horizon Health.   Continue reading →

Nova Scotia says it is ready to “mitigate any impacts” if it loses more than 50 Saudi medical residents because of an international diplomatic row. Continue reading →

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says the bulletin was issued after “someone” in the department made a policy decision without the authorization of his government. Continue reading →

MacDonald-Billard, who is now a senior official in the Health Department, was the government’s first witness, after the complainants in the case called witnesses in the first 18 days of the hearings. Continue reading →

Despite public coverage of the abortion pill, most women are unable to obtain a prescription for the drug because the majority of family doctors – and the province’s only abortion clinic – don’t yet offer the alternative to surgical abortion. Continue reading →