Nova Scotia has signed on to provide health-care workers supporting the COVID-19 response a bonus of up to $2,000.

The donations will help provide the equipment and technology required to connect clinicians and patients by phone or videoconference. 

Interested participants can get access to registration through the MacPhee Centre website online at macpheecentre.ca.

It's unclear from the IWK's statement how the COVID-19 exposure at the children's hospital happened.

The IWK says the purpose of the decision is to “protect the health of patients and staff and ensure continued safe care delivery.”

Provincial colleges across the country have reached a consensus to allow doctors who are not in their home province to be licensed there.

According to the results released this week, clients are receiving better care in a quicker time frame.

The news has come as a shock with parents worrying they will have to face longer wait times, and be forced to leave the province to get care for their kids.

Buddington the Clown — whose real name is Cleve Sauer — has spent the past the last 13 years as a therapeutic clown.

Tracy Kitch resigned as CEO of the Halifax children's hospital in August 2017 and was later charged with breach of trust and fraud over $5,000.