Nova Scotia Health Care

• Nova Scotia NDP demand answers from health minister on pressures at Lower Sackville ER

  Opposition Leader Claudia Chender held a news conference outside the Cobequid Community Health Centre on Wednesday to call for answers. 

  Health

  Nov 19, 2025
  
• Private primary care clinic in Halifax says it’s helping address health-care gaps

  The founder of Bluenose Health says the private care clinic has been helping to address healthcare gaps since opening its doors in Halifax in early 2023.

  Health

  May 22, 2024
  
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• N.S. mother ‘in shock’ after enduring 17-hour hospital wait with sick baby

  Amber Clark said she arrived at the Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow, N.S., as her 10-month-old child was suffering from bronchitis symptoms, and was told to go by 811 officials.

  Health

  May 2, 2024
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• Nova Scotia expands immigration program in bid to fill pharmacy, paramedic jobs

  The Nova Scotia government is planning to expand a fast-track immigration program to include international students looking to become paramedics or pharmacy technicians.

  Health

  Sep 22, 2023
• N.S. health administrative workers readying to strike 3 years after contract expired

  The unions representing them say wages remain the major sticking point, but they're open to returning to the bargaining table.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2023
• Why pharmacists in N.S. want an even wider scope to help ease health-care strain

  The Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists says doctors should provide a diagnosis and pharmacists should take over prescribing and managing prescriptions.

  Health

  Aug 8, 2023
• Nova Scotia Health, IWK to drop mask requirements in some facility areas

  Nova Scotia's two health authorities plan to drop masking requirements in most areas of their facilities next week, though masks will still be required in high-risk areas.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2023
• Town in uproar after N.S. man dies in hospital where no doctor present

  The mayor of Middleton, N.S., says volunteer firefighters had to be called to the hospital to help a patient in cardiac arrest because the nearest doctor was 30 minutes away.

  Health

  Jun 21, 2023
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• N.S. close to breaking ground on long-awaited Halifax Infirmary expansion project

  The province of Nova Scotia says it’s just weeks away from breaking ground on the long-awaited Halifax Infirmary expansion project. 

  Health

  May 12, 2023
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• New nursing program to begin at Acadia University

  Starting this September, Acadia University will host a satellite Bachelor of Science in Nursing program along with Cape Breton University.

  Education

  May 11, 2023