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Woman with MS faces heartbreaking dilemma about her care
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NS woman campaigns Canada Post to recognize war veteran drag performer
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Storms deliver powerful blast of winter weather across Eastern Canada
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Cultured coffee: Researchers release recipe for lab-grown java
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Calls for transparency in Nova Scotia wildfire probe amid ‘rumours and heresay’
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Canada housing crisis: Homelessness conference searches for solutions
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Carbon tax takes centre stage at premiers’ meeting in Halifax
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Woman with MS faces heartbreaking dilemma about her care
Description
November 12, 2018
Canada's social safety net is failing to catch some of this country's most needy. And a Nova Scotia woman named Jennifer Powley is calling attention to it. She's had multiple sclerosis for years, but has always found a way to cope with it. Now she's running out of options, and is struggling to get the care she deserves. Ross Lord reports.
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Woman with MS faces heartbreaking dilemma about her care02:15 | November 12, 2018
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Nova Scotia election: Why are abortion rights being brought up?02:09 | November 13, 2024
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How Halifax’s history is slowly fading01:58 | November 12, 2024
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N.S. election: Cost of living among top issues for voters01:55 | November 10, 2024
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Atlantic Canada’s first marine mammal necropsy lab opens in N.S.01:49 | October 29, 2024
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Walmart employee death: Mother was one to find woman dead in oven, Sikh society says01:59 | October 24, 2024
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‘I will find the peace once I set my final exit date’: Nova Scotia women hosts her own living funeral02:05 | October 8, 2024
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Nova Scotia family sues health authority over alleged negligence in Indigenous woman’s death02:04 | September 18, 2024
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Halifax, police should apologize for handling of 2021 tent encampment evictions: review finds01:50 | September 8, 2024
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Syrian refugee family traumatized after son murdered in Halifax02:00 | April 29, 2024
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Deadline to vacate 5 Halifax encampments arrives01:49 | February 26, 2024
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Maritimes snowstorm: Rural communities plea for more aid in cleanup01:57 | February 6, 2024
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Nova Scotia storm: Extra snow plows brought in following ‘Snowmageddon 2024’01:50 | February 5, 2024
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NS woman campaigns Canada Post to recognize war veteran drag performer01:54 | January 15, 2024
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Storms deliver powerful blast of winter weather across Eastern Canada02:05 | January 10, 2024
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Cultured coffee: Researchers release recipe for lab-grown java01:57 | January 3, 2024
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Calls for transparency in Nova Scotia wildfire probe amid ‘rumours and heresay’02:05 | January 2, 2024
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Canada housing crisis: Homelessness conference searches for solutions02:02 | November 8, 2023
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Carbon tax takes centre stage at premiers’ meeting in Halifax01:59 | November 6, 2023
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Rent too high in Canada for minimum wage earners: report01:40 | July 18, 2023
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The 1 million club: Nova Scotia’s population approaches milestone01:54 | November 26, 2021
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Woman with MS faces heartbreaking dilemma about her care02:15 | November 12, 2018
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Nova Scotia election: Why are abortion rights being brought up?02:09 | November 13, 2024
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How Halifax’s history is slowly fading01:58 | November 12, 2024
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Atlantic Canada’s first marine mammal necropsy lab opens in N.S.01:49 | October 29, 2024
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Walmart employee death: Mother was one to find woman dead in oven, Sikh society says01:59 | October 24, 2024
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‘I will find the peace once I set my final exit date’: Nova Scotia women hosts her own living funeral02:05 | October 8, 2024
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Nova Scotia family sues health authority over alleged negligence in Indigenous woman’s death02:04 | September 18, 2024
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Halifax, police should apologize for handling of 2021 tent encampment evictions: review finds01:50 | September 8, 2024
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Woman with MS faces heartbreaking dilemma about her care
Description
November 12, 2018
Canada's social safety net is failing to catch some of this country's most needy. And a Nova Scotia woman named Jennifer Powley is calling attention to it. She's had multiple sclerosis for years, but has always found a way to cope with it. Now she's running out of options, and is struggling to get the care she deserves. Ross Lord reports.
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