PORT HAWKESBURY: The Business of Health panel during last week’s
‘State of the Strait’ focused on the impact of pressures on our health care
system, particularly related to facilities and recruitment of health care
professionals.
Initial results...
HALIFAX: The Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage has
approved funding for community led projects in Guysborough, Canso and Port
Hawkesbury to recruit and retain doctors.
The government has provided $10,000 to the Town of Port...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Over 100 of the region’s business and community
leaders heard about activities in three key sectors; tourism, health and
industry during the Strait Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual ‘State of the
Strait Business Update’ on March 11 at...
ANTIGONISH: Despite the media labeling Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau’s and American President Barack Obama’s personal
relationship as a “bromance,” Canada’s former Ambassador to the United States
of America says their professional relationship was anything but.
MacNaughton,...
ANTIGONISH: Strengthening gender equality and women’s
leadership opportunities around the world, the Coady Institute at StFX
University announced March 4, they’re leading the way by spearheading a
collaborative five-year, $10 million project.
The project, ENGAGE! Women’s Empowerment...
PORT HAWKESURY: Discussing the ways to help species at
risk was at the forefront of the agenda on February 26, during the “Species at
Risk Recovery Action Forum” held at the Shannon Studio.
“The recovery action...
GUYSBOROUGH: Nova Scotia’s chief firearms
office doesn’t have the authority to ask for an additional medical opinion
after reinstating a firearms licence, unless the applicant gets flagged by the
RCMP, a doctor, or a citizen from the community.
CHURCH POINT: The Marine Research Centre in Isle Madame
will be an integral part of a new lobster quality and innovation project
conducting cutting-edge research.
On February 26, the province announced a new $2.5
million facility tasked...
GUYSBOROUGH: Three-hours before Shanna Desmond was
fatally shot by her husband, she requested information on the process of
obtaining a peace bond by calling a domestic violence crisis line.
The executive director of the Naomi Society...
GUYSBOROUGH: The New Brunswick doctor who signed off on
retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond’s firearms licence review described the 33-year-old
veteran on the medical assessment as “non-suicidal and stable,” along with
having “no concerns for firearms usage with appropriate licence.”