The fact that the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) council is considering applying for a loan to help us get by during the COVID-19 pandemic, is very serious.
The Province of Nova Scotia has...
COVID-19 has infected nearly 60,000 Canadians as of May
3 but has a disproportionally deadly effect on our elders. While there are many
excellent, well designed and operated Long Term Care (LTC) facilities across
Canada and in Nova Scotia, there...
The current pandemic has caused significant disruptions
in the supply chain of food across the world.
The situation is affecting countries to varying degrees
depending on the level of outbreak and the conditions of the restrictions.
Nevertheless,...
One of life’s truisms is that no two days are the same;
we may hope for that to be a certainty but it will never be so.
Simply being alive gives us challenges of varying
degrees;...
The members of the Strait Richmond Palliative Care
Society wish to acknowledge and thank the frontline health care workers in our
region during this trying time of the COVID–19 pandemic.
These include doctors, nurses, paramedics and...
As the world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, a pressing and immediate issue is the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the front-line health workers who are working to save the lives of others. Facemasks are...
Doctors are worried about your health.
In the wake of COVID-19, waiting rooms across Nova
Scotia are empty. Patients are not seeing their doctors for routine
appointments.
You might think we’re not providing...
To our fellow Nova Scotians,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during these
difficult times as our hearts weigh heavy for the victims, their families, and
the communities involved in the tragic events of recent...
I consider myself privileged to have been able to
participate, from an early age, in sport (mainly baseball and hockey) as it has
taught me important life lessons.
The current Covid-19 reality is offering me a...
Editor’s note:
The following letter was written to Minister of Fisheries and Oceans,
Bernadette Jordan.
Dear Minister,
My name is Dr. Jaime Wertman. I hold a PhD in
Microbiology and Immunology from Dalhousie University.