News/Canada/Nova Scotia
Elliot Page reflects on coming out as transgender in new interview with Oprah
In his first televised interview since coming out as transgender, Canadian actor Elliot Page reflected on what his transition has been like, why...
Mighty Heart, one-eyed colt with N.S. ties, named Canadian Horse of the Year
Mighty Heart, the one-eyed colt with a Nova Scotia connection, has captured the title of Horse of the Year in Canada. Canadian Horse...
Red Cross distributes nearly $6.2M to families after N.S. mass shooting
Karen Dean knew her friend Gina wouldn’t want her to be frozen in grief. In the days after Dean learned Gina Goulet and...
Sexual harassment complaint tossed after Human Rights Commission mistake
A Halifax woman’s sexual harassment complaint against her former employer has been thrown out after the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission made a...
Inquiry to learn more about Lionel Desmond’s in-patient psychiatric treatment
The Lionel Desmond inquiry will learn more about the two-and-a-half months the Afghanistan veteran spent at an in-patient psychiatric facility, with more employees...
Nova Scotia to lift quarantine rules for New Brunswick travellers
[embedded content] New Brunswickers coming into Nova Scotia soon will no longer have to self-isolate when entering Nova Scotia. The change will take...
How a client-therapist relationship left one Nova Scotian feeling more hurt than healed
Taron expected the counsellor would offer help to recover from complex post-traumatic stress disorder. Instead, more than four years after the first therapy...
N.S. health records stored in an outdated, patchwork system, Desmond inquiry hears
Nova Scotia stores patient files in a patchwork of outdated digital medical databases, meaning physicians may get a limited scope of a person’s medical history,...
Prioritizing people with specific conditions for COVID vaccine slows race for herd immunity: N.S.’s top doctor
Amanda Robinson used to work part time five days a week for an organization that supports adults with disabilities. She went to bingo...
Dissociative episodes made N.S. veteran relive time in Afghanistan, fatality inquiry hears
The military psychiatrist to first treat Lionel Desmond after he was released from the military said the veteran’s post-traumatic stress disorder included dissociative events...
N.S. gunman’s spouse feared killing started while looking for her, documents say
The partner of a man who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia last April confided in a friend that she feared the gunman had...
Help for dying woman was 2 minutes away, but took 80 minutes to arrive
A grieving Nova Scotia husband wants to know why it took 80 minutes for help to come as his wife lay dying in...
1 in 4 seniors in New Brunswick take sleeping pills. A new study is offering an alternative
Ken Gallant was taking medication for sleeping and anxiety when he had a scary experience driving on a busy street that ultimately led to...
Vaccines intended for N.S., N.B. to be diverted to Northern Canada
The federal government is diverting portions of vaccine shipments from at least two provinces to help supply Canada’s north. Provincial health officials in Nova Scotia and...
Mother frantic for help after autism therapy program shortened due to COVID-19
Parents of children in an intensive autism therapy program are begging the Nova Scotia government for more support, saying gaps in their therapy...
