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Volunteers in Nova Scotia will soon have access to the best training facilities in the country to learn how to better prepare for, and respond to, disasters.
The province is supporting the Canadian Red Cross with $800,000 for its Prepared campaign, including construction of a new Centre of Excellence in Disaster Management, Premier Darrell Dexter [...]
South Shore residents who need non-urgent medical care will have another option beginning early next month.
Beginning February 4, a doctor will be available to see patients by appointment 3 to 9 pm every Monday and Wednesday in February. People who are have non-urgent health issues such as minor cuts or bumps, bites, sore [...]
The Cape Breton District Health Authority is putting visitor restrictions in place at all of its hospitals, community health centers and continuing care facilities. These restrictions have been put in place to limit the spread of flu and flu-like illness as well as gastrointestinal illness (vomiting and diarrhea).
These restrictions apply to the following facilities: [...]
Health and Wellness Minister David Wilson was pleased to showcase Nova Scotia’s innovative collaborative emergency centres to officials from P.E.I.
P.E.I. ministers Doug Currie, Health, and Wesley Sheridan, Finance, Energy and Municipal Affairs, toured the collaborative emergency centres in Parrsboro and Springhill on Thursday, Jan. 17.
“Collaborative emergency are working to provide better care [...]
Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Robin Williams has confirmed that 10 cases of E. coli in Ontario are linked to the outbreak of E.coli O157:H7 cases in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, the latest evidence indicates that the most probable source of these illnesses is [...]
The province has moved to ensure the safety of a Nine Mile River neighbourhood this week under the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act.
Police searched a home on Renfrew Road in Nine Mile River, in relation to an attempted murder on New Year’s Eve. During the search, they noticed fortifications in the home, specifically thick, [...]
Lettuce at KFC/Taco Bell locations is the likely source of the E.coli 0157 outbreak in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario.
“The evidence from our collaborative investigation leads us to believe that the common food source was distributed to this fast-food restaurant chain,” said Dr. Frank Atherton, Nova Scotia’s deputy chief medical officer of health. [...]
New Brunswick now has six confirmed cases of E. coli 0157:H7.
One of these cases was originally attributed to another province because the individual involved has connections with both. The patient now counts among the cases reported in the Fredericton region.
“We are continuing our investigation into potential sources of the infection,” said Dr. Eilish [...]
In an effort to better educate people about E.coli, public health officials want to ensure Nova Scotians understand and can identify the differences between this illness and others like it.
Most Nova Scotians who have vomiting and diarrhea this winter will not have E.coli 0157.
“Norovirus infection, or what is known as winter vomiting, most [...]
Nova Scotians living in the Pugwash area are already seeing the benefits of same-day or next-day medical appointments and 24/7 access to emergency care thanks to the collaborative emergency centre at the North Cumberland Memorial Hospital.
Premier Darrell Dexter joined representatives of the Cumberland Health Authority in Pugwash today, Jan. 9, to officially open the [...]
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