Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer said it appears the clampdown on movement in the province is paying dividends in limiting the spread of COVID-19.  Dr. Robert Strang said public health investigators have turned up an average of ...

 Nova Scotia has doubled its testing capacity for COVID-19, the province announced Tuesday, when 10 more cases of the severe respiratory virus were identified.    The increase brings the total number to 51 cases, all of which are ...

 There are 13 more COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia, the province announced Monday, bringing the total in the province to 41. The new cases are either travel-related or have connections to earlier reported cases, the Health Department said in ...

Advocates for incarcerated people aren’t happy with the province’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak.  “I am not disagreeing with following public health advice, I need to be extremely clear about that,” said Martha ...

Five new presumptive cases of the COVID-19 respiratory virus have been identified in Nova Scotia, the government announced Wednesday.   As of today, Nova Scotia has three confirmed cases and nine presumptive cases of COVID-19. Four of ...

Two more presumptive cases of the COVID-19 virus have been identified in Nova Scotia.  The two cases are in Halifax Regional Municipality and are related. A man and woman, both in their 50s, were in close contact with people who had ...

Neil Rehburg takes the lid off a metal pan full of instruments that have just been used to remove somebody’s gall bladder.  The operation - called a laparoscopic cholecystectomy or lap chole - is a common minimally invasive procedure. ...

For an animal moving through the forest or the ocean, a conservation area looks a lot like the places that aren't protected. “It doesn't know that it's about to get caught in a net or shot by a hunter or whatever because it's ...

An overhaul of mental health and addictions services for young people has slashed wait times and improved quality of care, IWK Health Centre officials say.  Over the past eight years, managers and staff have worked hard to improve access to ...

If you’re a doctor and a younger patient uses a lot of cannabis, you’re likely going to worry about how that’s affecting their health.   That’s especially the case when, like Dr. Phil Tibbo, you’re treating a ...