The provincial and federal governments are spending millions to try to preserve co-operative and nonprofit housing units in Nova Scotia. The governments announced $13 million in forgivable loans, split 50-50, during a news conference on Monday. “This will help preserve a total of 145 community housing units in communities in Dartmouth, Wolfville, Sydney, Lower Sackville, […]
Nova Scotia’s second busiest emergency department is dealing with record-breaking overcapacity
The chief of the province’s second busiest emergency department says record-breaking overcapacity issues are making it increasingly difficult for them to fill the gaps of a primary care system in crisis. “Our capacity at best is probably 140 a day, and we’ve been averaging over 150 a day fairly regularly and more in the last […]