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The province is continuing to work with pharmacists on how to prescribe an HIV-prevention medication, but with no current plans to improve affordability it could remain out of reach for some.  Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been approved for use for eight years in Canada. The Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists approved assessing and prescribing PrEP as … Read More “N.S. pharmacists approve HIV-prevention medication, but cost can still be a barrier” »

A plan to cut hundreds of coveted parking spots at the Halifax Infirmary while staff are encouraged to carpool or take public transit doesn’t consider the needs of those who work at all hours of the day or live outside the city, says a union representing health-care workers. Sandra Mullen, president of the Nova Scotia Government and General … Read More “Halifax hospital to lose parkade in redevelopment, staff asked to consider walking, busing to work” »

The devastating wildfires and deadly flooding that plagued Nova Scotia last year have resulted in $490 million in insured losses, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said in a report released Thursday. “The Nova Scotia floods and wildfires illustrated that we are not ready as a country to defend against severe weather escalating due to climate … Read More “Insurance claims from last year’s floods, wildfires in Nova Scotia total $490 million” »

The chair of an independent human rights board of inquiry has dismissed a racial profiling complaint against Halifax Harbour Bridges, the Halifax Bridge Commission and Commissionaires Nova Scotia, saying there was no evidence of discrimination. Ross Gray, who is Black, was walking his bicycle across the Angus L. Macdonald bridge on July 17, 2021, when he says … Read More “No evidence of discrimination found in Halifax bridge case” »

A rewards program for local products launched this week is significantly different from the one Premier Tim Houston pitched on the campaign trail three years ago, but he says the concept “remains well intact.” Through Nova Scotia Loyal, shoppers can get bonus Scene+ points at Sobeys stores one week a month, and bonus Air Miles … Read More “Houston defends changes to loyalty program that Opposition calls ‘laughably stupid’” »

Municipal staff are scaling back proposed density in the Village of Chester, after an outpouring of concern from residents led councillors to reject current plans. More than 100 people attended a recent public hearing about the new land-use bylaw and secondary planning strategy for Chester village. Most spoke passionately against the plan to go from … Read More “Chester walks back proposed density increase to village core” »

A 34-year-old New Brunswick man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a death inside a Sydney residence Tuesday. According to a news release from Cape Breton Regional Police, officers responded to a residence on Macaulay’s Lane around 4:30 p.m., where they found a body and arrested Lawrence Anthony Tenass. Tenass is from … Read More “Cape Breton Regional Police charge man with murder” »

Police in Rothesay, N.B., say they continue to investigate the deaths of a man and a woman in the town. Their bodies were found late Monday afternoon at a residence on Spruce Street. Kennebecasis Regional Police has since identified the woman as Teresa Poirier and the man as her husband, Derek Poirier. They were both … Read More “Death of husband, wife in Rothesay, N.B., still under investigation: police” »

New Brunswick-born wrestler Leo Burke has died at the age of 76, his family says. Burke’s niece Janie Chappell told CTV Atlantic he died in a Calgary hospital Wednesday afternoon. Burke was born as Leonce Cormier in Dorchester, N.B.., on June 29, 1948. He also wrestled under the name Tommy Martin. Burke is being remembered … Read More “N.B. wrestler Leo Burke dies at 76, family says” »

New residential and commercial development is at a standstill in the Village of Baddeck, N.S., after the water utility was overwhelmed by demand last year and the sewage system regularly sent only partially treated wastewater into the Bras d’Or Lake. The village commission recently asked Victoria County for a $225,000 grant to cover the cost … Read More “Development halted in Baddeck after sewer, water infrastructure overwhelmed” »