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The rollout of a new $365-million electronic medical records system for Nova Scotia is being pushed back until December. In a memo to staff earlier this month, Dr. Nicole Boutilier, executive vice-president of medicine for Nova Scotia Health, said officials have been re-evaluating the status of the clinical information system. “This is not uncommon when … Read More “Rollout of electronic medical records system delayed until December” »

Natalie Robichaud remembers how Jean-Douglas Comeau would involve the entire community in his efforts to help students succeed in the renowned French immersion program he founded at Université Sainte-Anne in Church Point, N.S. “He would go out and talk to the businesses and say if my students come to shop here, do not give them service in English,” Robichaud told … Read More “Celebration of life to honour founder of French immersion program at Université Sainte-Anne” »

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After a six-day search for two missing children wrapped up this week in Pictou County, an expert on lost people is shedding light on the difficulty of finding children in the woods. Lily Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, have been missing since May 2, when police received a 911 call reporting that they had wandered away from their home … Read More “Q&A: Expert sheds light on difficulty of finding children missing in the woods” »

Video cameras installed in the residential area around Acadia University for a two-year pilot project didn’t have any obvious effect on property crime and student partying, according to a report from Town of Wolfville staff. The surveillance cameras were mounted at 11 locations in the streets surrounding the Wolfville, N.S., university in 2022 due to escalating … Read More “No evidence cameras around Acadia University deterred bad student behaviour, report says” »

Meredith Kent fits the profile of an engaged voter. The 25-year-old Halifax resident, who cast her ballot in last year’s provincial election, continues to follow politics after studying political science and public policy in university. “Even if I didn’t have that, I just think it’s important to have a say,” she said in an interview. But … Read More “Turnout among youngest voters was below 20 per cent in the last N.S. election” »

The IWK is launching a new research unit aimed at helping patients with breast cancer across Nova Scotia. The idea came from Dr. Gregory Knapp, a surgical oncologist at the IWK and Victoria General Hospital who moved back to Halifax in 2020 after fellowships in New York and Calgary. Knapp said he found it jarring to read … Read More “IWK breast cancer research team investigating why N.S. death rates are highest in Canada” »

When an American customer called Scott Bowers to balk about an extra $104 US charge on his $180 US purchase, the owner of the Curling Store said he wasn’t sure what to do. “He ended up rejecting that package,” Bowers said in an interview with CBC News. That left the Dartmouth businessman in a pickle because he had to issue a … Read More “Small Nova Scotian businesses halt shipping to U.S. amid tariff concerns” »

A 100-year-old painting by Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris is on exhibition now in Sydney, N.S., just in time for the anniversary of the event that led to the killing of coal miner William Davis. The famous painting is called Miners’ Houses, Glace Bay and the exhibition’s official opening was May 2 at the … Read More “Group of Seven painting ‘comes home’ to Cape Breton in recognition of miners’ struggle” »