One tenth of the workforce in Nova Scotia work in health occupations. Demand for these jobs existed before COVID-19 because of the province’s aging population and the increasing popularity of homecare. The pandemic increased demand further. Here are some of the jobs that have been positively ...
MENTAL health servicesThe article focuses on a project called "JEC" that was established by three community non-profit organizations in Nova Scotia to respond to the urgent needs of incarcerated individuals for safe housing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The topics include the background o...
Dry run exercise this week to test shipping, delivery, tracking and storage Nova Scotia will receive 1,950 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for an initial test run next week. In an emailed statement, Health Department spokeswoman Marla MacInnis says the province wi...
KJIPUKTUK/HALIFAX – Educators for Social Justice – Nova Scotia is calling for Nova Scotia’s political parties to lay out their plans for eliminating child poverty during the current election period. As education workers, we see the effects of child poverty every day. Giving children the thing...
– Some businesses in Nova Scotia are choosing to keep some pandemic-related restrictions in place and are getting creative with how they’re steering through a time of living with COVID-19. CTV News Atlantic reports. | READ MORE Print this page Tweet Share Two-piece Pizzaround containe...
Whether you’re planning a trip to Nova Scotia, have family coming into town, or just want to be a tourist in your own province, we have you covered. Choose to stay on the mainland, or head to the mountains of Cape Breton; either way, you’ll encounter friendly folks, reasonably price...
Many Nova Scotia farmers are making improvements to health and safety measures to help protect all their workers, domestic and temporary foreign workers, and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in their agricultural operations. They can now apply for funding to help cover some of these costs. ...
Cardiovascular Outcomes in Nova Scotia during the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemicdoi:10.1016/j.cjco.2021.12.008Alison GreeneJohn L SappGreg HirschRatika ParkashCJC Open
Streamlining lung cancer management in Nova Scotia amid COVID-19: pooled triaging for expedited curative-intent oncologic surgerydoi:10.1503/cjs.013023COVID-19 pandemicPATIENT satisfactionPATIENTS' attitudesONCOLOGIC surgeryLENGTH of stay in hospitalsTHORACIC surgery...
The global emergency caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID) pandemic has impacted access to goods and services such as health care and social supports, but the impact on infant feeding remains unclear. Thus, the objective of this study was to explore how caregivers of infants under 6 months ...