Carolyn Ray

Pathology staff in Halifax are working extra hours to diagnose patients, all while dealing with a long list of hurdles that range from basic computer functions to floods that are “a disaster waiting to happen,” according to the head of the department.

Dozens of people across the country became citizens on Canada Day, including 30 people in Halifax who got to say their oaths in the first in-person ceremony since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Janet Conners was thrust into the spotlight in the 1990s after she contracted HIV. Conners, who died on Saturday, spent her life advocating for a safe blood system in Canada.

For decades, murals by Quebec painter Ozias Leduc have been hidden under seven layers of paint in St. Ninian’s Cathedral. Now visitors will be able to see Leduc’s saints in their entirety for the first time.

After years of advocacy and a lawsuit against the province, Vicky Levack is thrilled to finally be moving out of a nursing home and into an apartment.

Emmett Paul and Erik Saulnier say they’re shaken after discovering a stranger in their Halifax home on Monday. They say police told them they regularly have to interact with her, even though she needs treatment for a mental illness.

A team at the IWK’s rehabilitation centre hopes it has come up with an innovative way to help patients navigate the world in power wheelchairs by teaching driving skills through virtual reality games.

The government of Nova Scotia says two more people have died of COVID this fall, and an additional 51 have been hospitalized. The update comes as pharmacies are now offering both flu shots and the new COVID-19 vaccines.

Some Halifax-area charities say they’re alarmed by the surge in requests for help this holiday season, as some previous donors are becoming first–time recipients for their aid.

Nova Scotia sends out about 180,000 at-home kits to screen for colon cancer, but less than half are sent back to the lab to be checked. Arlinda Ruco will spend the next five years trying to change that.