Michael Gorman

A growing number of doctors trained in family medicine are splitting their time doing other duties or, in some cases, not doing family medicine at all.

Groups representing both the farm and commercial wine sectors in Nova Scotia have been working to find ways the province can fairly support their whole industry, said Premier Tim Houston on Thursday as he looked to move on from a contentious — and now paused — subsidy benefiting big-label bottlers.

Another senior official with the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub is leaving. Tara Sampalli, senior director of implementation science and global health systems planning, will leave her post on June 30.

Officials with Fisheries and Oceans Canada do not know how much lobster is being landed in St. Marys Bay outside of the commercial fishing season.

Costs for the new health centre in the Northside region of Cape Breton are up this year by about 10 per cent, a jump that provincial government officials attribute to the same challenges facing the construction industry since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Critical care records across Nova Scotia Health have been updated to be inclusive of the entire patient population, regardless of skin colour.

Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative government has tabled a bill at Province House that includes changes to seven different pieces of legislation.

The Nova Scotia government is working on an agreement to create a provincial travel nurse program, a move that would reduce the reliance on private companies and respond to a long-standing call by the nurses’ union.

With speculation of an early provincial election call mounting, Liberal Leader Zach Churchill and Premier Tim Houston both suggested on Thursday that the other was a liar looking to mislead the public in the pursuit of votes.

Elections Nova Scotia is warning the public about an email scam intended to obtain people’s personal information.