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Nova Scotia

Liberal MLA challenges rosy picture of emergency care painted by health officials

Health officials who provided a legislature committee with a lengthy list of changes they claim are improving emergency care across…

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Health

‘Take me out of here’: Family alleges neglect after 95-year-old’s stay at Quebec care home

Guy Maisonneuve held back tears the day he dropped his 95-year-old mother, Aline Besner, off at a Gatineau, Que., care…

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Business

Jon Stewart presses for full care for 9/11 troops

The first U.S. troops to deploy after the Sept. 11 attacks are suffering from radiation exposure that the government has…

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Politics

Looking for access to subsidized dental care? It might depend on where you live

Nearly three quarters of dentists are accepting patients through the new Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) but dentist participation rates still…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia forms partnership with Google Cloud to improve digital health care

The Nova Scotia government is spending $42 million over five years to help improve access to health information through Google…

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Canada

This 13-year-old boy nearly died from a brain infection. But his mom kept pushing for care

Paxton Clarke, 13, sits upright in his bed as he yawns repeatedly and softly explains that he doesn’t remember an…

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Health

B.C. launches opioid treatment phone line to provide access to same-day care

The B.C. government is expanding access to drug-addiction treatment by launching a free telephone line for people to get medication and…

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Nova Scotia

Organization advocates for more palliative care beds in N.S.

When Andrea Weagle and her family sat down to discuss her father’s deteriorating health in March, they decided end-of-life care would…

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Health

On a mission to fix health care, Jane Philpott is open to a return to politics

More than five years after she was expelled from caucus in the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair, former Liberal health minister Jane Philpott…

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Health

Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in medical student dreams of offering ‘culturally safe care’

The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation has had its own health-care practices since time immemorial, but soon, it will also have…

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