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Nova Scotia

Helping save a life inspires N.S. nurse to push for more defibrillators in rural community

Eastern Shore nurse Pam Josey recalls a day last December when she was driving home from her clinic and noticed a man lying…

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Health

Rural communities boost incentives to attract medical staff

As small communities across Ontario struggle to recruit doctors and nurses, one town has landed on a strategy that appears…

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Nova Scotia

Hundreds expected in rural Nova Scotia to cheer local boxer at Olympics

Hundreds of people in a rural corner of Nova Scotia are expected to gather at a baseball field Sunday to watch…

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Canada

Hundreds walk a track to remember family of 4 found dead in rural Harrow

Every day, Treena Upcott would get a text from her friend saying how many times she had walked around the track of the expansive green…

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Nova Scotia

This N.S. brewpub is helping 2SLGBTQ+ people feel welcome in their rural town

A portrait of Freddie Mercury embellished with a crown and pearl necklace hangs proudly over a stone fireplace above a…

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Nova Scotia

Rural pride festivals promote acceptance within community, organizers say

Several rural communities around Nova Scotia are celebrating Pride with festivals this month, something organizers say creates important opportunities for…

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Canada

They’re called ‘living snow fences’ — and they could soon appear along rural Ottawa roads

Every year, the City of Ottawa puts up wooden snow fences to protect drivers from snowdrifts.  They’re essential for wintertime…

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Canada

From handknit socks to rural experience, here are ideas for attracting doctors to small towns

Dr. Sarah Giles got hooked on rural medicine by spending a summer volunteering in the Northwest Territories. Giles, who was…

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Health

Travel nurse who left rural job says N.L. is pushing people out of public health system

Stacey Button felt unsupported and overworked as a licensed practical nurse in Springdale, N.L. She says leaving and becoming a…

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Health

‘Dying for doctors’: Report cites concerns with health care in rural Saskatchewan

Suzanne Kuchinka, mayor of the village of Macoun in southeast Saskatchewan, says it’s been a struggle for years to keep…

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