The mayor of Halifax has cancelled the annual New Year's Levee, instead diverting the funds that would've been used to a cause that would help feed unhoused people.
As the surgery backlog and the number of Nova Scotians without a family doctor continues to climb, one solution from those who work in the healthcare field is to increase funding for community healthcare clinics.
Nova Scotia deputy health minister Jeannine Lagasse has offered to sit down with cash-strapped community health centres to discuss funding, and to try to understand where these groups fit in the transformation of health care in Nova Scotia.
As the surgery backlog and the number of Nova Scotians without a family doctor continues to climb, one solution from those who work in the health-care field is to increase funding for community health-care clinics.