While Nova Scotia's Direct Family Support for Children program is meant to provide financial aid to families of kids with disabilities, many kids with autism are being denied the funding because they don't meet the province's definition of an intellectual disability.
Most people dread going to funerals. About 67 area residents, however, look forward to them. Some may attend as many as two or three services a day when needed, just
Laura Dill lost both parents in 2020 to glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer that typically claims its victims within 12 to 18 months of diagnosis. Now she's determined to help other families make the most of the time they have left together.