Posted: May 18, 2021 7:13 PM AT | Last Updated: May 18
More than two dozen organizations across Nova Scotia have received one-time grants for mental health initiatives.(Pormezz/Shutterstock)
The Nova Scotia government is handing over $850,000 in federal funds to 28 groups that provide mental health advice, programs or services to people in communities across the province.
The one-time mental health grants will allow those organizations to bolster their services in light of the ongoing pandemic. Supporting local organizations who deal with vulnerable populations on the ground is key to our strategy to ensure people are getting the mental health supports that they need, when and where they need it, said Health Minister Zach Churchill.
Councillor Cameron Stolz is the first incumbent to declare his intent to run again in the upcoming municipal election.
In a press conference held Tuesday morning, Stolz said his platform in the previous election was better roads, common sense and responsible spending, and he believes though inroads have been made on all fronts, there is still work to be done.
Stolz did take a shot at securing the Conservative nomination for the federal Prince George-Peace River riding, but lost out to Bob Zimmer.
Stolz pointed out there had been an increase in funding for road rehabilitation by 30 per cent to $3.75 million next year.
Posted: May 11, 2021 4:14 PM AT | Last Updated: May 11
Brian Wilson, shown in 2019, worked at the Nova Institute for Women in Truro, N.S., for 10 years.(CBC)
A former prison guard at the Nova Institute for Women in Truro, N.S., is going to trial next March on charges of sexual assault and breach of trust involving five inmates at the prison.
A lawyer for Brian Lee Wilson, 54, appeared before Justice Timothy Gabriel of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court Tuesday morning to discuss logistics for the jury trial, which is expected to take two weeks.
Wilson faces
13 charges including sexual assault, communicating for the purposes of obtaining sexual services and breach of trust of a public official.
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There’s an agency that takes food waste from Winnipeg businesses and gives it to various agencies for people to eat.
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There’s an agency that takes food waste from Winnipeg businesses and gives it to various agencies for people to eat.
The food waste is excess food that is still good to eat but can no longer be used, sold or served at a business. If not for the app, the food would likely end up in the landfill.
The Leftovers Foundation is one of Canada’s largest, tech-enabled food charities. It was started by Lourdes Juan in Calgary in 2012 and was established in Manitoba by Brandy Bobier last fall.
HALIFAX With more than 1,300 active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, advocates are calling for action within the provincial justice system. Wellness Within – an organization for Health and Justice – is calling for the immediate release of prisoners to safe housing, and appropriate funding for organizations providing transitional housing and other supports, such as Coverdale Courtwork Society and the Elizabeth Fry Society. When we release people we are not seeing an escalation in crime,” said Martha Paynter, chair of Wellness Within. People are incarcerated in this province largely while they re waiting for trials, so they re innocent people who have yet to be tried, yet to be convicted, yet to be sentenced.