A new radio series and podcast featuring local seniors debuts tonight on XFM. "A Tapestry of Tales" is hosted by Laura Teasdale and Yannick Laplante, where seniors share their stories and experiences. Teasdale and Laplante spoke to more than 25 seniors; gathering about 25 hours of interviews. From those interviews, they feature…
The province is paying private contract nurses at least double the hourly wage of public-sector nurses. The higher pay often comes with greater flexibility in scheduling, which some nurses say is attracting early career staff to move out of the public sector even as health officials grapple with recruitment and retention.
Rural delivery proves resiliency of Cape Breton seniors
At the start of the pandemic, Victoria County launched a delivery service for older residents who feared potential COVID-19 exposure.
Social Sharing One thing I ve learned . is that seniors in remote, rural Nova Scotia know how to keep a pantry stocked
Posted: May 04, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 4
Victoria County launched a delivery service at the start of the pandemic that relies on volunteers from local fire departments. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
Cape Breton s rural communities are finding ways to help seniors get their everyday essentials.
At the start of the pandemic, Victoria County launched a delivery service for older residents who feared potential COVID-19 exposure.
Posted: Dec 29, 2020 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 29, 2020
Jacqueline Gahagan is a health promotion professor. She s also the driving force behind the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive project at Dalhousie University.(Elizabeth Chiu/CBC)
Researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax are creating an archive of materials relating to the LGBT community in Nova Scotia dating back to the mid-1900s.
Jacqueline Gahagan, lead researcher on the project, said living in Halifax where there s a naval base and a strong military presence made the creation of the archive even more important because many LGBT people in that era were kicked out of the military after being outed.