Yvette D'Entremont

Two weeks ago, Sackville-Cobequid MLA Paul Wozney wrote to health minister after panicked emergency department doctor called on day that was "worst on record" with overcrowding and patients being turned away.

While rates of prescription sedative (sleeping pill) use are dropping across much of the country, in Atlantic Canada those rates are “signficantly higher” and remain a concern.

Dr. Ryan Sommers describes National Immunization Awareness Week (NIAW) as "more than just a campaign of social media posts."

"Speaking in French should be part of you. And one of the ways to do that is through the arts."

For Our Kids (FOK) launched its 'Hot Schools, Cool Solutions' campaign on June 2 to mark Heat Action Day.

“The gender pay gap is not inevitable. It is the result of policy choices, labour market structures, and how society values different kinds of work.”

"It's not clear to me that we are yet taking it very seriously. We have a much older population, we have a population that's not in the best shape, we have a population that has a lot of people who have multiple chronic diseases. We have institutions that are ignoring the issue."

C.R.A.S.H. and local partners Vision Zero Kijipuktuk-Halifax, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), and Halifax Cycling Coalition wrote to chief medical examiner calling for a death review of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities.

"Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Services is known as a very progressive organization. It's operationally and tactically strong. But as in any organization, there's always more that you can do," Chief Deryn Rizzi said.

On Monday, Calgary-based Questerre Energy Corportation announced it was selected as the “successful bidder in the first bid round” of the Subsurface Energy Research Development Investment Program (SERDIP).