A former emergency room doctor is taking on leadership of Nova Scotia's health authority at what he says is a crucial point for the agency created in a merger four years ago.
Harshly affected by a decline in membership, the Quebec Medical Association (QMA) announced its dissolution and the sale of its assets to the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) at an extraordinary general meeting on September 7.
The organization that administers hospitals in Nova Scotia has quietly changed its policy to allow patients to access medically assisted dying services at a Catholic hospital that was previously exempt.