Rural Healthcare

Judge not, lest ye be smacked down in a humbling arm wrestle

Provincial pharmacists’ association, which is shooting TV commercials to spread awareness of the service.

Remembrances of horror—real and imagined—on an All Hallow’s Eve long ago

In her new book, Dr. Myra Rutherdale reveals that nurses in the north "often worked on their own and in conditions that were less than ideal. They had to improvise and they had to go beyond their training in order to help in the communities where they worked. . . . Much of what happened in places like northern Canada had much to do with colonization and the politics of inequity."

Nova Scotia’s first collaborative emergency centre has opened in Parrsboro, enabling people in the area to see a doctor the same day or next day and giving them 24/7 access to emergency care.

Provincial survey finds patients face challenges getting after-hours care

Dr. Philip Immelman survives 10 days as the sole MD in Slave Lake fire zone only to find his own house destroyed