Nova Scotia announces $6M in funding to retain doctors, improve primary care
Global News
Nova Scotia has partnered with the department of family medicine at Dalhousie University to, over four years, help connect more Nova Scotians to a primary care provider.
Nova Scotia’s government has announced funding of $6.3 million to support its effort in retaining doctors, it said in a Wednesday morning release.
The province said it has partnered with the department of family medicine at Dalhousie University to, over the next four years, help connect more Nova Scotians to a primary care provider, and help recent graduates of the program gain hands-on experience.
“Improving healthcare is the most pressing issue for Nova Scotians,” Premier Tim Houston said in the release.
“We need new ideas to fix long-standing issues and to help better recruit and retain healthcare professionals so that Nova Scotians can access the care they need.”
According to the province, the funding will help new graduates and new doctors establish practices in Nova Scotia, starting at Dalhousie’s family medicine clinics.
“Doctors will be supported in transitioning to their own practice and will maintain their roster of patients,” read the release.
Houston made the announcement in person on Wednesday morning at the the Dalhousie Family Medicine Clinic in Halifax, along with Minister of Health and Wellness Michelle Thompson.
Thompson said in the news release that projects like these will “help doctors put down roots in our communities.”
The scene of the bus flying through the air and quickly slamming to the ground was captured by a security camera. Parents and witnesses watched on helplessly.
Montreal is increasing police patrols and cracking down on loitering in the metro system in response to a massive rise in people struggling with drug addiction and mental illness.
Like Liberal leaders before him, the Conservatives are attempting to define Liberal Leader Mark Carney to voters before he has a chance to.
'I'm proud to have served a country full of people who stand up for what's right,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a video on his last day in office.
Shortly after midnight, stargazers can catch a glimpse of the total lunar eclipse, or a full worm blood moon.
The Canada Revenue Agency says it's working to update its systems to reflect the current inclusion rate on capital gains after a last-minute reversal by the federal government.
The family behind one of Canada’s most well-known ice-cream brands says they’re absorbing “all immediate increases in our costs” as the U.S.-Canada trade war heats up.
Friedrich Trump called his business in Bennett, a town that sprang up because of the Klondike Gold Rush, the Arctic Restaurant & Hotel.
A new poll suggests that 40 per cent of Canadians are worried about losing their jobs as many businesses scale back hiring plans in response to the trade war with the U.S.
At the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, the tariff trade war between Canada and the U.S. is leaving flyers who travel between the two countries feeling very uneasy.
The man pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Migratory Birds Regulations after hunting snow geese without a permit, says a release from the ECCC.
Doug Ford is set to fly in and out of the U.S. capital on Thursday for a meeting with President Donald Trump's commerce secretary which could calm or reignite trade tensions.
'Half of us here are dual citizens, including me -- Canadian and American, half of us,' Point Roberts resident Brian Calder told Global News.