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Forester Elbert Murray has seen lots of terrible storms in his 78 years, but nothing like post-tropical storm Fiona that’s left his woodlots in Pictou County, N.S., nothing but a massive, tangled mess. “It’s gone and I’ve lost a hundred years,” said Murray, who predicts the forest will recover over the next century. “Eventually it …
Read More »How a rural Nova Scotia village found a new doctor amid widespread shortage
A housing shortage, large patient rosters, and a lack of support are some challenges for recruiters looking to attract doctors to rural areas of Nova Scotia. That challenge is underscored by a doctor shortage that’s left more than 100,000 Nova Scotians without a family doctor. Despite those challenges, Sacred Heart …
Read More »Nova Scotia couple upset over 11-year wait for ALS diagnosis
A terminal illness isn’t a diagnosis anyone wants to hear, but a Nova Scotia couple are speaking out about how that news was delivered. After 11 years of waiting to confirm what he already feared, Don Hutton was diagnosed with ALS at 57 a year ago. “I just thought, ‘My life’s over,'” said …
Read More »Meet the Nova Scotia farmers who are growing rice
In late April, when Nova Scotia is still sloughing off its winter chill, Ian Curry and Niki Clark can be found inside their greenhouse, using tweezers to seed one of the year’s crops. The small seeds are no bigger than a grain of rice — because they are grains of rice. …
Read More »Why COVID-19 deaths are likely underreported in Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotia government says there have been 421 COVID-19 deaths in the province since the pandemic began, but an infectious disease researcher says that number is likely understated by at least 200. Tara Moriarty, an associate professor at the University of Toronto, called it “a conservative estimate” and cautioned the number will grow. “A lot …
Read More »‘A tsunami of cost increases’: Nova Scotia farmers struggle with skyrocketing inflation
As Tim Marsh looks over the fields in front of his farmhouse in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, he worries about what the future holds for his industry. Marsh said input costs in the last six months have been unprecedented, with agricultural necessities like diesel, fertilizer, and herbicides costing exponentially more than …
Read More »Change needed to combat anti-Black racism at College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia
An external review into anti-Black racism within the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia has found a lack of understanding and action about racism and a need for better policies and training aimed at eliminating it. The study was conducted by a task force made up of five people who identify …
Read More »Nova Scotia weightlifters capture 14 medals at Canadian powerlifting championships
To say Phil Brown is a popular athlete in the Annapolis Valley would be an understatement. He calls himself Downtown Phil Brown and he’s known to everyone at the Motiv Fitness centre in New Minas, N.S. Brown recently came back from the Canadian powerlifting championships in St. John’s, N.L., with …
Read More »Riding the waves off Nova Scotia, this surfer says she felt cancer-free
It could be the most beautiful summer day in Nova Scotia or the harshest day of winter; if there are waves, Amber Spurrell will surf. Even while undergoing six rounds of chemotherapy. “Getting in the ocean allowed me not to have cancer for a few minutes and just be,” says Spurrell, 42, who was diagnosed …
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