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The deputy minister of the Department of Community Services told a committee on Tuesday that the province has no timeline for moving people with disabilities into community care.

The Nova Scotia government says it doesnt have a precise timeline for phasing out its large institutions housing people with disabilities.

A number of surplus properties were designated for affordable housing projects at Tuesday morning’s Halifax Regional Council meeting.

A diving accident at 14-years-old left Brian Parker paralyzed from the chest down. Now at age 49, hes without the person who was caring for him full-time until just last week, after his 68-year-old mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.

A diving accident at 14-years-old left Brian Parker paralyzed from the chest down. Now at age 49, hes without the person who was caring for him full-time until just last week, after his 68-year-old mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Homeless advocate Vicky Levack spent the entire day Wednesday at Meagher Park in Halifax, waiting for law enforcement to possibly show up at any moment.

An advocacy group that fights for Halifaxs homeless wants the city to amend a bylaw that bans camping in a public parks.

The city says the park is for everyone, so that’s why some people have to be kicked out.

Mike Savage says he wants Meagher Park in the city's west end returned to the public once better housing options are available. However advocates say those options have not yet been offered.

THE failures in both private and publicly funded long-term care (LTC) homes in Canada have led to 15...