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Nova Scotia Health provides healthcare to the Atlantic Canadian province and an array of specialized services to the Maritimers who live there. The health system operates hospitals, health centers and community-based programs across the province. Its team of more than 30,000 includes employees, doctors, researchers and volunteers.
THE PROBLEM
When COVID-19 reached the province in March 2020, leaders at Nova Scotia Health recognized contacting patients with test results would be a human resource challenge. As testing ramped up, more than 60 of the health system s public health staff were delivering test results by phone to more than 40,000 Nova Scotians. Most results were delivered within a 48-72 hour time frame – an unsustainable pace with the potential to overwhelm staff.
Posted: Apr 15, 2021 5:15 PM AT | Last Updated: April 15
Francis Doyle fears his well could be washed away within months.(Erin Pottie/CBC)
A Cape Breton man says erosion has claimed 30 or more metres of his property along the Lake O Law brook, and he believes the province is responsible.
Francis Doyle of Margaree Valley claims the government redirected the brook s flow closer to his property during improvements to the Cabot Trail around the 1950s.
The 57-year-old purchased the Egypt Road home in 2002 from his brother-in-law, but said the property has been in his family since he was born. Over time it just keeps eroding with the nasty weather, he said.
Construction of Canso spaceport stalled, but CEO says project not grounded
Construction was supposed to start last year on a spaceport near Canso, N.S., that would use rockets to launch satellites into orbit. Maritime Launch Services CEO Steve Matier says that hasn t happened, but the project is not sitting idle.
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