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Home-sharing platform funded by N.S. government results in just 23 leases in a year
Last year, the province announced it will pay $1.3 million over two years to Happipad, a Canadian non-profit that matches homeowners who have empty rooms with renters who need housing. As of July 31, the Housing Department says a total of 60 rooms have been listed and 23 leases signed.
Nova Scotia urged to address 'pathways' that lead people to losing their homes
Fixed-term leases and so-called "renovictions" are two pathways that lead vulnerable people to end up on the street, the head of a shelter for women and children said Tuesday.
Nova Scotia launches take-home STI testing kit, a first in Atlantic Canada
Nova Scotia's decision to offer free at-home tests for sexually transmitted infections is an important step toward reducing some barriers to vital sexual health care, says the head of the provincial AIDS coalition.
Lawsuit launched by family of Mi'kmaw woman in N.S. claims negligence in her death
Destiny Rennie, 22, died in hospital a year ago with fungal meningitis. Her family alleges she was mistreated by doctors who thought she was an illicit drug user.
From school boards to dog adoption, N.S. Tories have pulled back from 2021 promises
Campaign promises to fund mental health care, reinstate public school boards and give tax breaks for dog adoptions are among the pledges that, nearly three years into his mandate, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has either tossed aside or been slow to enact.
Canada's premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters
As Canada's premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-related natural disasters that have only escalated since they returned home.
Premier says he skipped Halifax Pride parade because of safety concerns
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston was absent from this year's Halifax Pride parade. Houston says he was advised by the RCMP not to participate because of safety concerns.
Who attacked the trees? Halifax Public Gardens visitors baffled 2 years after crime
Many of the trees in a Victorian-era public garden in the centre of Halifax that were attacked almost two years ago are showing remarkable signs of recovery, while visitors to the urban oasis are still puzzled by the mysterious unsolved crime.
Pro-Palestinian encampment set up at Dalhousie University in Halifax
More than a dozen tents were erected Sunday night at a pro-Palestinian encampment at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and organizers say they plan to stay until their schools divest from Israel.
Weak oversight of N.S. youth homes increases risk of improper child care: auditor
Nova Scotia's auditor general says vulnerable children are at risk of receiving inadequate care because of weak oversight within the province's temporary care and youth home network.
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