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.

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'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.