Category: Health And Wellness

**** Via HRFE Follow along for our 12 Days of Holiday Fire Safety Tips! Day 5 – Don’t leave candles unattended. Opt for battery-operated instead. Candles bring warmth and cheer, but they should never be left alone. Always blow them out before leaving the room or going to bed. Better yet, use flameless, battery-operated candles […]

**** Via HRFE Follow along for our 12 Days of Holiday Fire Safety Tips! Day 4 – Don’t overload electrical outlets or misuse extension cords. Spread out your decor safely to avoid overheating. Let’s keep the holiday lights bright without overloading outlets. Too many plugs in one spot can cause overheating, so spread out your […]

**** Via HRFE Follow along for our 12 Days of Holiday Fire Safety Tips! Day 3 – Keep decorations off sprinkler systems. They can block or damage sprinkler heads. Decorations like mistletoe and garlands may look festive, but they should never be hung on sprinkler systems. Decorations can block or damage sprinkler heads, which are […]

**** NSHA Media Release Mobile primary care clinics for Central Zone Nova Scotia Health’s mobile primary care clinics have these upcoming clinic dates: Cobequid Community Health Centre 40 Freer Lane, Lower Sackville Saturday, December 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Dartmouth Mobile Primary Care Clinic […]

**** NSHA Media Release Need a Family Practice Registry Update, December 2024 As of November 27th, there are 119, 670 Nova Scotians on the Need a Family Practice Registry. The last published number was Nov 4, 202, when there were132,166 Nova Scotians on the registry. In total 10,477 people were attached in November 2024. A further […]

**** Recall via Health Canada Taylor Farms brand Sweet Kale Chopped Kit recalled due to Salmonella Issue The food recall warning issued on 2024-12-02 has been updated to include additional distribution information. The affected product is being recalled from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. Affected products Brand Product Size UPC Codes Taylor Farms Sweet Kale Chopped Kit […]

**** Halifax Water Release Halifax Water Update on Status of Fluoridation of Drinking Water Halifax Water acknowledges that it should have notified customers about the interruption of fluoridation at both Pockwock Lake and Lake Major water supply plants over the past several years. We take feedback very seriously and want to assure customers and the […]

**** Info via Hope for Wildlife Mange is a terrible disease. It’s caused by parasitic mites burrowing in or living on the skin, and it causes intense pain, itching, swelling, and crusting of the skin. And, as with this poor porcupine, hair and quill loss. It’s often fatal. This porky came to us back in […]

**** NSHA Media Release Mobile primary care clinics for Central Zone Nova Scotia Health’s mobile primary care clinics have these upcoming clinic dates: Cobequid Community Health Centre 40 Freer Lane, Lower Sackville Saturday, November 30 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 1 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Dartmouth Mobile Primary Care Clinic […]