Health and Wellness

**** NSHA Media Release Parking temporarily unavailable at QEII Halifax Infirmary’s Summer Street entrance Please be advised that beginning Tuesday, September 6, 2022, work will begin on the paving and expansion of the Summer Street driveway entrance at the QEII Health Sciences Centre’s Halifax Infirmary (HI). As a result, all metered parking spots near the...

**** Recall via Health Canada UPPAbaby All-Terrain RIDGE Jogging Strollers recalled due to Fingertip Amputation Hazard Issue The stroller’s rear disc brakes have openings that can cause amputation or laceration if a non-occupant child’s fingertip gets caught in the openings while the stroller is in use. As of August 30, 2022, the company has received no reports of injury in...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release   Virtual Care Available to More Patients —————————————————————- All Nova Scotians on the Need a Family Practice Registry can now get free, online medical appointments through Virtual Care Nova Scotia (VirtualCareNS). Previously, people had to receive an email invitation to use VirtualCareNS. As of today, August 31, anyone on the Need...

**** CNS Media Release New Home Designs for People Living with Disabilities —————————————————————- A new approach to the construction of community-based small option homes will allow Nova Scotians with disabilities to move into community sooner. The Disability Support Program has procured two custom designs for modular homes that will meet the needs of residents and...

**** Recall via Health Canada Aqua Lung i330R SCUBA Diving Computers recalled due to Drowning Hazard Issue The dive computer can fail to automatically adjust to the user’s altitude by continuing to provide calculations for sea level dive times thus leading to considerable risk of the diver having decompression sickness. As of August 24, 2022, the company...

**** HRM Media Release Update – Municipality helps residents with well water shortages The Halifax Regional Municipality is offering drinking water for those dealing with dry wells due to dry conditions. The municipality is working alongside the Province of Nova Scotia and using its Joint Emergency Management teams to ensure residents with urgent dry well...

**** HRM Media Release Penhorn Lake Beach reopens to swimming The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that Penhorn Lake Beach in Dartmouth has reopened to swimming. Penhorn Lake Beach is a supervised beach. Municipal staff regularly test the water quality at all supervised municipal beaches, as well as one unsupervised beach, during the summer...

**** Info via Metra Animal Emergency Clinic   We’ve been seeing more cases of water toxicity this month, so it seems like a good time for a gentle reminder! Water toxicity can sneak up unexpectedly, so know when to call it quits. Water play seems like a good thing on a hot summer day, right?...

**** HRM Media Release Kearney Lake Beach reopens to swimming The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that Kearney Lake Beach in Kearney Lake, Halifax, has reopened to swimming. Kearney Lake Beach is a supervised beach. Municipal staff regularly test the water quality at all supervised municipal beaches, as well as two unsupervised beaches, during...

**** NS SPCA Release Fireworks are Dangerous to Pets and Wildlife – SPCA share Petition The Nova Scotia SPCA advocates that fireworks, pyrotechnics, and gas-fired explosions should never be permitted to be used at events and is concerned about the impact fireworks have on companion animals and wildlife in the vicinity. The Nova Scotia SPCA...