Health and Wellness

**** Recall via Health Canada Updated: Certain Compliments brand and Levitts brand deli meat products recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes The food recall warning issued on December 7, 2020 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation. Levitts Foods (Canada) Inc. is...

**** CBS Media Release Immediate need for blood donors to help patients this holiday season Canadian Blood Services is calling on all eligible blood donors to support lifesaving care for patients over the holidays by responding to the immediate need to fill more than 15,000 open appointments across Canada by December 31. Blood donors are...

**** NSHA Media Release Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital’s emergency department closed on Dec. 14 Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital’s emergency department will be closed on Dec. 14 and will re-open at 8 a.m. on Tuesday Dec. 15. Anyone with urgent medical needs should call 911. ​ For non-urgent care, please call your family doctor or visit...

**** NSHA Media Release Three more Nova Scotia Health sites launch online appointment booking Nova Scotia Health is expanding its online appointment booking service. Online appointment booking is now available at the following sites: ​ Cape Breton Regional Hospital (Sydney) X-ray Dartmouth General Hospital X-ray Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital (Lunenburg) X-ray ​ Online booking is now...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release More Mental Health and Addictions Support for Nova Scotians————————————————————-Community organizations across the province will be able to provide more mental health and addictions support to those in need with new government funding announced today, Dec. 11.The Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia will receive over $1.6 million, to be distributed as...

**** NSHA Media Release Temporary changes to chemical & bacterial water testing at Nova Scotia Health facilities The Environmental Services Laboratory at the QEII Health Sciences Centre is not accepting water samples for bacteria or chemical analysis until further notice. This is being done temporarily in order to create capacity for COVID-19 testing.​ ​ Since...

**** Recall via Health Canada Expanded Recall: Mastercraft 5 Gallon Air Compressor recalled due to injury hazard Common name: Mastercraft 5 Gallon Air Compressor Product description: This recall expansion involves the Mastercraft 5 Gallon Air Compressor 1.5-Hp. The following products are included in the recall: Model Number UPC Date Code 058-9315 871613006891 All codes ending in 2014...

**** Recall via Health Canada Scentsy Luminary Jack and Bless This Home Warmers recalled due to Fire Hazard Common name: Scentsy Luminary Jack and Bless This Home Warmers Product description: This recall involves two Scentsy decorative wax warmers. The Luminary Jack warmer is dark grey in colour with pumpkin cut outs. The Bless This Home warmer is...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release Government Further Extends Virtual Care Options————————————————————Government is further extending access to virtual care options like telephone and videoconferencing that are available for doctors to connect with patients.Physicians’ payment codes for virtual visits will be available until March 31.“Access to virtual care has become increasingly important to patients and doctors as the...

**** Recall via Health Canada Certain Compliments brand, Levitts brand, and The Deli-Shop brand deli meat products recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes The food recall warning issued on November 22, 2020 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation. Levitts Foods...