Nova Scotia Health is advising that services are resuming at sites within Eastern Zone (Cape Breton Island, Antigonish and Guysborough counties).

As weather and road conditions begin to improve in Eastern Zone (Cape Breton Island, Antigonish and Guysborough counties), Nova Scotia Health is providing the following service status update for the remainder of today: 

Nova Scotia Health is advising that there could be some service delays at facilities in Eastern Zone (Cape Breton Island, Antigonish and Guysborough counties) due to weather and road conditions in many areas. 

Local residents are advised the following Public Health clinic is cancelled due to inclement weather:

Rawdon Fire Hall
3869 NS Trunk 14, Upper Rawdon
Wednesday, Feb. 14 from 11:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Public Health supports access to COVID-19 and influenza immunization and testing across the province. More clinics are scheduled in the coming weeks. They can be found online at www.nshealth.ca/PHMU.

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Dr. Sarah Newcomb-Anjo, Registered Psychologist and Advanced Practice Lead with Mental Health and Addictions Provincial Centre for Training, Education, and Learning (PCTEL), is one of the friendly faces you may see when you are joining an education session or webinar offered by PCTEL or training facilitated by the Knowledge Collaborative.

Nova Scotia Health and the Digby Family Practice want to connect with the community at one of two public drop-in sessions. 

The goal of these community connection sessions is to share information on programs and services in an interactive and engaging way. This will also be an opportunity to learn how to access the different care options available, visit interactive booths, pick up information and chat with members of our teams. 

Public Health supports access to COVID-19 and influenza immunization and testing across the province. To help ensure all Nova Scotians have access to these important services, we will be holding testing and immunization clinics next week. All upcoming clinics can be found online at www.nshealth.ca/PHMU.

A new toll-free telephone number for booking same day appointments replaces the former numbers for the after-hours clinics at Eastern Kings Memorial Health Centre (EKM) in Wolfville and Western Kings Memorial Health Centre (WKM) in Berwick.   

Rose Walls, Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator and Dr. Sarah Newcomb-Anjo, Registered Psychologist and Advanced Practice Lead have been busy connecting and meeting with non-profit community–based service providers across the province under Nova Scotia Health’s new Knowledge Collaborative. 

The Knowledge Collaborative is one of the new initiatives under the provincial government’s Universal Mental Health and Addictions Care initiative. 

Lunar New Year is the longest and most celebrated festival of the year for many East and Southeast Asian cultures, including Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean communities, among others. Each culture celebrates differently with various foods and traditions that symbolize prosperity, abundance and togetherness.

We asked Christina Phomsavanh, a CT technologist at the QEII, to share some of her family’s traditions during the celebration.

What significance does Lunar New Year have for you and your family?