Premier Tim Houston will be seeking an infusion of funding and hope for Nova Scotia’s ailing health-care system during a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and fellow premiers this week in Ottawa. “As the prime minister has indicated, I don’t expect that there will be any kind of health-care accord signed tomorrow,” Kody Blois, the Liberal MP for Kings-Hants, said Monday in an interview that preceded the two-day first ministers meeting on health-care funding that wraps up early Tuesday afternoon.

The new federal ban on foreign home ownership is causing worry that it’s hampering the recruitment of international health-care professionals. “We’re trying to lift as many barriers as possible to bring doctors and other medical professionals to the community,” said Sydney-Membertou MLA Derek Mombourquette, who has been talking to his caucus and federal counterparts about wanting the new law amended.

A newly settled permanent resident in Nova Scotia says a recent experience he had in a Halifax ER is proof the overburdened healthcare system is straining its workers to the breaking point. Originally from the United States, Doug Silverman is a registered clinical psychologist with a doctorate under his belt, granting him the privilege of using the title.

The president of Doctors Nova Scotia hopes changes to emergency care will lead to significant improvements in the province’s emergency departments, but says it's also important to continue focusing on bolstering primary care. Dr. Leisha Hawker’s comments are in response to a government announcement to alleviate pressure on emergency departments in Nova Scotia, following the recent deaths of two people who waited hours for care.