Three Nova Scotians who have the same extremely rare condition say their shared experience has brought them closer together as a family.Brad, Bradley and Amanda Bright have Camurati-Engelmann disease, a skeletal condition that causes increased bone density, primarily in the...

Robert Strang spent much of 2020 facing the media scrum in Nova Scotia as the province's top COVID-19 doctor, but his spirit was forged in a different scrum: a rugby one. Born in Zimbabwe in 1960, he moved to Canada with his family...

Dental professionals in Nova Scotia are seeing signs of pandemic stress in mouths.Wendy Stewart, president-elect of the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association, says over the past few months she has noticed more patients show up with oral health problems to the...

This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during the first eight months of the pandemic.As the COVID-19 lockdown ruled the day this spring, Rod Gilroy, a 37-year...

Researchers who are using wastewater as a way to detect the virus that causes COVID-19 have discovered it in Wolfville, N.S.While the research is still experimental and the results may not be definitive, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health said it could...

The Atlantic bubble is no more.Both Newfoundland and Labrador and P.E.I are exiting the Atlantic bubble for at least two weeks as COVID-19 cases rise in parts of the region. Newfoundland Premier Andrew Furey said the province will continue to monitor...

When Christina Belding strutted down Rainbow Haven beach for a CBC News story this summer — in only a bikini bottom — she rocked a confident gaze, six-pack abs, and a flat chest with two surgical scars.Little did the 52-year-old know...

Nova Scotia's Emergency Management Office is about to test a new system that will push its 911 phone service into the 21st century. Next-Generation 9-1-1 is a digital system that not only accepts voice calls, it will also allow emergency crews to...