October 10, 2025 – The Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia is awarding $1.4 million to 71 community-based mental health projects in the second round of the 2024-25 Community Grant funding cycle. This funding allows organizations across the province to deliver essential services, supports, and education relating to mental health and wellness, mental illnesses, and addictions.

September 30, 2025 — When Cecilia McRae first answered the phone call about a woman suffering from a massive facial infection, she had no idea it would become a life-or-death situation. The woman’s face had swollen to the size of a baseball – an abscess caused by untreated dental issues. Cecilia immediately referred her to a local dentist, who sent her to an oral surgeon, who in turn rushed her to the Oral Surgery Department at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax.