Skye Bryden-Blom

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Skye Bryden-Blom

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is in France as part of ongoing efforts to promote trade talks amid tariff tensions between Canada and the U.S.Houston is in the country to discuss market and energy opportunities with France-based tire manufacturer, Michelin, which is one of Nova Scotia's largest employers. It's the latest in a series of international trips for Houston to bolster trade relations since Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods.

4 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Skye Bryden-Blom |Rebecca Lau

Nova Scotia Health is expanding its STI home-testing kit program to include HIV screening. The STI Care Now initiative has been helping Nova Scotians get tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea since last summer. Since then, thousands of kits have been mailed out. Those kits contain everything from instructions to swabs. And it seems to be working. “Out of those 3,000 kits, there were 120 positives,” said Dr. Todd Hatchette, STI Care Now Medical Director. “We are reaching people.

2 months ago | globalnews.ca | Skye Bryden-Blom

From sharp alerts to gentle chirps, each sound a chicken makes can offer insight into their inner lives. But have you ever wondered what those clucks mean? Now an app can tell you. Researchers at Dalhousie University's Agricultural Campus near Truro, N.S., have developed an app called Cluckify to crack the code on what chickens are saying through the science of bioacoustics.

Feb 26, 2025 | globalnews.ca | Skye Bryden-Blom

Topics of death and grief can be hard to broach, but the founders of a Nova Scotia library hope to help people navigate difficult emotions surrounding loss through books. When the Valley Hospice Foundation's Grief Library launched last year in Coldbook, N.S., Janet Balsom was its first client. At the time, the mother of two young kids had just been diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer at the age of 45. "It's a little surreal, but that's how cancer works," she said.

Feb 11, 2025 | globalnews.ca | Skye Bryden-Blom

Charities in the Halifax area are worried about Donald Trump's plan to place a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods. They say many people are already struggling to make ends meet amid the high cost of living, and this will only worsen the situation. "It's very nerve-wracking for us," said Romaine Rhoden with Parker Street Food & Furniture Bank. "[We have] already seen a significant shift since the start of this year in terms of demand.