Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has signed a health agreement with Denmark.

He joined Denmark’s health minister in Copenhagen on Wednesday to sign a memorandum of understanding that will see the province and Denmark share information.

Since last summer, the two have been in contact about sharing best practices, specifically in the areas of cancer care and digital health.

The new agreement means they will collaborate in areas such as digital transformation, health-care at home and non-communicable diseases management.

 

 

The Nova Scotia government has created a new Department of Cyber Security.

The minister responsible for the new department, Colton LeBlanc, made the announcement.

The new department will include staff from Nova Scotia Digital Service, which had been part of Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services.

There will be 798 employees in the new department, with an annual budget of 229-million dollars.

 

 

A Nova Scotia environmental group is calling on the federal government to help make electric vehicles more available in the Maritimes.

The Ecology Action Centre centre is calling for regulated sales targets to send a signal to manufacturers to increase the supply of E-Vs across Canada.

A report commissioned by the centre says provincially regulated supply targets in B-C and Quebec have increased sales in those provinces, but have led to supply shortages and wait times in the rest of the country.

The group is holding a test driving event today to help raise the profile of the difficulty of buying the vehicles in the Maritimes.

 

 

The Pictou County Partnership, East Coast Credit Union, and Pictou County Chamber of Commerce have partnered together to offer a new micro-lending program aimed at fostering inclusive business growth in the region.

Under the Micro-Loan Program, entrepreneurs in Pictou County who self-identify as being female, and/or Black, Indigenous, and/or other racialized persons, and/or 2SLGBTQ+ are eligible to apply for a loan of up to $10,000.