Southeastern Community Health Board

10/22/2026

⚖️ Need Legal Support? We're Here to Help!

PACT is welcoming Nova Scotia Legal Aid to our Eastern Passage location to provide support and guidance with family law and child protection matters.

Whether you need assistance with Legal Aid applications, court documents, or connecting with additional resources, we're here to help you take the next step!

Thursday, November 5

1:00–2:30 PM

PACT Eastern Passage – 1470 Main Road

📌 By appointment only!

To request an appointment, please complete the form, and a member of our team will contact you.

💜 We're here to help connect families with the support and resources they need!

Register Here- https://forms.gle/n2pGdfw9xnECzuY37

10/21/2026

Startling statistics in this report below from Feed Nova Scotia. Food bank usage now at its highest in Canadian history,

10/21/2026

Free health and wellness programs through the Community Health Teams.

10/20/2026

A good reminder to have your screenings done regularly.

The Nova Scotia Breast Screening Mobile Clinic travels to 30 remote geographical locations where people often find it difficult to reach one of the 11 fixed screening sites. The goal is to make it as convenient and accessible as possible for individuals to get screened.

Self-referral screening begins at age 40. Nova Scotia recommends annual screening for individuals aged 40-49 and every two years for those 50-74 who do not have any increased risk factors of developing breast cancer. Individuals 74+ are eligible for screening every 2-3 years if they are still in good health.

Appointments for the mobile service can be made up to 9 months in advance by calling the province’s toll-free central screening booking office in Halifax.

To book, call the toll-free number at 1-800-565-0548

Mobile schedule can be found here:https://nsbreastscreening.ca/location

10/19/2026

Feed NS released their policy position re: Income Assistance Reform. Although the Employment Support and Income Assistance (ESIA) program is in place to help recipients meet basic needs such as housing and food, the available support is not enough and the rules in place keep people trapped in deep poverty. In fact, the amounts received by some households is more than $15,000 below the poverty line

10/16/2026

Today is World Food Day.
Food is a human right. But a right to food means little if people don’t have the income they need to afford it.

Today is World Food Day.

Food is a human right. But a right to food means little if people don’t have the income they need to afford it.

In Canada, almost 10 million people struggle to afford enough food—not because we don’t have enough food, but because they don’t have enough money to buy it.

For Indigenous Peoples, food insecurity is also inseparable from the historical and ongoing impacts of colonialism, including the loss of access to land, waters, and traditional food systems.

Food insecurity isn’t inevitable. With the right public policies, we can build a Canada where everyone can afford to eat and live with dignity and where Indigenous Peoples can exercise the self-determination to sustain their own food systems.

If you believe everyone should be able to afford healthy, nutritious, culturally-appropriate food, please consider supporting this work. An anonymous donor is matching donations to Right To Food all week, so your support will go twice as far 💜

Donate today: https://bit.ly/4hN8Myi

10/15/2026

HRM produces a list of youth resources - have a look if you are a youth or have a youth in your household.

Resources & supports for youth.

10/14/2026

Interested in starting a walking group in your neighbourhood? Consider taking this training through NS Walks

Do you like to walk and are looking for a way to give back to your community? Help
support less active adults enjoy the benefits of walking! provides leader-led
walking groups.
We are looking for volunteers interested in leading gentle, fun, and friendly regularly
scheduled walks for adults who are less active. We provide you with free walk leader
training to give you the skills and confidence to lead these walks. Training will be held
on October 21, 1:00 p.m via zoom. is a program of Hike Nova Scotia
supported by Nova Scotia Government and Make Your Move
For more information or to register for the training go to:
https://www.hikenovascotia.ca/ns-walks/

10/14/2026

Nova Scotia Seniors can apply for a $750 grant to help with healthcare and household costs. People 65 or older, with a household income up to $45,100, are eligible for the grant.

They can apply:
-- online at: https://www.novascotia.ca/apply-help-household-healthcare-and-home-heating-costs-seniors-care-grant
-- by mail: Seniors Care Grant, P.O. Box 160, STN Central, Halifax, N.S. B3J 2M4
-- with print applications available at Access Nova Scotia centres.

The deadline for applications is December 1.