A 41-year-old woman from New Edinburgh, N.S., died after a two-vehicle car crash in Gilberts Cove, N.S. on Tuesday afternoon.

RCMP were called to the scene along Highway 101 around 1:45 p.m.

"Preliminary investigation has determined one vehicle crossed the centre line and collided with the other vehicle," RCMP said in a news release.

The driver who was in the car with the woman, a 44-year-old man who is also from New Edinburgh, was airlifted to Halifax with serious injuries.

The other driver was taken to hospital in Digby&nbsp;with minor injuries.

The section of Highway 101 where the crash happened was closed for several hours, but reopened to traffic at 7:30 p.m.

Doctors Nova Scotia says sick notes are waste of time for minor illnesses

Physicians fed up with writing sick notes for employers are turning to a 12-year-old Doctors Nova Scotia form letter that bills the employer for the time it took to write the note and requests they change their policy on sick notes.

During the doctor shortage crisis in Gorderich, people either did not receive care or travelled long distances to get the care they need, Gwen Gevereaux said. 

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One problem with requiring sick notes, says Dr. Gary Ernest, is employees showing up to work sick or showing up to a clinic where there are other people who are sick and spreading germs around.

9-year-old girl found, man remains missing near Kejimkujik

A nine-year-old girl who was missing overnight in Nova Scotia's Kejimkujik National Park after a canoe trip was found on Tuesday afternoon, and the search continues for the 46-year-old man who was with her.

Police and search and rescue teams are searching for a man who went missing overnight in Kejimkujik National Park after a canoe trip. The 9-year-old girl he was with was found safe on Tuesday afternoon. 

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Police and search and rescue teams are searching for a man who went missing overnight in Kejimkujik National Park after a canoe trip. The nine-year-old girl he was with was found safe on Tuesday afternoon.

How a trip to the doctor's office can make you sicker

Waiting rooms and doctors’ offices can be a hotbed for all sorts of nasty bacteria. But a Halifax health-care consultant says you can avoid getting sick if you’re careful.

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Health-care consultant Mary Jane Hampton says waiting rooms are a hotbed for bacteria.

Woman, 41, dead after car crash in Gilberts Cove, N.S.

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