Sandra Walsh sits next to an open window as a fan circulates air throughout her rental apartment in New Glasgow, N.S. Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account

Sandra Walsh was struggling to breathe in her apartment when temperatures across Nova Scotia soared in July, but the woman on social assistance says her pleas for a government-funded air conditioner have been ignored.

“With the high humidity, it effects my breathing and I have to gasp for air,” says the 46-year-old woman, recently diagnosed with a progressive lung disease. “Even taking frequent, cold showers isn’t really helping.”

The resident of New Glasgow, N.S., is among many low-income Canadians with health conditions struggling to get government help to sta

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