Dorothy Grant worked as a registered nurse in Halifax and New York, and later turned to journalism. With consumer affairs as her beat, she became a Halifax radio and TV personality. In the 1990s, she did communications work for the Medical Society of Nova Scotia, and at the same time she published more than 60 articles in "The Medical Post". Her byline is familiar to readers of "Family Practice Magazine, The Canadian Medical Association Journal", and "The Halifax Chronicle-Herald".