A historic donation to the IWK Health Centre will help Maritime children who are living with mental health and addictions issues.

The Halifax hospital announced Monday it had received $25 million from the Garron family, representing what the IWK Foundation called the largest individual donation in health care in the Atlantic region. 

Berna and Myron Garron, who is originally from Westport, N.S., have previously donated to the IWK Health Centre and their philanthropy led to the creation in 2014 of…