As of 12:01 am today, Nova Scotia removed all remaining COVID-19 restrictions.

With the changes, isolation shifts from being mandatory to strongly recommended for people who test positive for COVID-19.

Masks move from being strongly recommended to optional.

 

 

Some Nova Scotians are calling for paid sick leave now that the province is dropping its mandatory isolation requirement for people with COVID-19.

N-D-P labour critic Kendra Coombes says she’s been inundated with concerns from constituents after chief medical officer Doctor Robert Strang said all pandemic restrictions would be lifted as of today.

Strang says people who test positive for COVID-19 or have COVID-like symptoms should isolate if possible but wouldn’t be forced to.

Coombes says the change will place “a burden on working families” who may feel encouraged to go to work while sick.

 

 

More than half of Canada’s doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are set to go to waste.

Canada moved away from using AstraZeneca following concerns in the spring of 2021 about rare but potentially fatal blood clots.

Health Canada says it made every effort to make good on a promise to donate the millions of remaining doses, but couldn’t find any takers either at home or abroad.

 

 

R-C-M-P say they’re investigating a single vehicle crash on Nova Scotia’s south shore that claimed the lives of three people — including a one-year-old girl.

Police say a car travelling west on Highway 103 left the roadway near Granite Village Monday afternoon and came to rest in a ditch.

They say all three passengers were pronounced dead at the scene, including the infant, a 17-year-old boy and a 42-year-old Yarmouth woman.

The 38-year-old woman from Blockhouse who was driving the vehicle was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

 

 

The No. 2 Construction Battalion displayed the strong determination of Black men to overcome racism and contribute to Canada’s First World War effort.

They served their country, and did so with a tenacity and courage that defied social norms and prejudices of the time.

On Tuesday, Darrell Samson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, commemorated the national historic significance of the No. 2 Construction Battalion with a special ceremony held at the Pictou wharf.

The event was held in collaboration with the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia and the Department of National Defence to unveil a replacement commemorative plaque.