Quebec set to go green as cases drop, vaccination rate rises

Starting Friday, those who have received two doses will be permitted under the health guidelines to gather inside without a mask. On Monday, June 28, the entire province will move to the green zone, the lowest level of alert under the province’s colour-coded system. Legault and the province’s public health director, Dr. Montreal’s public health director, Dr. By […]

Some NS government staff voice concerns over study needed for proposed wilderness area

A working group including staff from the departments of Environment and Climate Change, Lands and Forestry and Energy and Mines were tasked with creating the socioeconomic study to consider the effects of the designation. In an email to a colleague at the Environment Department, John MacNeil, registrar of mineral and petroleum titles for Energy and […]

Why it might be wise to hold off on buying a car for a little while longer

This column is an opinion by Mark Ting, a partner with Foundation Wealth who helps clients reach their financial goals. Cars are essentially computers on wheels that need chips and semi-conductors — of which there is a global shortage and orders are backlogged. After almost tripling in price from a year ago, the price of lumber peaked in […]

NB COVID-19 roundup: Province reopens to all Canadians at midnight, 3 new cases

Businesses, such as restaurants, gyms and salons, will be allowed to operate at full capacity if they maintain a contact list of patrons. People planning to travel to the U.S., for example, need to get tested no more than three days before their flight and show negative results to the airline prior to boarding the plane, or be prepared to […]

New Brunswick enters Phase 1 of path to green. What are the changes?

Compassionate travel, such as travel related to end of life, funerals, and providing or receiving care, including child care not otherwise available, will be allowed for people from outside these areas. Other workers, including rotational workers, people moving to New Brunswick and travellers coming from outside the Cumberland County, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Avignon and Témiscouata, must isolate […]