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take a little while for some municipal parks to reopen.</p><p style=3D"m This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------0C7E89EFA8B8BC5922EFA238 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi All, A breath of fresh air; literally. Thanks Rick for your post. DW On 5/1/2020 4:14 PM, Rick Whitman wrote: > "The Nova Scotia government announced Friday it is immediately easing > some public health restrictions around COVID-19. The province also > reported an additional death and 12 new cases of the virus. > > Rules around physical distancing and social gatherings remain in > place. People must keep two metres apart and not gather in groups of > more than five. > > Premier Stephen McNeil warned restrictions will return if public > health measures aren't followed. > > "I'm worried about all of you and I'm worried about how we are > coping," McNeil said during a press briefing on Friday, referencing > COVID-19 deaths, the mass shooting, > <https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mass-killing-shooting-victims-remembered-1.5538032> and > the military helicopter crash. > <https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/helicopter-crash-caf-search-1.5552193> > > "We need to get over our heads and out of our houses and get outside. > We need to feel that fresh air a little freedom. The keyword is a little." > > Some of the initial steps include: > > * Reopening provincial and municipal parks (excluding playgrounds > and beaches), trails and community gardens. Skate parks are open. > * Reopening garden centres, nurseries and similar businesses. > * Sport fishing is permitted from shore or boat, but fishing derbies > are not allowed. > * People are now allowed to go to boating, yacht or sailing clubs to > prepare boats for use. > * Golf driving ranges can open, including those at golf clubs. > Courses must remain closed, but golf clubs can perform the > necessary preparation work for reopening. > * People can use their cottages, but use is restricted to one > household unit at a time. Travel must be directly to the cottage > and back. Travelling back and forth frequently from cottage to > primary residence is discouraged. This does not apply to cottage > rentals. > * Provincial and private campgrounds are still closed, but staff are > now permitted to do maintenance work for reopening. An exception > to this rule is recreational vehicles parked year-round at private > campgrounds, which can be used but must follow the same rules. > * Drive-thru religious services will be allowed as long as people > stay in their cars and are parked two metres apart and there is no > interaction between people in cars or between people in cars and > others. > > While the easing of those restrictions came into effect immediately, > it could take a little while for some municipal parks to reopen. > > Shortly after the announcement was made, Halifax Coun. Waye Mason said > unlocking the gates to popular destinations like the Halifax Public > Gardens may not be complete until the end of the weekend. > > > Beaches and playgrounds still closed > > Beaches and playgrounds will remain closed." ............... > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-19-death-virus-easing-restrictions-1.5552246 > > --------------0C7E89EFA8B8BC5922EFA238 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <p>Hi All,</p> <p>A breath of fresh air; literally. Thanks Rick for your post.<br> </p> <p>DW<br> </p> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/1/2020 4:14 PM, Rick Whitman wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CAA9nSY9yHkfW5T-z1F-RYm==pMU7M8QVaWNhf8FdsJh25iFDcA@mail.gmail.com"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr">"<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px">The Nova Scotia government announced Friday it is immediately easing some public health restrictions around COVID-19. The province also reported an additional death and 12 new cases of the virus.</span> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:28px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px">Rules around physical distancing and social gatherings remain in place. People must keep two metres apart and not gather in groups of more than five.</p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:28px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px">Premier Stephen McNeil warned restrictions will return if public health measures aren't followed.</p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:28px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px">"I'm worried about all of you and I'm worried about how we are coping," McNeil said during a press briefing on Friday, referencing COVID-19 deaths, the <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mass-killing-shooting-victims-remembered-1.5538032" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,80,200);border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);text-decoration:none" moz-do-not-send="true">mass shooting,</a> and the <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/helicopter-crash-caf-search-1.5552193" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,80,200);border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);text-decoration:none" moz-do-not-send="true">military helicopter crash.</a></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:28px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px">"We need to get over our heads and out of our houses and get outside. We need to feel that fresh air a little freedom. The keyword is a little."</p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:28px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px">Some of the initial steps include:</p> <ul style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px"> <li>Reopening provincial and municipal parks (excluding playgrounds and beaches), trails and community gardens. Skate parks are open.</li> <li>Reopening garden centres, nurseries and similar businesses.</li> <li>Sport fishing is permitted from shore or boat, but fishing derbies are not allowed.</li> <li>People are now allowed to go to boating, yacht or sailing clubs to prepare boats for use.</li> <li>Golf driving ranges can open, including those at golf clubs. Courses must remain closed, but golf clubs can perform the necessary preparation work for reopening.</li> <li>People can use their cottages, but use is restricted to one household unit at a time. Travel must be directly to the cottage and back. Travelling back and forth frequently from cottage to primary residence is discouraged. This does not apply to cottage rentals.</li> <li>Provincial and private campgrounds are still closed, but staff are now permitted to do maintenance work for reopening. An exception to this rule is recreational vehicles parked year-round at private campgrounds, which can be used but must follow the same rules.</li> <li>Drive-thru religious services will be allowed as long as people stay in their cars and are parked two metres apart and there is no interaction between people in cars or between people in cars and others.</li> </ul> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:28px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px">While the easing of those restrictions came into effect immediately, it could take a little while for some municipal parks to reopen.</p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:28px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px">Shortly after the announcement was made, Halifax Coun. Waye Mason said unlocking the gates to popular destinations like the Halifax Public Gardens may not be complete until the end of the weekend.</p> <h2 style="line-height:2.5rem;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Beaches and playgrounds still closed</h2> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:28px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px">Beaches and playgrounds will remain closed." ...............</p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:28px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-19-death-virus-easing-restrictions-1.5552246" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-19-death-virus-easing-restrictions-1.5552246</a><br> </p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:28px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html> --------------0C7E89EFA8B8BC5922EFA238--
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