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Premier McNeil and Dr. Strang provided a #COVID19NS update today, January 5, including information on Nova Scotia's immunization plan. Nova Scotia is building a... strategic, flexible immunization plan with over a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine enough for more than 500,000 people expected to arrive in the province over the next six months. About 140,000 doses are expected by the end of March in the first phase of a three-phase immunization plan, and another million doses are expected to be delivered between April and June. Phase 1 of the COVID-19 immunization plan runs from January to April and includes front-line health-care workers; long-term care staff, caregivers and residents; seniors in the community (80 or older, followed by anyone 75-79); and other health-care workers. Phase 2 is expected to begin in May and will include remaining health-care workers and essential workers. Phase 3 will begin in summer and include all Nova Scotians who are not part of the Phase 1 and 2 priority groups. For more details, read the news release here: https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20210105003.

The community continues to pull together in the search for Zack Lefave. If you have any information that can help in the ongoing search for this Yarmouth County young man please contact the RCMP.

Premier McNeil and Dr. Strang provide a #COVID19NS update. You can also watch on YouTube at URL https://youtu.be/pLWFyTq2p84

Back on the water...

Lobster season opens in LFA 34 After weather kept fishermen ashore for more than a week, the commercial lobster fishery in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 34 finally got underway on Dec. 8 with hundreds of fishing vessels loaded with fishing gear and crewed by thousands of fishermen heading to the fishing grounds with a 4 a.m. shotgun start, marking the start of the six-month season. The season was originally scheduled to open on Nov. 30. This was the scene at the Falls Point wharf in Woods Harbour this morning. Photos by Kathy Johnson

It's a 4 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8 start for the LFA 34 lobster fishery in southwestern N.S. Be safe everyone.

PUBLIC SERVICE ADVISORY Temporary closure at Roseway Hospital's emergency department, Dec. 7 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Monday, December 7, 2020 SHELBURNE, N.S. Roseway Hospital’s emergency department will be closed: From 7 p.m. tonight, Mon., December 7, until tomorrow, Tues., December 8, at 8 a.m. This is due to lack of physician coverage. Anyone with urgent medical needs should call 911. For general health advice and information call 811, which is a service offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week by experienced registered nurses. The Mental Health Crisis Line can also be reached 24/7 by calling 1-888-429-8167.