Nova Scotia

Google mobility data shows travel to retail and recreation locations on PEI has reached levels comparable to the months leading up to the pandemic. While those numbers have increased since April and M...Learn More

To help control the spread of COVID-19 as the economy, schools and communities reopen, Nova Scotia has announced that as of 12:01am July 31, 2020, non-medical face coverings will become mandatory in m...Learn More

In an effort to improve the delays in crossing the border into New Brunswick, the government has listened to concerns expressed by RCC and moved the registration process online. People who travel freq...Learn More

Jim Cormier, Director, Government Relations (Atlantic), said the research sounds interesting, but it’s worth asking whether it would raise the cost of manufactured goods. “Packaging is only suppos...Learn More

The Chief Medical Officer of Health now recommends that all Nova Scotians wear a non-medical mask in situations where distancing may not be able to be kept, such as in stores, on public transit, or at...Learn More

In Nova Scotia, some grocery retailers prohibited some customers from bringing in reusable cloth bags. Jim Cormier with the Retail Council of Canada says the goal of that decision was to make customer...Learn More

In Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, retailers can begin the process of moving back to allowing consumers to self-serve bulk food bins. Retailers should provide an adequate amount o...Learn More

The province is contributing $9.1 million to the federal government’s Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program. The program will provide rent relief for commercial small businesse...Learn More

In mid-March, Atlantic governments mandated the closure of all “non-essential” workplaces in an effort to help limit the preventable spread of COVID-19 (Workers who can work from home are encourag...Learn More

To assist businesses that may not have a current supplier or may not be familiar with the market, the Government of New Brunswick has created a list of potential suppliers who have confirmed their int...Learn More