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An infectious disease expert says eased restrictions and highly infectious Omicron strains of the coronavirus have caused a recent surge in cases. It's a marked difference from the early days of the pandemic when Nova Scotia was considered an example of how to best deal the public health crisis.

Mayors of two resort towns in the province are bullish on the prospects for this years tourist season.

After being labelled "patient zero", a small-town physician in Canada was shunned.

A new poll says public opinion on the political response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is deeply divided, with those polled split evenly on the question of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has handled the emergency.

HALIFAX - Through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Canada won international praise for the region's lar...

HALIFAX - Through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Canada won international praise for the region's largely successful efforts to keep infection

Through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Canada won international praise for the region's largely successful efforts to keep infection rates low — but the arrival of Omicron has upended its vaunted COVID-Zero strategy.

'The transmissibility of Omicron is so great that a COVID-Zero strategy is simply not feasible,' says Dalhousie University's Susan Kirkland

HALIFAX - Through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Canada won international praise for the region's largely successful efforts to keep infection rates low — but the arrival of Omicron has upended its vaunted COVID-Zero strategy.

HALIFAX — Through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Canada won international praise for the region's largely successful efforts to keep infection rates low — but the arrival of Omicron has upended its vaunted COVID-Zero strategy.