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The province decided to prioritize people without stable housing, who were originally in the “expanded access” phase. On March 16, premier Iain Rankin announced that hundreds of vaccines will soon be going to people staying in shelters in HRM. “We’ll be providing vaccine early April to about 300 people in the Halifax area who are in homeless shelters,” he said at Tuesday’s regular COVID-19 briefing with top doc Robert Strang. “We’ll also offer vaccine to people who work and vo...

It took a few extra months, but Torti Taco will be adding a second location on Michigan Avenue in downtown Battle Creek.  Instead of the previously announced project at 56 East Michigan, they’ll be located at 80 West Michigan.   Torti Taco will occupy the space recently vacated by Pastrami Joe’s, and work is expected to get started in April.  Torti Taco began considering the shift after plans with a previous developer at a nearby location did not materialize. The local Mexican eatery h...

The Coast Yesterdays chaos didnt end yesterday. The province is announcing one new COVID-19 case in the official update today, and its deleting one of the cases announced Saturday because somebody typed the wrong thing. If only this latest Saturday mistake could be blamed on losing an hour of sleep because daylight savings times return caused clocks to "spring forward" an hour, but that didnt happen until...

Possible return of Florence After 5 faces hurdles; business owner remains hopeful Business owner excited about potential return of Florence After 5 By Cameron Crowe | March 12, 2021 at 6:18 PM EST - Updated March 12 at 6:35 PM FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) - One of downtown Florence’s biggest events could be making a comeback this year. While city officials are hopeful Florence After 5 will return in June, there are still some hurdles they’re paying close attention to. “We’ve a...

City aims to redevelop and revitalize Downtown Adel City aims to redevelop and revitalize Downtown Adel By Jennifer Morejon | March 11, 2021 at 6:37 PM EST - Updated March 11 at 8:06 PM ADEL, Ga. (WALB) -City leaders are on a mission to revive and redevelop downtown Adel. They say it plays a vital role when new industries come to town. “We want downtown Adel to be an experience and it is getting more of an experience day by day,” said Brandie Dame, Downtown Development Director. Dame t...

Congratulations Nova Scotia, your COVID-19 numbers are kicking ass today.

Defining defunding police committee gets important approval from police board  With approval from the board it can finally get to work. Halifax’s Board of Police Commissioners gave another green light to the committee that’s tasked with figuring out what people in Halifax think “defunding” the police should mean. After first deciding it needed an external committee to develop a definition for defunding the police in August, the board’s been slow to let it start working, but n...

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 5:21 pm BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week OGDENSBURG – Deputy Mayor John Rishe with some help from fellow councilors has drafted a 30-page Community Development Plan which he hopes will be reviewed by the planning board and the public in coming months with adoption anticipated this summer. Rishe called for such a plan not long after being elected, but with a focus on cutting costs, preparing such a document is typically a pricey endeavor....

The Coast The humans beat the virus today, with Nova Scotia reporting three recoveries and a trifling one new COVID-19 case. That fresh infection is connected to "travel outside Atlantic Canada" in the reassuring phrasing of the provincial press release, and the patient "is self-isolating, as required." "Again, our case count is remaining low—no cases Monday, five cases yesterday and n...

As of now, Newfoundland will be on the outs.