Lil Macpherson News Today

Three men and a woman were charged with obstruction following a protest at Eisner Cove. The woman has also been charged with assaulting an officer.

Ignoring “no trespassing” signs, security guards and a Halifax Regional Police officer, environmental activist Lil Macpherson was among a handful of protestors who took the campaign to stop construction near Eisner Cove Wetland straight to the source.

Nova Scotia entered phase one of its three step reopening plan on Monday, Feb. 14.

Retail facilities and fitness centres can now operate at 100 per cent capacity. Even though it is allowed to have a full house, there was lots of room to work out at a gym in Dartmouth. "You say we can operate at 100 per cent, but we still have to maintain our social distancing, so if every other machine is off-limits we could still only increase it very minimally," said gym manager Brian Wilkie. Wilkie says with the extra cleaning measures they have taken on, he feels they could safely ope...