HALIFAX INT BOAT SHOW TO BE POSTPONED For Immediate Release Issued: March 1, 2021 Halifax, NS – On Friday afternoon, Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang, Chief Medical Officer of Health, announced tighter COVID-19 restrictions in the province. 1/6 pic.twitter.com/ZsrbOiVR2D— Halifax Boat Show (@halifaxboatshow) March 1, 2021 But now Strang and Rankin have flip-flopped. “Many restrictions that came into effect on Feb. 27, such as restaurant hours, sport competitions, culture performances and non-essential travel, will end,” says a release issued today by the province. As of tomorrow, Friday, March 5 at 8am, just six days of restrictions later, we’ll return to nearly the same C19 rules that were in effect before last weekend. People can travel into and out of Halifax, sports games and in-person arts performances are allowed to happen, restaurants don’t have to close an hour early, weddings and funerals can have up to 100 attendees indoors. (The restrictions that remain in place in HRM are no wedding receptions or funeral visitations, and only two approved caregivers are allowed into long-term care homes.)