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HALIFAX As the 55th Super Bowl approaches, bars and restaurants in Nova Scotia have been hoping for a change in COVID-19 restrictions in time for Sunday. However, it’s likely not in the province’s playbook. For Colin Grant of Midtown Tavern, he’s betting on Kansas City to win. “But I hope it’s a close game. I hope it’s entertaining,” he says. While he’s assured of his Super Bowl prediction, one bet he hopes he’s wrong about is the number of people who will come to his bar to watch the big game. “There’s gonna be 10 or 12 people here cause you can’t guarantee you’re going to see the whole game,” says Grant. “We can’t service anything after 10 p.m.” ....
Marlene Usher, CEO for the Port of Sydney Development Corp., said she had hoped Transport Canada would hold off on making a final decision. I was hoping that they would wait further into the year to see if there would be some more progress with a vaccine and possibly cruise could return to some extent, said Usher. But it wasn t a complete surprise, because we had been aware for some time that the pandemic is very prevalent in the U.S. and Canada. Usher said the ban means that for the second consecutive year, the port corporation will lose 70 per cent of its revenues. ....
HALIFAX A new, $20 silver coin issued by the Royal Canadian Mint to coincide with the start of Black History month commemorates the Black Loyalists who landed in Nova Scotia as a result of the American Revolution. The new coin unveiled Monday features a shield with heraldry representing the Black Loyalist Heritage Society. Black Loyalists arrived between 1783 and 1785 and were the largest group of people of African birth and descent to. ....
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