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• Second doses of COVID-19 vaccines can be given up to 4 months after first, NACI now says

  The panel of medical experts advising the federal government on vaccination now says that the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines can be given up to four months after the first, if Canada wants to maximize the number of people being immunized.

  

• N.B. reports three new cases of COVID-19, exposure notifications in Miramichi

  New Brunswick Public Health reported three new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and announced several potential exposure sites in the Miramichi area.

  

• P.E.I. to move out of lockdown and into 'circuit breaker' at midnight; one new case reported

  Prince Edward Island will move out of its 72-hour lockdown as of midnight Thursday, and into a modified circuit breaker, public health officials announced Wednesday.

• Organizers of major events planned for N.S. face extra challenges because of pandemic

  Planning large events during a pandemic has become a challenge, as organizers of the East Coast Music Awards and the women's world hockey championships are learning.

• N.L. delays second dose of vaccine to four months, reports three new COVID-19 cases

  Newfoundland and Labrador is extending the interval between the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to four months.

• Ottawa wants Indigenous livelihood fisheries in N.S. part of commercial season

  Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan released a plan Wednesday outlining conditions for Indigenous lobster fishers to participate in moderate livelihood fisheries during commercial seasons.

• N.B. government enlists child and youth advocate to review mental health services following suicide of teen

  New Brunswick Health Minister Dorothy Shephard says she has asked the province’s child and youth advocate to review the mental health crisis services that exist in the province.

• Psychologist tells inquiry Lionel Desmond made limited progress during treatment

  Lionel Desmond made little progress during a psychological trauma treatment program he underwent less than a year before killing three family members and himself, a fatality inquiry heard Wednesday.

• Welcome to drafting, the most fun you can have on four legs and two wheels

  Dog lovers enjoy getting outside and taking their pets for a walk, but did you ever consider hooking a cart to your pet? That's called drafting, and it's about the most fun you can have on four legs and two wheels and it involves canines carting around 40 pounds -- for sport.

• N.S. RCMP who shot at firehall on administrative duty during internal reviews of case

  The RCMP says two officers who fired towards a civilian and another RCMP officer during last year's mass shooting will remain on administrative duties until internal inquiries are completed.

• Some New Brunswick ice fishing shelters must be removed by next week: province

  New Brunswickers who have built ice fishing shelters in provincial waterways will need to remove them at least two weeks before the season is officially over.

• Respondents given time to seek legal counsel in alleged N.S. cyberbullying case

  A Nova Scotia judge is giving two people alleged to have facilitated the cyberbullying of parents of a missing boy time to consider seeking legal counsel.

• Feds extending COVID-19 wage and rent subsidy until June

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will extend the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy until June of this year as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Nova Scotians frustrated by crash of vaccine-booking website ready to try again

  Nova Scotia's vaccine-booking system is back up-and-running a day after it crashed in heavy, first-day traffic, but now all of the first-round appointments for those older than 80 are taken.

• Can a COVID-19 vaccine's second dose be delayed for weeks? What the science says

  Experts say delaying the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine 'makes sense' for Canada amid its slow rollout, despite there being limited data about how long protection lasts until a second shot is needed.

• Maitland, N.S. man charged with aggravated assault after allegedly assaulting two women with a weapon

  A 29-year-old man from Maitland, N.S. faces several charges after he allegedly assaulted two women at a home in the community last month.