Regional Police say a 38 year-old Glace Bay man has been fined for breaking public health rules.
They say officers were called to a business in Sydney last night and they confirmed a customer was not self-isolating as required.
The man, whose name has not been released, was ticketed for failing to comply with the Health Protection Act.
That carries a fine of over $2,400.
The province’s Minimum Wage Review Committee is recommending the minimum wage increase by 40 cents an hour on April 1st to $13.35 an hour.
The committee is also recommending the minimum wage go up further to $13.60 an hour on October 1st.
And it says the minimum wage should increase to $15 an hour by 2024.
Meanwhile, Premier Tim Houston says the government will accept the recommended increase for April 1st.
However, he says he wants to talk with the members of the committee and hear more from employees and businesses before taking action on the two other recommendations.
The Health Authority is further reducing hospital services because of the Omicron wave of COVID-19.
Only urgent surgeries, including time sensitive cancer surgeries are now taking place.
And, ambulatory care clinics and procedures will focus on urgent needs only.
Nova Scotia Health says it expects patients will continue to experience longer than usual waits for care in emergency departments over the coming weeks.
It says there are about 600 staff and doctors now off work because they have COVID-19 or they have to isolate because of close contact with a positive case.
The province is reporting another COVID-19 death and 12 new hospitalizations today.
Health officials say the person who died was a woman in her 60’s in the Western Zone.
There are now 60 people in the province in hospital who’ve been admitted because of COVID-19, up from 58 yesterday.
Five of those people are in intensive care.
The province is also reporting 837 new cases of COVID-19 today.
500 of those cases are in the Central Zone, with 109 in the Eastern Zone, 106 in the Northern Zone and 122 in the Western Zone.
Meanwhile, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang told reporters this afternoon the province has a limited supply of rapid tests, and he’s asking people to do a self-assessment online before they try to get a test.
Strang says the province now has about a million rapid tests and there’s another three million on the way.
Premier Tim Houston says 25,000 tests will be distributed to 400 schools based on enrollment.
Houston also confirmed today ventilation systems have arrived for 71 schools in the province.
He says those systems will be installed when students go back to school on Monday and teachers and students will be getting three-layer masks.
The Concentrix call centre in Glace Bay is holding a job fair, today.
The company says it’s looking to hire 120 more people.
It says the jobs being offered include customer service and sales positions, with work-at-home opportunities.
The event is taking place virtually on Zoom from 10:00 this morning until to 2:00 this afternoon.