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Small business owners have strong but mixed feelings about Nova Scotia's plan to lift pandemic restrictions. While some are relieved and excited to do away with masks, vaccine passports and physical distancing, others feel lifting the mandates so quickly puts too much pressure on them to make difficult decisions. ....
“It’s to reward those who are making an extra effort to knock these things on its tuchus,” says Good Robot co-founder Josh Counsil. “But it’s also important for our customers to know that this is our stance on the matter, and that this is a place you should feel safe going to.” The program was shut down during the third wave, but is now back. Council tells The Coast he doesn’t recommend showing up right after your vaccine, but you can come any time over the summer to take Good Robot up on their promotion. “We have seen a lot of, ‘I got vaxxed a month ago and just haven’t taken advantage of this yet,’” he says in a phone call with The Coast. “We request (proof) but we’re not going to force anyone to show credentials. It would be a pretty rotten thing to lie about.” ....
click to enlarge Shekara Grant and Damian McCartney from Change is Brewing Co. show off their latest brew at 2 Crows. Victoria Walton Halifax’s bustling beer industry is stereotypically full of skinny white dudes with a beanie, Blundstones and a beard. And while that image may be based in some truth, there are groups working to change the fact that young white men are the presumptive craft brewers. “We saw that the brewing industry was so whitewashed and were like, Alright, we have the capabilities of actually bringing something to the market , and that’s what we did,” says Damian McCartney, one of the co-founders of Change is Brewing Collective. ....