Here’s a list of the School and business closures as well as event cancellations for Nova Scotia:
All Halifax Regional Centre for Education school-organized student trips to international destinations have been cancelled until the end of April.
• In-person classes and labs for Dalhousie and King’s University students will be suspended next week (March 16-20) as a preventative measure to increase social distancing and allow instructors time to shift to alternative means of teaching.
• High schools in the Halifax Regional Centre for Education have cancelled exam exemptions for the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year. The decision was made after concerns that continuing to offer exemptions during the COVID-19 pandemic could encourage students to attend school when they are sick.
• King’s-Edgehill School in Windsor, N.S. will remain closed for two weeks after the end of its March Break, with students expected to return to campus on April 13. They will have a distance education plan between March 29-April 13.
• We’koqma’q Mi’kmaw School in Cape Breton will remain closed for a full week after March Break with classes resuming on March 30.
• Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College in Halifax have cancelled all international field courses until September 2020.
• Saint Mary’s University in Halifax has cancelled all university-related travel to China, Iran, Italy and parts of South Korea.
• Saint Mary’s University has decided to suspend all face-to-face classes until the end of the term.
• Mount St, Vincent University in Halifax is asking faculty and staff to consider cancelling any non-essential university-related travel to all countries affected by COVID-19.
• NSCAD University will suspend all in-person classes on March 16-18 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) to allow the university to prepare to transition to remote and alternative forms of learning.
• NSCC is suspending classes from March 23–April 3 to prepare for alternative forms of learning, such as online.
• Effective Monday, Mount St. Vincent University will suspend in-person classes and labs until the end of term.
• Sacred Heart School in Halifax is suspending on-campus classes until April 3.
• National Museums of Canada, including Pier 21, have closed until further notice.
- GoodLife Fitness and Fit4Less across Canada are closing effective immediately
• All Nova Scotia Museum sites and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax will close to the public today, March 13, until further notice.
• Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market building will be closed on Saturday, March 14, 2020. The building will remain closed indefinitely.
• The Halifax Service Canada Centre and Passport office is closed until further notice.
• The Halifax Mayor’s Office has been closed until further notice.
• Dalhousie University has cancelled its March Break camps and are offering full refunds to those who had registered.
• Club Inclusion programming in Halifax and Dartmouth is closed until April 3.
• CFB Shearwater Arena is closed for the next three weeks, until at least April 3.
• The 2020 Craft Beer Festival scheduled for March 21 in Halifax has been cancelled.
• The 2020 Nova Scotia Skills Competition has been cancelled.
• Family SOS Halifax has cancelled their March Break Camp.
• The Emera Oval in Halifax will close on Sat., March 14 for the remainder of the season.
• Beginning March 16, all Halifax Public Libraries events (with the exception of tax clinics) are cancelled.
• Neptune Theatre is discontinuing all performances of Calendar Girls, Ghost Light and Alex Zerbe’s Zaniac Comedy Show.
• Symphony Nova Scotia has cancelled the remaining concerts in their 2019/20 season.
• The Hold Mommy’s Cigarette performance at Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville is being postponed until May.
• The following performances at the Schooner Showroom of Casino Nova Scotia will be postponed: The Clairvoyants, Loverboy, and Terry Fator. My Bonny – An All Star Tribute to Laura Smith, scheduled for March 29, will be cancelled.
• The Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth announced that, as of Monday, all masses and liturgies will be suspended until further notice. This also applies to all other large church gatherings.
• The Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia will be temporarily closed as a precaution until further notice.
• VIA Rail Canada is suspending its Canadian and Ocean operations, its long distance eastern and western routes, until Friday, March 27, inclusively.
• Shubenacadie Wildlife Park will close to the public on Sunday, March 15, and will reopen when appropriate.
• The Canada Games Centre will close March 17 and reopen on April 6
• YMCA of Cumberland will end child care and after school programs on March 16 at 6:30 p.m. and will not resume until April 6, as well as health, fitness and aquatic facilities, which will end on March 16 at 10 p.m. The Homelessness Prevention and Outreach Program will continue to serve the community.
• Nova Scotia Supreme Court has suspended all upcoming jury trials for a 60-day period.
• The federal government has announced that cruise ships with more than 500 people will not be allowed to stop in Canada until July 1 – impacting ports in Saint John, Charlottetown, Halifax and Sydney.
• Scouts Canada cancelled all activities as of Monday. That includes all regular meetings, outdoor adventures, tours, visits, camps and non-essential travel. Scouts Canada will also close all shops and offices.
• Girl Guides of Canada has cancelled all in-person Girl Guide activities until April 14.
• Children Miracle Network trip, to be held this spring in Florida. Patients attend from all CMN hospitals across North America, including the IWK
• Chapters/Indigo is cancelling its Kids’ Break events. Visit indigo.ca for up-to-date information.
• Spirit of Adventure Rendezvous (SOAR) 2020 will be unable to host the Spirit of Adventure Rendezvous in July in Sooke, BC.
• Freemasons of Nova Scotia have cancelled all lodge meetings and community events until further notice
• Tourism Nova Scotia Provincial Visitor Information Centres to close until further notice
• Vitalité Health Network has implemented a complete ban on patient visits to its facilities — except for Palliative Care, Obstetric and Pediatric units
• Halifax Public Libraries will close all of its branches for three weeks
•Starbucks is temporarily closing company-operated stores in high-social gathering locations like stores that are located inside malls or on university campuses.
All Nova Scotia visitor information centres will be closed effective tomorrow (March 17) until further notice.
Effective Mar 17th, all municipally owned recreation facilities, community centres and arenas will be closed, and all programs and bookings will be suspended until further notice.
In accordance with recommendations made by provincial health officials, the Mooseheads office & store are closed until further notice. The health and safety of our staff, players & fans remain a top priority. All inquiries can be made: mooseheads@halifaxmooseheads.ca
