FOG BLOG ATLANTIC NEWS LOG: NS-NB BORDER DISRUPTED DUE TO PROTESTS REGARDING RESTRICTIONS:

N.B.-N.S. border remains closed due to protest about isolation requirements.....People upset about announcement travellers from N.B. must self-isolate upon arrival......The main border crossing between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick has been closed for more than 18 hours, blocked by dozens of protesters demonstrating against restrictions that require most travellers from New Brunswick to self-isolate upon arrival in Nova Scotia.

The protesters include a number with anti-vaccine views. At one point, some briefly tried to stop a tractor-trailer they believed had COVID-19 vaccine, but which RCMP officers at the scene said contained blood products, from being escorted by police across the border into Nova Scotia.

The truck eventually passed through, as did some nurses and doctors trying to get to work at the hospital in Amherst, N.S.

The Nova Scotia government announced Tuesday afternoon that most travellers from New Brunswick will continue to have to self-isolate upon arrival, a decision that came less than 24 hours before Nova Scotia opened its borders with P.E.I. and Newfoundland and Labrador without isolation or testing requirements.

Nova Scotia has for months required most travellers to quarantine for 14 days when they arrive in the province after applying for entry online. People have had to present documentation at the border showing they've been approved for entry.

People travelling from New Brunswick — including Nova Scotians returning from that province — can enter Nova Scotia for any reason, but will have isolation and testing requirements based on their vaccination status. There are exemptions for those travelling for essential health services, work, child custody or veterinary reasons.