{"id":21743,"date":"2021-06-04T01:19:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T04:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=21743"},"modified":"2021-06-04T01:19:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T04:19:57","slug":"lifting-of-restriction-on-youth-sports-coming-dr-strang-assures-nsians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=21743","title":{"rendered":"Lifting of restriction on youth sports coming, Dr. Strang assures NSians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER\/EAST HANTS:<\/strong> Getting kids back in schools has taken priority over the resumption of youth sports at full capacity, said the chief medical officer of health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Laker News asked Dr. Robert Strang at the June 2 COVID-19 Briefing with schools resuming on June 3 with some classes upwards of 25-30 students per class with no social distancing, why then was youth sports not able to resume at full levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Strang said it all comes down to priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve said from the beginning that one of our core priorities throughout our pandemic response was to have, wherever possible and safe, have children and youth in school,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here is the video of our question to Dr. Strang on schools returning while youth sports can\u2019t at full capacity. It begins from the start.<\/strong> <em>Video edited by Dagley Media.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pat Healey from The Laker News on the NS COVID-19 Update (06-02-2021)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eI7Jsh3dFX8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;123&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo do that means we have to continue to have for a little while longer restrictions on other things which are more optionally, not as much as a priority,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the way public health is ensuring Nova Scotian schools are safe is by keeping the community safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have to make sure our communities have low levels of virus, and our communities are safe,\u201d said Dr. Strang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Strang said they are working on opening up for sports and arts\/culture, but he asks for a bit of patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will be opening up opportunities in upcoming phases for youth sports and arts and culture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut the first priority is to have children and youth in school learning, and then we\u2019ll address some of the other ones which are not as much a priority over time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;] FALL RIVER\/EAST HANTS: Getting kids back in schools has taken priority over the resumption of youth sports at full capacity, said the chief medical officer of health. 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