N.S.’s top doc says N.B. introducing ‘higher level of risk’ by allowing in some Canadian travelers Last week, Rankin said he was taken off-guard by that decision as the three other Atlantic Canadian provinces had only agreed to open to each other, and only on June 23.Strang has previously said he’ll be watching New Brunswick’s epidemiology closely, and pointed out that due to COVID-19’s incubation, it will take at least two weeks to see the impact of their reopening.Both provinces are coming off a day where they announced no new COVID-19 cases.