Smiles from young and old as Phase 3 of P.E.I.'s pandemic ease-back begins

Parents were pushing their children on the swings, friends were meeting for lunch and some may have even marked the occasion with new ink.

Others headed to the treadmill to begin working off some COVID-19 weight, or stopped in to say hello to elderly family members.

Playgrounds, gyms, restaurants and tattoo parlours were just some of the places allowed to reopen in Phase 3 of P.E.I.'s COVID-19 ease-back plan, which began Monday.

It also includes libraries, yoga and nail studios and part of P.E.I. National Park. Some visitor restrictions were lifted at community and long-term care facilities.

Photographer Brian McInnis captured these images from Phase 3's opening day.

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