A proposed Child-care bill has gotten some push back from the opposition
Bill 3 would give the Education Department the power to collect personal information for an online registry of daycares, meaning – names, addresses, places of work, language preferences and dates of birth, as well as information about a child such as allergies, medications and other special requirements would be shared through the registry with the Health Department and the daycare operators
The Bill and online registry would allow for parents to look for available spaces in their area, register their children and calculate whether they’re eligible for financial support.
84 year old Pauline Gauvin, a long term care resident in Miramichi was the first New Brunswiker to receive the Covid-19 vaccine over the weekend. .
Nicolette Noel of Miramichi was the first nurse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine – while Dr. Carl Boucher of Caraquet was the first New Brunswick physician to receive the injection.
The first vaccinations were administered Saturday at the Miramihci Regional Hopsital.
Meanwhile, the province reported five new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday and none on Sunday. Public health did revise its total number of cases over the weekend, saying two Saint John area cases were accounted for in other provinces; while two other previously confirmed cases had now been identified as false-positive tests. As of Sunday afternoon there were 45 active cases of the virus remaining in New Brunswick.
The families of the victims of Mathew Raymond had the opportunity to read victim impact statements to a judge yesterday in Fredericton.,
The 50 yearold Raymond was found not criminally responsible of the murders of Donnie Robichaud, Bobbie Lee Wright, Sara Burns and Robb Costello last month.
A disposition hearing gives family members a chance to describe how they have been affected.
Justice Larry Landry said Raymond will be held at the Restigouche Hospital Centre where he will continue to receive treatment for his schizophrenia. and there will be another disposition hearing in front of a review board within 90 days…but that board won’t have the power to release him…just make recommendations.