Premier walks fine line on language as health authorities talk service mergers
Premier Blaine Higgs is walking a fine rhetorical line as he encourages the province’s two regional health authorities to look at combining some services to alleviate the severe shortage of nurses at two Moncton hospitals.
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Concern over fuel supply in N.B. prompted letter to EUB, says premier
Premier Blaine Higgs says concern about the supply of fuel in New Brunswick prompted his office to write a letter to the Energy and Utilities Board, asking its members to review an application by Irving Oil to increase the maximum wholesale margin on fuels.
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Posted: Apr 01, 2021 1:14 PM AT | Last Updated: April 1
Premier Blaine Higgs pointed to moves by utilities boards in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador to increase the wholesale margin on fuels in those provinces.(Ed Hunter/CBC )
N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 14 new cases, Russell sees no need for special EMO centre
New Brunswick s chief medical officer of health says a co-ordinated emergency measures centre wouldn t serve the Edmundston region because government players are already involved.
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FREDERICTON With more vaccine on the horizon, some are already suggesting COVID-19 shots should be mandatory. The idea of making vaccinations against childhood diseases mandatory in public schools prompted great debate in New Brunswick just last year. However, Education Minister Dominic Cardy the politician who pushed mandatory vaccinations among schoolchildren isn t yet calling for it this time. Since he was elected two years ago, Cardy has fought for mandatory vaccines within New Brunswick s school system. But COVID-19 vaccines are not ready to be used on children, and the education minister says he s not ready to suggest they be made mandatory.