The New Brunswick RCMP says a 55-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison in connection with the 2021 homicide of 49-year-old woman on the Acadian Peninsula.
Debate over the mask mandate has been escalating as some parents grow increasingly vocal about their frustration with the face-covering requirements, while others maintain it’s too soon to start loosening COVID-19 rules.
New Brunswicks 5-year Health-care plan will begin with consultations this week
Ron Aiken, Sackville’s acting mayor, tells Global News – that more services like surgeries, acute care beds and diagnostic units would help alleviate the workload at bigger, urban hospitals, and that more local control over health care would help improve the system because each community is different.
Over night closures of ERs are NOT part of the plan this time…and a big issue on the list is recruitment and retention, especially with more staff leaving the field than are coming in. 35% of family doctors and medical lab technicians are retiring within the next five years, and 40% of nurses are in similar positions.