Perth-Andover

• Rapid tests roll out in New Brunswick’s circuit breaker zones

  New Brunswick has decided to roll out rapid testing in circuit breaker communities beginning on Oct. 16 after previously saying it did not intend to make them publicly available.

  Health

  Oct 14, 2021
  
• N.B. man speaks out against COVID misinformation as family battles the virus

  Joe Gee says because of misinformation being spread in his community about COVID-19 vaccination, he's been left to care for family members who have become seriously ill.

  Health

  Oct 3, 2021
  
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• ‘More problems than innovative solutions’: N.B. communities want action on nursing shortage

  Two communities that have seen service reductions in their emergency rooms want to see the province address the nursing shortage that is driving the closures.

  Health

  Jul 14, 2021
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• Perth Andover mayor concerned about hospital changes

  Perth Andover's mayor Marianne Bell worries about the implications of the changes to the Hotel Dieu of St. Joseph and what it means for the future of the hospital.

  Health

  Jul 2, 2021
• Suspect at centre of extensive police manhunt in northwestern N.B. arrested in Fredericton

  A man who was at the centre of an extensive police manhunt in northwestern New Brunswick following two shooting incidents has been arrested by police in Fredericton.

  Crime

  Jun 13, 2021
• Officials in New Brunswick monitoring three ice jams on St. John River

  Officials are surveilling the river with a drone and have set up a command post in the area located in the western part of the province near the border with Maine.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2021
• New Brunswick reports COVID-19 case at school in Perth-Andover

  If parents or students are not contacted regarding COVID-19 exposure, then they have not been identified as a close contact. 

  Education

  Dec 17, 2020
• ‘Absolute miracle’: 90-year-old blind N.B. woman narrowly escapes house fire

  Eva Skaarup, 90, is legally blind and hard of hearing. Despite the odds, she managed to escape her burning home Sunday.

  Features

  Oct 1, 2020
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• Black Lives Matter Saint John pushes for Black history in N.B. schools

  The Black Lives Matter movement started in the U.S. in 2013. Since then, it has helped race awareness of racial and social injustices around the world.

  Education

  Jul 25, 2020
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• N.B. premier says roll-out of now-cancelled health-care reforms ‘not well thought out’

  'I am concerned by gaps that have been identified in the plan,' said New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs about the decision to halt healthcare reforms.

  Health

  Feb 17, 2020