Coming up on the CHMA daily news roundup:
New Brunswick’s new friends and family phase
Mount Allison goes online with for virtual convocation
and CHMA checks in with Bistro Le Chat Bleu.
But first:
No new cases of COVID-19 were reported over the weekend in New Brunswick.
Last week, a young person in the Campbellton region tested positive for the disease. On Friday, the province announced it had closed a daycare as part of the contact tracing around that case.
New Brunswick Public Health released a total of 312 new test results Sunday.
59 of those results were in the South East region.
Over the past week, the rate of testing in New Brunswick has fallen below the goal of 2300 tests per week set by Chief Medical Office of Health Jennifer Russell.
Just under 2000 tests were reported in New Brunswick in the past seven days.
Over in Nova Scotia the number of active COVID-19 cases continues to drop, though two new cases were reported over the weekend.
There are now 19 reported active cases of COVID-19 in that province.
On Friday, Premier Blaine Higgs made another long awaited announcement:
AUDIO HIGGS
Starting today, we’re moving into phase three or the yellow phase of recovery. Since we began our phased recovery plan, we’ve had minimal cases of COVID-19. We’ve all been a part of achieving this I want to thank all new brunswickers for the continued cooperation and patience.
in this phase, new brunswickers can extend their to household bubble. You can now spend time with the close friends and family members who you would normally see on a regular basis. We are recommending however they did or gatherings be limited to 10 people or fewer. So it’s not like inviting your ball team home or or having a house party, but it is the next step to get together into the new norm under COVID-19.
Higgs says the government is asking New Brunswickers to keep their circle of friends and family as as small as possible, especially if they include a vulnerable person or a child who attends daycare.
Higgs also announced that non-regulated health professionals and personal services may now open, including hairstylists, estheticians, tattoo artists, acupuncturists and naturopaths.
And more changes are coming. This Friday May 29th, outdoor gatherings of up to 50 people will be allowed, along with low-contact team sports.
Higgs also announced that as of Friday, the controversial ban on temporary foreign workers will be lifted. Any workers entering the province will still need to isolate for 14 days before beginning work.
At 2pm today Mount Allison will be hosting its first ever virtual conferring of degrees… Erica Butler has more:
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BEGINS: “Convocation weekend at Mount Allison is normally chock full…”
ENDS: “For CFTA news, I’m Erica Butler.
The New Brunswick RCMP have charged a 22-year old Moncton man with first degree murder.
On Thursday night, police responded to a report of a shot fired in a home on Sangster Street in Moncton.
There they found 27-year-old Josh Daley who had been badly injured.
Daley was transported to hospital, and later died as a result of his injuries.
Jake Mischiek has been charged with first-degree murder.
The RCMP’s Major Crimes Unit is leading the investigation and asking for anyone with information to step forward.
May has been deadly on New Brunswick roads and highways.
RCMP detachments around the province report five people killed in five separate vehicle collisions so far this month, in collisions near Riverview, Woodstock, Dalhousie, Beersville, and Young’s Cove.
And finally on today’s roundup, Mahalia Thompson-Onichino checks in with Bistro Le Chat Bleu in Baie Verte.
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