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Virtual health care appears to be on the rise in New Brunswick, and some health-care providers say it may be one of few positive things to come out of the pandemic. However, they’d like it studied further to know for sure.

The registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick says the province could be headed for "a mess" with the lifting of COVID-19 mask mandates on Monday, and he blames politics.

Sonia Aubé, a social worker with New Brunswick's Department of Social Development in Bathurst, feels she has gone from hero to zero in the span of a year.

New Brunswick's former chief medical officer of health is calling for more safeguards before the province abandons all COVID-19 restrictions.

The  New Brunswick government says it will continue monitoring COVID-19 in the province after restrictions end on March 14, but how it intends to do that isn't clear. Nor is its plan for testing.

For Elizabeth Doherty, “freedom” in the age of COVID-19 has a different meaning than it does for most New Brunswickers.

Some doctors in Saint John are excited to be getting a high-tech machine that will help them perform a variety of surgical procedures without having to splay patients wide open on the operating table.

New Brunswick's move to reduced COVID-19 restrictions Saturday has generated a range of reactions, with some welcoming the looser measures, others taking a cautious approach and some seeking more.

New Brunswick is set to lift many COVID-19 restrictions this weekend, but the executive director of the provinces pharmacists association warns the easing could slow the rate of vaccination.

The New Brunswick government refuses to make public the key COVID-19 data it uses to decide whether to loosen or tighten restriction levels  — the seven-day average of new hospital admissions.