Posted: May 04, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 4
Amelia Edwards and Lyle MacDougall have desperately been trying to access the sperm sample they have saved at Conceptia Fertility Clinic in Moncton, N.B. It s their only chance to conceive because of MacDougall s fight with testicular cancer. (Submitted by Amelia Edwards)
Lyle MacDougall and Amelia Edwards were just friends when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer four years ago.
At the time, Edwards says, they didn t realize the significance of the advice provided by MacDougall s mother that he should go to Conceptia Fertility Clinic in Moncton, N.B. His mother had the great foresight to insist that he preserve some sperm in the event the worst-case scenario happened, Edwards says.
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New Brunswick s health-care system and its nurses are starting to crumble under pressures from a nursing shortage and the COVID-19 pandemic, says the president of the province s nurses union.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2021 1:12 PM AT | Last Updated: April 29
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New Brunswick has 10 new cases of COVID-19 and Public Health has confirmed a link between the outbreaks in the Fredericton region, Zone 3, the chief medical officer of health announced Thursday.
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Posted: Apr 28, 2021 12:49 PM AT | Last Updated: April 28
Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell has said Fredericton and the St. John River valley could face tighter COVID restrictions, possibly as soon as later this week.(Government of New Brunswick )