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"I'm happy to have people celebrating summer, but I think that all of us should be conscious that this pandemic is not over," McGeer said in an interview. "It's likely that we, like many other countries in the world, may see more cases and more transmission of Delta, and that we will need to intervene ... to mitigate serious disease and death." McGeer said it is clear the Delta variant is on the move in British Columbia, Alberta and much of the United States, where the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now say fully vaccinated Americans should go back to wearing masks in indoor ...

  FREDERICTON -- With only about six more weeks of summer before classes return for the post secondary fall semester, students countrywide will soon be returning to Maritime universities, whether they are vaccinated or not.   "We've been doing a lot of planning and working with public health here in New Brunswick and making sure that we are prepared for students that will be arriving both vaccinated and unvaccinated,” said Ryan Sullivan, St. Thomas University associate vice president of enrollment management. “Working to obviously first promote vaccination and wanting to make sure t...

Arrests made as RCMP move in on protesters at N.S-N.B. border Rebecca Lau © Graeme Benjamin/Global News RCMP told protesters they were an "unlawful assembly" Wednesday night and told them to move off the highway. RCMP officers moved in on protesters at a blockade on the Trans-Canada Highway between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on Wednesday night, and at least two people were arrested. The move came more than 24 hours after protesters, angry at Nova Scotia's COVID-19 travel restrictions, first brought traffic to a standstill. At certain points throughout the day, tensions h...

Less than a day after moving to Phase 1 of New Brunswick’s path to Green, health officials will move the entire province to Phase 2 at midnight on Wednesday night. At a media briefing Wednesday afternoon, Premier Blaine Higgs and Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Russell said 20.2 per cent of seniors over the age of 65 are fully vaccinated. Around 75.4 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 89,000 New Brunswickers now have both doses. A total of 12.9 per cent of eligible residents are fully vaccinated, which is up from 11.8 pe...

Delayed repairs on P.E.I weather stations likely to affect more than forecasting Lack of long-term climate data due to defunct weather stations, could have an impact on future planning for key economic sectors in Prince Edward Island. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2021 7:30 PM AT | Last Updated: June 14 Weather stations at North Cape and East Point are due for repairs, but maintenance work has been postponed. (Jane Robertson/CBC)