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It was a tough week in hot classrooms for many teachers. A June heat wave prompted Anglophone South school dis...

It was a tough week in hot classrooms for many teachers. A June heat wave prompted Anglophone South school district to send kids home early on Monday ...

  Fredericton south MLA David Coon says he's been assured that public health are "pulling out all the stops" to get the situation in the city and surrounding area under control. The first case of the B1617 variant, first identified in India, has been confirmed in a previously reported case in the Fredericton zone. Coon says a COVID-cabinet committee meeting was held Tuesday morning, and the region was a topic of concern. "Like they did in Edmundston, they're pulling out all the stops," he said. "In Edmundston, that took longer to cope with because it was a variant and it was more contagi...

  SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- A delay in returning New Brunswick high school students to full-time in-person learning should lead to the plan being scrapped altogether, according to the New Brunswick Teachers' Association. The full-time return was supposed to happen Monday, replacing the one-day-on, one-day-off system that students had been under. The plan was postponed on Saturday with rising numbers of COVID-19 variants in the province. The provincial government said it would revisit the decision during the week of April 26, adding its conclusion would be based on advice from Public Health. "...

Posted: Apr 11, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 12 Shannon Akester, a teacher in Surrey, B.C., receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Surrey North vaccination clinic on March 24. Canadian educators in some regions are joining the priority groups eligible for shots, offering lessons for bringing this immunization drive to all school staffers.(Fraser Health)