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FREDERICTON — Public health officials in New Brunswick say another person has died as a result of COVID-19 — the second death in the province linked to the pandemic. Officials say the victim was in their 80s and from the Campbellton region.

MIRAMICHI, N.B. — Quebec's police watchdog says it has been called in to investigate a report of an RCMP-involved fatal shooting of a man in New Brunswick.

FREDERICTON — The head of New Brunswick's court system says the greatest challenge in planning for jury trials in the province is physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

FREDERICTON — Public Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting one new case of COVID-19 in the north of the province. The new case is an individual aged between 40 and 49 who works at the Campbellton Regional Hospital.

FREDERICTON — Changes are being made for the 2020-21 school year in New Brunswick in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

FREDERICTON — The doctor being blamed for triggering a COVID-19 outbreak in northern New Brunswick last month says he was not "patient zero" and wants an apology from Premier Blaine Higgs. A lawyer for Dr.

EDMUNDSTON, N.B. — The young Indigenous woman who was shot and killed by police in Edmundston, N.B., last week was remembered Thursday as a kind soul who united family from both sides of the country.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Early analysis of vessel speeds in the Cabot Strait shows that more than two-thirds are not complying with a voluntary speed restriction meant to protect endangered right whales that migrate through the area.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a fishing accident that killed four Newfoundland fishermen in Placentia Bay last month. The 12-metre fishing vessel Sarah Anne left St.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting four new cases of COVID-19 — all in the Campbellton area in the north of the province. Chief medical officer of health Dr.