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Andrew Waugh

5 years

There appears to be a growing backlash toward journalists in Canada asking tough #COVID19 questions of all levels of government. To those critics: we have a job to do, and this is it. We're here to inform the public AND hold governments accountable. And we won't stop.

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Andrew Waugh

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3 years

I'm seeing lots of "yeah but" defences from people supporting what's happening in Ottawa. You can't "yeah but" a Nazi flag. Sorry.

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Andrew Waugh

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7 months

Just found out that we have officially been barred from covering Friday night’s $600-a-plate dinner with Premier Higgs and federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

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3 years

It certainly is interesting to see a legislative committee decide that COVID rules should stay in place at the legislature. Masks, no public entry, physical distancing all to continue. The optics of this, versus almost everywhere else (particularly schools), are pretty bad.

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4 months

This just happened in the legislature during the premier's scrum with reporters. Higgs said he hadn't seen the whole sex ed presentation - just the one screenshot. Asked if he based his decision to ban HPV Action on one screenshot, Higgs responded: "Next question."

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Andrew Waugh

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2 years

Happy Canada Day everyone. My first as a citizen. Very honoured to be one.

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Andrew Waugh

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1 year

Two of New Brunswick’s three main political parties participated in Fredericton’s Pride parade today. Big crowd on hand.

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1 year

BREAKING: Dorothy Shephard has resigned from cabinet.

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2 years

Quite the statement from @DavidCCoon in the legislature this morning ... "Mr. Speaker, public health as led by the Chief Medical Officer of Health is missing in action." (1

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8 months

I’m at the DECH ER with a family member. Just wanted to shout out the staff - fantastic treatment. In all back-and-forth about the problems in the system, this is a really good reminder to me that the people doing the actual work are rock stars.

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2 years

BREAKING: "Following recent public consultation on the future of French language learning, the provincial government will not proceed with implementing the proposed 50/50 framework and will be opening French immersion registration for Grade 1 students."

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7 months

Standing room only for @PierrePoilievre ’s rally at the Fredericton Inn. Starts at 2pm.

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Andrew Waugh

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2 years

So I found this out yesterday. The province wasn't planning to tell New Brunswickers because announcing new variants "is not part of the weekly reports." Guess I'll keep asking.

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Andrew Waugh

@andrewwaugh13

1 year

Yesterday, I asked the province whether the COVID subvariant XBB.1.16, nicknamed 'Arcturus,' has been detected in New Brunswick. They won't tell me, and say the information will be only be shared if they decide it's "in the public interest."

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1 year

I always try to remain hopeful that the commenters on our website don't reflect the larger population of New Brunswick. Because some of them are the most vile, racist, xenophobic, homophobic pieces of crap I've ever encountered.

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Andrew Waugh

@andrewwaugh13

3 years

My daughter and I were accosted by a woman from this "rally." She yelled at us for wearing masks outside. Suffice to say, my response wasn't particularly polite.

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3 years

Hey Fredericton, your racism is showing:

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Andrew Waugh

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2 years

I just received the student absenteeism data for March. It's pretty bad. On a year-over-year basis, absences are up in every school district. In some cases, it's doubled. Staff absenteeism data is also trickling in from the districts. It's eye-catching too. Story to come.

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Andrew Waugh

@andrewwaugh13

9 months

At a press conference in Fredericton, @susanholt was asked about @premierbhiggs ’s western Canadian fundraising swing. She says he should be here, dealing with issues like health, homelessness, and the cost of living crisis.

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Andrew Waugh

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7 months

Some people are certainly having a hard time accepting that @PierrePoilievre drew a very big crowd in Fredericton yesterday.

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Andrew Waugh

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11 months

Well, interesting way to start the work week. NB Teachers’ Association president Peter Lagacy starts a press conference by slamming @premierbhiggs ’s comments about how Policy 713 had led to teachers teaching kids how to lie to their parents. Calls Higgs’s comments “corrosive.”

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Andrew Waugh

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2 years

I would be interested to understand why New Brunswick politicians - of all stripes - except @meganmitton don't wear masks in media scrums at the legislature. Maybe I've missed someone. I haven't been there for a few days. But Megan's the only one I've seen sticking with a mask.

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@andrewwaugh13

2 years

Happy Sunday. Big shout-out to @PoPNB_kindness , whose RTIs formed the basis for this piece.

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Andrew Waugh

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1 year

Interesting. Province wouldn’t tell me anything about the EG.5 subvariant, but they did tell CBC it’s here. I’m asking why.

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Andrew Waugh

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1 year

Just in ...

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Andrew Waugh

@andrewwaugh13

3 years

So far I've seen/heard ... * Media not covering the convoy enough. * Media covering the convoy too much. * Media not covering the convoy the way it should be covered because bias/agenda/conspiracy. Sounds like they're looking for a PR firm, not news coverage.

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1 year

Well, Public Health had an apparent change of heart. "To date, two cases of XBB.1.16 have been confirmed in New Brunswick. Public Health was notified of the first case on April 20 and the second on April 27," Department of Health spokesperson Sean Hatchard said in an email.

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Andrew Waugh

@andrewwaugh13

2 years

Big day for Liberal Leader @susanholt , who's watching proceedings at the legislature for the first time as party boss. Because she doesn't have a seat, Holt is observing from the public gallery.

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Andrew Waugh

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14 days

Not the lede I thought I was going to be writing tonight: "Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs ended his election campaign launch speech by telling a 'joke' about a dead Liberal voter."

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2 years

WOW "The New Brunswick Teachers' Association strongly opposes the political decision to accelerate to September 2023 the implementation of any changes to French second language learning. Such a decision is contrary to the advice cited in the Report on Second Language Learning./1

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4 months

Well … UPDATE: We were vetted before school sex ed presentations, group says via @

'Furious' Higgs bans group's sex ed presentations

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Andrew Waugh

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2 years

So, I asked the health department why it isn't publicly sharing its XBB.1.5 data - particularly given that it's now dominant across Canada. I was told that "no other province in Atlantic Canada is doing it" ... well, the feds are. (1

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Andrew Waugh

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3 months

So it turns out the $12M that the province committed to the Sussex flood mitigation project is 100% dependent on the PCs being re-elected. It wasn't budgeted for 2024-2025. The summer tour of campaign promises disguised as government announcements is officially underway.

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2 years

The more I look into it, the less convinced I am that the French immersion changes are about immersion's successes or failures. Based on government's comments, the changes seem to be more about using the immersion resources to help fix the broken English Prime stream.

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2 years

TFW when you're told by government comms that cabinet minister Tammy Scott-Wallace (a former political journalist) is "sick" and can't do an interview, and then you spot her dropping the ceremonial puck at the Memorial Cup on Wednesday night ... third from the left.

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1 year

Whether he suspected it would go this way or not, this is a big blow for @premierbhiggs . Four cabinet ministers among the dissenters.

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5 years

I have great news to share. We've just been told that @DailyGleaner reporter/columnist @BillHuntFreddy will be inducted into the Atlantic Journalism Hall Of Fame this year. Congrats, Bill. This is thoroughly deserved, and puts you in an exclusive class - where you truly belong.

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Andrew Waugh

@andrewwaugh13

4 months

Well worth your time. @JournoBarb sifted through 4,000 pages of documents in the #Policy713 court fight (the CCLA one). More coming this week. INVESTIGATION: ‘Overwhelming majority’ didn’t want Policy 713 changed, documents show via @

INVESTIGATION: ‘Overwhelming majority’ didn’t want Policy 713 changed, documents show

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11 months

McKee now moving onto the airborne transmission angle. Do you acknowledge COVID is airborne, particularly regarding transmission in schools? -----big pause, whispering between Russell and others ---- Russell: I stand with what the evidence shows. DOES NOT say it.

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1 year

Just watching Question Period from earlier this afternoon. @premierbhiggs seemed to be flailing under questioning from @susanholt . He usually shrugs off questions pretty easily. Not today.

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Andrew Waugh

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2 years

Happy Tuesday. Thanks to @PoPNB_kindness for sharing the documents they received via RTI requests, which led to this ...

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Andrew Waugh

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14 days

Tough news right as you call an election ...

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Andrew Waugh

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3 years

Yep.

Tom Clark

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3 years

This happened today in the Aussie Senate.

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Andrew Waugh

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4 months

We've now entered the pre-election phase, where (I think) it's incredibly important to ask this question regarding every government funding announcement: is the money you're talking about already budgeted, or is whatever project you're announcing contingent on your re-election?

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@andrewwaugh13

9 months

Well, that’s two straight days of being ignored by the province on the ER situation. Yesterday I asked to speak to Dr Leger - received a statement. Today it was @BruceFitchMLA . Each time I was explicit - I wanted to speak to them.

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3 years

21 reporters and a one-hour time limit for the COVID press conference. Why not cut back the massive preamble so reporters can each ask a question? Very frustrating.

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3 years

Take an apathetic bow, Gen X. You just set a new vaccine registration record for New Brunswick. More than 18,000 of you signed up yesterday.

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7 months

Dissatisfaction with N.B. PCs growing, poll suggests via @

Dissatisfaction with N.B. PCs growing, poll suggests

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Andrew Waugh

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2 years

Press release just dropped from the provincial Greens. It calls on the province to give New Brunswickers easier access to rapid tests, particularly in light of the looming long Easter weekend. 1)

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11 months

Best part of any work day (for me): when I think I'm doing a story that can be turned around quickly, but start finding stuff that doesn't seem to add up. Then the thought starts to creep in: do I have an investigation here? Game on.

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Andrew Waugh

@andrewwaugh13

4 years

Four new cases in Nova Scotia today. They really did handle the Christmas/New Year's season well. Congrats, Bluenosers.

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1 year

She said she didn’t know, and that they were trying to find a replacement. That’s why I should call back in a couple of weeks, she said. It wasn’t her fault. She was flustered. But man oh man, health care in this province is in rough shape. (Ends

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2 years

Well there's a zinger: @meganmitton asks @bhogan1961 who's calling the shots on French immersion changes: him, @premierbhiggs , or new public safety minister Kris Austin?

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2 years

Listening to @poitrasCBC ask @premierbhiggs whether he said 'Data my ass' to a senior civil servant was a highlight. And yes, the premier says, he did.

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3 months

I asked for comment from the premier about the travel nurse contracts. My request wasn’t even acknowledged. This morning, the government instead sent me a statement from a Bruce Fitch that didn’t answer my questions and was focused on attacking Vitalité. I’m leaving it out.

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Andrew Waugh

@andrewwaugh13

3 years

I honestly don't get it, and I'm seeing it everywhere. Why are journalists capitalizing "freedom convoy"? It's not an official name of anything, but it sure helps legitimize what's going on. This ain't Coke or Pepsi, people.

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Andrew Waugh

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1 year

I cannot stress enough how fluid this situation is. There's a group of eight Tory MLAs clearly very upset with Policy 713. None were in Question Period. We're expecting a statement from them very shortly.

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25 days

Decent turnout for ⁦ @susanholt ⁩’s nomination and rally in Fredericton.

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3 years

So when I asked about why we're not moving to Level 3 now, @ShephardDorothy basically said New Brunswickers wouldn't accept it. Interesting.

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9 months

I've literally never done this before. Hope it works. But I think this needs to be shared. And apologies if you hear me breathing, typing, cursing, or otherwise making a fool of myself. ‘Dr. Leger press conference’ by Andrew Waugh is on #SoundCloud

Dr. Leger press conference

Jan. 9 press conference with Dr. Yves Leger re: influenza, COVID, RSV, Strep A.

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@andrewwaugh13

1 year

It appears the changes to Policy 713 will be revealed tomorrow. The government didn't allow any ministers to speak to the media today, which was unusual. Also unusual: the premier's wife, Marcia, had some things to say about my coverage, and the coverage by @poitrasCBC (1

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2 years

I'm not a fan of the "if reporters ask, we'll give the data to you" approach. This really shouldn't be about reporters. It should be about the public. And reporters have tonnes on the go - more so every day. We cover lots of things other than COVID. (5

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1 year

Spare a thought for Fredericton’s Tanya Petrie. That’s her car under the tree. She paid it off two weeks ago.

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@andrewwaugh13

2 years

"Yesterday, I heard the past president of the New Brunswick Medical Society being interviewed by CBC in place of the Chief Medical Officer of Health or her Deputy ... our medical officers of health must be free to speak to us when they want about whatever they want to address."

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2 years

This government seems determined to not learn anything from COVID regarding communications. It's the only conclusion I can reach. I mean, what's the harm in making this kind of thing more accessible, and more transparent? Beats me. End of rant.

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4 months

And here it is … Higgs's aborted push to privatize New Brunswick's school bus system

Higgs's aborted push to privatize New Brunswick's school bus system

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6 months

Gary Crossman has accelerated his departure from provincial politics, and on the way out, has taken a swipe at the direction the PC party has taken.

PC MLA quits, says views 'no longer align' with party

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9 months

It's interesting that the province is holding another media availability today on Policy 713 - this time, with Dr. James Cantor, who provided the Tories with the now-discredited puberty blocker numbers - but it's almost impossible to reach @BruceFitchMLA to talk about health.

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1 month

Still getting back up to speed after a vacation in Australia, but I can tell you this: COVID and the flu are running rampant down there. It derailed my stay, and from speaking to people (government isn't sharing data anymore), it's everywhere. This could be a rough winter for us.

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3 years

You know you're onto something decent when your Right To Information request comes back looking like this ...

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2 years

Well, that's it from me for a while. Vacation is finally here. Talk to you in late August.

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3 years

Ok, let me be perfectly clear .. if you're here to use my tweets as way to start your anti-vax thread, you're blocked. It's that simple.

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1 year

I've noticed the stories about EG.5, the new COVID-19 variant, which is rapidly spreading around the world. So, I asked the province a few simple questions: is it here? If so, when was it first detected, and how many cases have there been? Here's the response. (1

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4 months

HPV Action has confirmed that these questions came from students.

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@GoddessRetired @andrewwaugh13 Show me where in the curriculum it says that kids need to be exposed to this?

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1 year

Only back from vacation a few hours, and I've already been met with a total BS attempt to use the privacy act as a shield by someone who clearly has no idea how it works. The normalization of secrecy in this province, and how casually "privacy laws" get thrown around, is wild.

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3 years

Yikes. According to the education department's numbers, there have now been 10,763 confirmed COVID cases in N.B. schools since Sept. 7. Vast majority of them - more than 7,000 - in February.

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3 months

Liberals are following @ShephardDorothy ’s lead, calling for a public inquiry into the travel nurse contracts. Press release just dropped.

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3 years

Happy Saturday, fellow mixed-vax New Brunswickers. Late last night the Americans announced that all 150,000 of us will be allowed in on Nov. 8.

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2 years

Story's up; 'Article' Russell cited on school COVID rules doesn't exist

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1 year

The province isn't reinstating any COVID-19 rules despite rising cases and outbreaks, doesn't have any local modelling, wants New Brunswickers to get updated vaccines, and says chief medical health officer Dr. Jennifer Russell is often too busy to speak to the public and media.

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1 year

The chatter about an election call - likely to happen either this Friday or next (I’m betting on the latter) - is getting very loud among political types. And if you look at their feeds, you can see the Liberals and Greens doing the required prep work. Just sayin’.

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2 years

1) I didn't write that you were in "serious medical distress." 2) I did write that you said you didn't collapse. 3) You refused to confirm or deny the ambulance/hospital part - which was told to me by YOUR STAFF. 4) The headline was updated, as I told you it would be. Nice try.

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Included in this tweet is my press release that outlines the situation surrounding the media reports of a medical issue. I just want to make it clear to my family and friends that I’m perfectly okay. For everybody that reached out I thank you for your concern.

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1 year

A few days before the throne speech, which spoke about the need to fight misinformation, the education minister spoke at the opening of a gun club, and claimed Ottawa has said that “all parents beat their kids.” He stands by his comments.

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2 years

And we get a lot of flack from people who want us to stop reporting on it, which over time becomes a bit of a deterrent - after all, who wants to be insulted and threatened all the time? It doesn't stop me, but it's annoying. Anyway, just some thoughts. (end

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3 years

Heads up, Gen X: New Brunswick just changed COVID vaccine eligibility to 40+. I just booked my shot for next week :)

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2 years

Just something I found interesting yesterday. I went to pick up some rapid tests in Fredericton. You couldn't get within range of the site unless everyone in the car was masked. And even though it's basically a drive-thru, everyone inside was also masked. Quite a contrast.

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2 years

With this weather, it seemed like the only appropriate move. Merry Christmas everyone, hope you're home, warm, and safe.

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5 months

I am now 13 days into a waiting game for two sets of information that the province suggested are easy to dig up. Very soon, the failure to produce the information will become the story.

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2 years

Well .... this just happened.

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1 year

It’s widely known in political circles that Conservative strategist Jenni Byrne - arguably the heaviest hitter in the country (advised Harper, is advising Poilievre) - was in N.B. earlier this week, and met with the premier. I asked for comment about her visit, but no response.

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2 years

New from me (and a scoop, as far as I can tell): A purported push to end French immersion in anglophone schools by September 2023 is off the table, Education Minister Bill Hogan told Brunswick News on Friday.

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7 months

This editorial doesn’t mess around. via @

Editorial: $300 Higgs must look in mirror

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2 years

@KellyLamrockNB Just got the response. Writing a story about it now, will go up later tonight/early tomorrow. The short version: there was no article or interview.

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7 months

@PierrePoilievre Says he will never return Canada’s “insane COVID mandates.” Premier Higgs - who, like other provincial leaders, set the vast majority of rules during the pandemic - stands up and applauds.

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@andrewwaugh13

2 years

Day 3 of waiting for EECD's response to the article/interview cited by Dr Russell in her response to @KellyLamrockNB - the one the alleged authors don't recall. I thought it would be easy to produce a document cited in a letter to the advocate about COVID school rules.

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4 months

Just got off the phone ... Told of the premier's comments, the charity in question, HPV Action, says it has records and phone logs to show the vetting process was done, and who was spoken to.

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11 months

Remember when I thought I’d found something worth investigating? Here you go … How much CO2 is in N.B. schools?

Investigation: How much CO2 is in N.B. schools?

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10 months

Kris Austin says that Trudeau's "leftist agendas" played a role in the man's death in St. Stephen. I look forward to getting a fulsome explanation.

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1 year

So I called my clinic the other day to book an appointment. I was initially told that my nurse practitioner wasn’t taking appointments, and to call back “in a couple of weeks.” When so asked if I could see someone else - it’s a collaborative clinic, after all - she said no. (1

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