New Brunswick officials will update the province on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic Friday. The update will come after 12 straight days of no new cases being detected in the province.
As of Thursday, only four of the 118 confirmed cases of COVID-19 remain active and no patients are in hospital. The province announced on Thursday that it would create a website to connect students and unemployed workers with open jobs that were slated to be filled by temporary foreign workers.
Premier Blaine Higgs announced the decision to ban season workers from the province on Tuesday, which has been met by criticism from producers in the agriculture and seafood industry along with some opposition parties.