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The province will also launch a paid sick leave program on Monday and restrict visitation to long-term-care facilities.

Our year-end show also features updates on several stories, including political resignations and the indigenous fishery.

With school set to resume next week, students will be learning from home for at least two weeks.

The highly contagious Omicron variant has incited major change in New Brunswick's approach to monitoring the virus.

Also on a special year-end edition of Roundtable: Highlights of our panel discussions from the series' first season.

New restrictions that went into effect on December 22 may now last beyond January 12 as COVID-19 case counts surge.

Premier Tim Houston is also promising that new community vaccination clinics will soon open in the Eastern Zone.

The province moved from Level 1 into the more restrictive Level 2 of its Winter Plan on Monday night at midnight.

Nova Scotia's latest COVID-19 briefing saw the Minister of Education confirm a four-day extension to the holiday break.

Also: Several recent Richmond Municipal Council items, including rural health care, volunteer firefighters, and more.