NB doc deal

New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Medical Society have cut a deal that they say will improve care for patients seeing a family doctor.

The 4-year deal provides fee-for-service and salary increases of one per cent annually.

It also establishes Family Medicine New Brunswick, a plan to encourage family doctors to offer their patients more same-day service, along with evening and weekend hours.

Pakistan blast

A horrific explosion in Pakistan has killed 153 people including women and children.

Hundreds of residents of a village had gathered when an overturned oil tanker started leaking fuel.  They were gathering it up in cans when it exploded.  It’s believed a spark from all the cars and motor bikes that were rushing to the site ignited the fuel.  There’s also a report someone may have struck a match to light a cigarette.