Category: Moncton

Opposition Leader Blaine Higgs continues to hammer away at Premier Brian Gallant over the property assessment scandal. He wants the premier to resign.

Higgs says the unravelling of the government’s tax methods and its evolving response to the tales from property owners shows that more than an inquiry is needed…suggesting this may go into fraud and deception. Higgs told CBC there’s a deeper story than just the tax issue.

Earlier this week, Gallant apologized for the assessment fiasco and asked a retired judge to review all the policies and proceedures related to the process.

New Brunswick is reporting its first case of measles this week.

The acting chief medical officer of health, Dr. Jennifer Russell, told the Daily Gleaner she couldn’t be specific about the age of the person or where they live…just that the infection may be connected to the measles outbreak in Nova Scotia where over 20 people have been confirmed with it. It’s believed that outbreak is travel-related…connected to an airline flight.

She says New Brunswick has had a good response to people getting the MMR vacinne with about 90 per cent of school-age children getting it before they begin kindgarten.