[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]She also reminded New Brunswickers not to have big holiday gatherings.“We’ve been able to avoid the disasters from other provinces and we need to keep that up,” said Russell.Premier Blaine Higgs, who was also at the briefing, said that an all-party cabinet committee agreed that the Moncton and Fredericton regions will return to the yellow phase at midnight.In the meantime, Saint John will remain in the orange phase due to the number of active cases in the area, but Higgs notes that it could go back to yellow “possibly later this week.”“I am convinced that working together, we will get through this.”.