(NB-Charges-Withdrawn)
Crown prosecutors have withdrawn charges against a New Brunswick police officer.
The Saint John police sergeant was facing a charges of sexual assault and breach of public trust, laid last November by the province’s police oversight body.
The watchdog agency received a report in February last year of an historical allegation of sexual assault by a police officer.
After the agency finished its investigation, prosecutors determined there wouldn’t be a likely prospect of convicting the sergeant, and withdrew the charges.
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(NB-Hit-And-Run)
R-C-M-P are seeking the public’s help following a hit-and-run on the weekend in Dunlop, New Brunswick.
Investigators say on Saturday night around 9 p-m a dark-coloured sedan — travelling in the wrong direction — hit another vehicle head-on on Morrisson Road and fled the scene.
There were no injuries.
It’s believed the sedan sustained light damage to the front end, and police are seeking witnesses and dashcam footage that could further an investigation. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-German-Hydrogen)
The budding hydrogen sector in Atlantic Canada is welcoming a 200-million-euro commitment from the European Union to support the production of renewable hydrogen and its derivatives from Canada.
The E-U’s executive branch approved the money last week, saying it will unlock another 200-million euros — the equivalent of 323-million dollars — in Canadian investment for fuels that would be exported to Germany.
Germany says this could mean almost 2.5-million fewer tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Everwind Fuels — which is planning to begin construction this year on a hydrogen plant in Point Tupper — says the funding gives it a concrete route to secure a long-term offtake deal. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Cannabis-Crackdown)
The Nova Scotia government has said its crackdown on illegal cannabis shops was motivated in part by a desire to rein in human trafficking and ensure cannabis sold in the province is not contaminated with fentanyl.
But the federal justice minister and local police say they have not received reports of human trafficking linked to contraband cannabis, and police say they have no evidence of fentanyl being present in seized cannabis.
Provincial Justice Minister Scott Armstrong issued a directive in early December for police to crack down on cannabis saying it posed a major health risk to Nova Scotians.
Premier Tim Houston claimed a police officer told him seized cannabis tested positive for fentanyl, but both the Nova Scotia R-C-M-P and Halifax Regional Police say Health Canada testing has shown no such results.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Bear-Spray)
A 23-year-old woman in central Newfoundland is facing a charge of assault with a weapon after someone in Grand Falls-Windsor was attacked with bear spray.
R-C-M-P arrested the suspect on Sunday night.
The victim was taken to hospital for treatment.
The Mounties described what happened as an isolated incident, but no other details were released.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Lockdown-Sentence)
A P-E-I man has been sentenced to a year in jail after triggering a lockdown at an Island school.
The 46-year-old was under a court order to not have any contact with his ex-partner or their children, when he showed up at Morrell Consolidated School on December 17th visibly intoxicated and looking for his kids.
After police arrived and arrested the man, they also found the car he was driving that day had earlier been reported stolen.
He was sentenced to six months in jail for mischief and six months for the stolen car.
(CBC News)
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(CBC News)
(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
