(FedElxn-Atlantic)
Voters on Canada’s East Coast delivered a steady-as-she-goes endorsement to the incumbent Liberals yesterday, as the party held on to its commanding position in the region.
With 98 per cent of the polls in Atlantic Canada reporting, the Liberals were elected or leading in 25 of 32 ridings, and the Conservatives were at seven.
The New Democrats were not in contention, capturing less than five per cent of the popular vote.
If those results hold when the final ballots are counted, the Liberals will end up with one more seat in the region than they won in the 2021 election. (The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Contraband-Seizure)
Correctional Service Canada says over 400-thousand-dollars worth of contraband was seized just outside a New Brunswick maximum security federal institution.
The agency says the package contained shatter, methamphetamine, cocaine, tobacco, ketamine/fentanyl, and ecstasy.
It says staff sieved the package noting it uses a number of tools to prevent drugs from entering its institutions like ion scanner and drug-detector dogs.
Correctional Service Canada says it is investigating and police have been notified. Â (The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Wildfire-Investigation)
Police in New Brunswick are asking the public for help in what they say were intentionally set wildfires.
They say officers received a report of wildfires along Route 117 and Route 134 in Saint-Louis-de-Kent on the afternoon of April 21st.
They say they found three wildfires and soon extinguished them, and there were no injuries.
Police are asking anyone with any information to come forward. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Fisheries-Assault)
Police allege that a man from a Mi’kmaq First Nation hit a fisheries officer with a car as the officer was attempting to carry out an inspection early Saturday morning.
R-C-M-P say in a release yesterday that a 36-year-old man from Sipekne’katik (Sah-beg-ah-neg-ah-DEE’) First Nation was arrested near Highway 7 in Smiths Settlement, about 45 kilometres east of Halifax.
Investigators say the fisheries officer — who wasn’t injured — was attempting to conduct an inspection at Eel Pond, just off the highway, when a man driving an Acura T-L hit the officer while he was telling the driver to stop.
The driver has been charged with assault with a weapon, and is scheduled to appear in court on August 20th. (The Canadian Press)
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(NB-School-Bats)
A bat infestation at a New Brunswick high school has forced it to close for the remainder of the year, with students being sent to other schools.
David McTimoney, the superintendent of the Anglophone West School District, says Tobique Valley High School in Plaster Rock will be closed while officials deal with the infestation.
He says the 134 students from Grades 6 to 12 and the 22 staff at the school will be relocated for the remainder of the year to schools in Plaster Rock and nearby Perth-Andover.
The school district says bats have been a recurring problem in the building, and a large remediation effort also took place last year. (The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Coroners-Inquest)
A coroner’s inquest into the deaths of two inmates at Madawaska Correctional Centre in 2022 has been scheduled for this June.
The New Brunswick government says Wesley Geneau and Jarrett Lunn both died at the Edmundston Regional Hospital due to combined drug toxicity that year.
The inquest jury will hear evidence from witnesses to determine the facts surrounding these deaths and can make recommendations aimed at preventing deaths under similar circumstances.
The inquest will be held June 9th to 13th at the Edmundston courthouse in Carrefour Assomption. (The Canadian Press)
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