(NB-Human-Rights-Award)
New Brunswick has honoured the latest recipients of the province’s human rights awards.
A ceremony was held yesterday at Government House in Fredericton.
Anita Joseph of Elsipogtog First Nation received the Human Rights Award and Chinazam Igwe of Moncton received the Youth Human Rights Award.
Joseph is lauded as a formidable advocate for Indigenous health-care equity, while Igwe is a Grade 12 student at Harrison Trimble High School who organized the first Elevate: Empowering Black Youth Summit last March.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Murder-Arrest)
Police in Saint John, New Brunswick say they have made an arrest related to an ongoing murder investigation.
Police say they responded May 14th to a report of a body found inside a residence on Brunswick Drive in the port city.
It was later determined the death was a homicide and the victim and suspect were known to each other.
Police say they arrested a 51-year-old man on October 2nd who now faces a manslaughter charge – he is to return to court October 31st for election.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Mass-Shooting-Report)
The R-C-M-P and governments have completed only a fraction of the changes recommended by an inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.
In a new report, the independent progress monitoring committee says the recommendations it reviewed were divided into 14 different groups, only two of which were rated as complete.
Committee chairwoman Myra Freeman says she’s pleased with the progress to date despite the numbers, adding the rate of change can never be fast enough.
The second annual report released yesterday, comes more than five years after a lone gunman disguised as a Mountie went on a 13-hour rampage, killing 22 people.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Lake-George-Wildfire)
Residents who were forced to flee their homes earlier this month because of a wildfire in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley are returning home.
Officials announced late Wednesday that the Lake George wildfire was being held, meaning the fire wasn’t likely to grow.
Re-entry to properties was allowed yesterday after an evacuation order that was in place since the start of the month.
Dan Stovel, an emergency measures official with the Municipality of Kings, says no structures were lost and power wasn’t shut down while property owners were away, meaning people won’t have to deal with issues such as spoiled food.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Fatal-Crash)
R-C-M-P in Clarenville, Newfoundland say an 82-year-old man is dead following a two vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Police say yesterday’s crash involved a car and a pickup truck about two kilometers west of Jack’s Pond Park.
The driver of the car died at the scene while the passenger was taken to hospital with potential life-threatening injuries.
Police say as a precaution, the driver of the pickup was taken to hospital for assessment.
(The Canadian Press
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(NL-Drug-Bust)
R-C-M-P say 10 people face charges in what’s believed to be Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest seizure of cocaine and contraband tobacco.
The investigation, which began in February 2023, focused on organized crime groups trafficking cocaine from British Columbia and contraband tobacco from Ontario into the province.
In September and October 2024, police searched six properties in St. John’s and one in Mount Pearl.
The searches resulted in the seizure of cocaine and 9.5 million contraband cigarettes.
(The Canadian Press)
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