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R-C-M-P in New Brunswick have identified a man who died in a home invasion earlier this month as 35-year-old Brian Justin Johnson.
Mounties say on February 6th just before 6 a.m. officers responded to a report of a home invasion at a dwelling on Isaiah Road, in Berry Mills.
R-C-M-P say three people forcibly entered the home and an altercation led to the death of Johnson. They note a woman in her 30s was also in the home.
Mounties are now looking for a blue 2011 Ford F-150 related to the investigation, anyone with information is being asked to contact police. (The Canadian Press)
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(US-Cda-Tariffs)
New Brunswick’s premier is heading to Washington, D-C, to strengthen Canada-U-S relations.
Susan Holt will be leading a delegation of business leaders through three days of meetings with congressional delegations and senators.
Holt will also be among Canada’s provincial and territorial leaders to lobby U-S lawmakers and industry amid continued tariff threats from U-S President Donald Trump.
The Council of the Federation mission aims to demonstrate the benefits of a stable North American economic partnership to American leaders. (The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Ambulance-Blocked)
Police in Saint John, New Brunswick, say a 15-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were arrested after an ambulance was allegedly blocked while it was responding to an emergency.
A news release alleges the ambulance was blocked by two vehicles near Rothesay Avenue exit yesterday morning.
It says police found one of the vehicles was unoccupied and the other allegedly hit an officer’s car while trying to flee.
The two suspects were arrested for dangerous operation of motor vehicles.
(The Canadian Press)
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(ER-Death-Lawsuit)
A hospital and its nurses are denying negligence in a New Brunswick emergency room death following the death of a 78-year-old man.
Darrell Mesheau’s family is suing the two nurses and Horizon Health Network, alleging the man died while waiting for care in a Fredericton emergency room because of “reckless and outrageous acts and omissions.”
The health authority and nurses deny all allegations against them — and they’re asking for the claim to be dismissed.
The retired diplomat arrived in an ambulance at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital on July 11th in 2022, and about seven hours later a nurse found him in the waiting room, slumped and unresponsive in his wheelchair. (The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Blizzard)
People in St. John’s, Newfoundland are digging out out from under 40 centimetres of snow.
The intense winter storm grounded flights, shut down schools and stopped public transit in the city this morning.
An Environment Canada meteorologist says the nastiest part of the storm hit the province’s Avalon Peninsula overnight and began to taper off this morning.
R-C-M-P are advising people to stay off the roads and stay home as crews work to clean up. (The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Medical-Breach)
Health P-E-I says an employee at Prince County Hospital accessed over 100 personal patient records without permission over several months last year.
It has sent letters to the people impacted by the breach of privacy that took place between July and mid October 2024, and the employee has since been terminated from their position.
Health P-E-I says the breach was reported to the province’s Information and Privacy Commissioner.
The Health P-E-I Privacy Team is looking into the full scope of the breach and more patients will be notified, if necessary. (The Canadian Press)
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(Everett-Lewis-Paintings)
An art dealer says a painting by the husband of renowned folk artist Maud Lewis sold over the weekend for 55-hundred-dollars.
And part of its attraction is that Everett Lewis falsely signed his wife’s name to his work.
Maud Lewis died in 1970 and her legacy depicting bucolic rural scenes of her home province of Nova Scotia routinely sell for tens of thousands of dollars each.
Her husband had been her prime salesman while she was alive and had a reputation for being “underhanded” in how he’d deal with art buyers. (The Canadian Press)
