Andre Mercier News Today

The Nature Conservancy announces the winners of its annual photography competition.

Teams led by Casey Pyke and Ryan McCoy produced previs – and some postvis – on key scenes involving the Ballroom Dance, an Octopus chase, a Garbage Truck chase, and the big third act dreams chase, on Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of Winsor McCay’s famous comic strip, now streaming on Netflix.

An RCMP officer has been charged following an investigation by Quebecs police watchdog into a violent arrest in Campbellton, N.B., last summer.

  CAMPBELLTON, N.B. -- The New Brunswick man at the centre of a violent arrest caught on camera Friday afternoon in Campbellton, N.B. was released from custody on Monday. Andre Mercier, 30, was arrested Friday afternoon after police responded to reports of a man wielding a stick while entering local businesses in Campbelltons downtown. According to New Brunswick RCMP Sgt. Mario Maillet, when officers arrived, Mercier resisted arrest and an altercation ensued. Part of the altercation and a...

  HALIFAX -- New Brunswick residents are calling for immediate action after an aggressive arrest was caught on camera Friday in Campbellton, and shared widely online. Patricia Leclair says she was shocked when she first saw the video that shows a New Brunswick RCMP officer repeatedly striking a man, while another civilian seemingly holds down his legs, pinning him to the ground. New Brunswick RCMP says members of the Campbellton detachment responded to reports of a man wielding a stick whi...