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Police have determined the death of a patient waiting for care at the Fredericton hospital's emergency department last year did not involve any criminality.

Peace officers who work for the New Brunswick Department of Justice and Public Safety may be handling more of the non-commercial traffic enforcement on the province’s highways, but it’s not clear exactly how much they’re doing or where it’s happening.

The Fredericton police major crime unit is investigating the death of a patient in the ER waiting room more than a year ago and a coroner's inquest into his death remains suspended pending the outcome, CBC News has learned.

In 40 pages of records turned over by the Department of Justice and Public Safety after an eight-month access-to-information battle, there’s no report assessing the business case for building a new Fredericton-region jail, including how much it might cost to operate, or any assessment of how much space the correctional system might need in the future.

At Murray Corner Provincial Park, a project is underway with tubes and pipes flushing that wastewater directly into a marsh. It has captured the attention of nearby residents who want to know if it could impact water quality.

The pastor of a Saint John church, fined for being in compliance with the emergency order, appears in court on Friday to fight a preliminary injunction to shut them down.

Posted: Apr 20, 2021 8:31 PM AT | Last Updated: April 21 A man who said his name is Tony Dave Marchand was filmed arguing with police and peace officers at an apparent illegal gathering he was attending in Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska, which is in the part of Zone 4 currently in the red phase restrictions.(Facebook)

A phone number misprint in a Government of New Brunswick letter left some people scratching their heads. The l...

Conservation officers are responsible for enforcing New Brunswicks Fish and Wildlife Act. Pictures and videos of the unusual moose sighting had been quickly and widely shared across social media that day.  An estimated 1,500 people had been enjoying the water that day because of the heat. Pictures and reports of the animal being chased and harassed had angered the Atlantic Wildlife Institutes director of wildlife care, Pam Novak, and some onlookers. The Department of Natural Resources start...

Posted: Jan 23, 2021 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 23 New Brunswicks Court of Appeal upheld the acquittal of a man charged with impaired driving based on violations of his Charter right to consult a lawyer after his arrest in 2017. (CBC) A New Brunswick RCMP officer committed serious, charter-infringing misconduct by denying a man arrested for impaired driving access to a lawyer, a court decision states.  The case involved Pier-Paul Landry, who was convicted of impaired driving, but was i...