Inquest hears how 2-tonne container crushed N.B. worker, resulting in his death
Jurors in a coroner's inquest heard testimony about how a plastic tote weighing 2 tonnes fell on William Russell, while he was on the job in Tracyville, N.B.
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Jurors in a coroner's inquest heard testimony about how a plastic tote weighing 2 tonnes fell on William Russell, while he was on the job in Tracyville, N.B.
In the two years since a truck driver was crushed to death at American Iron and Metal, WorkSafeNB has issued 22 orders to the company to fix issues at its scrap metal plant in Saint John, a coroner's inquest heard Wednesday.
A judge agreed Friday to allow a man charged with manslaughter in the death of a casino manager to travel to British Columbia for work, a decision that upset the family of Rodney Frenette.
Skyler Sappier's cellmate at the Saint John Correctional Centre had COVID-19, and there was no mask mandate for inmates at the time, a coroner's inquest into his death heard Tuesday.
Saint John police have charged a fourth man and are still looking for a fifth in connection with the homicide last summer of Justin Breau.