Andrew Bates, Telegraph-Journal, Local Journalism Initiative In April last year, a Nova Scotia couple in their sixties arrived at the Canadian border in St. Stephen in a Dodge Caravan. They told the border officer Jonathan Gunn that they had been in Florida for two and a half months, and that while they had liquor and […]
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By Andrews Bates, Telegraph-Journal, Local Journalism Initiative The province says it’s reached a tentative deal with the union which represents its in-house counsel. In a press release issued Tuesday, the provincial ministry of finance and the Treasury Board said it has reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the Professional Institute of the Public Service […]
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By Andrew Bates, Telegraph-Journal, Local Journalism Initiative The man charged with manslaughter in the death of Sarah Teakles has had his charge upgraded to second-degree murder. Calvin Burns-Smith, 31, facing charges of manslaughter and indignity to or interference with human remains, was scheduled to appear Tuesday for a bail hearing in Saint John Provincial Court. […]
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By Andrew Bates, Telegraph-Journal, Local Journalism Initiative A woman who worked as an assistant to a former Kelly Cove Salmon manager who ran a copper wire laundering scheme for nine years has been sentenced to probation for fraud. Melanie Pirie, 47, of Deer Island, was sentenced to a year’s probation and 100 hours of community […]
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A 37-year-old man has been arrested on an outstanding warrant after a traffic stop in Pocologan. The New Brunswick RCMP said on June 15 members of the St. George RCMP conducted a traffic stop on Macarthy’s Point Road. “A rental van was stopped as part of the traffic enforcement and the driver was identified as […]
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By Andrew Bates, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A 31-year-old man accused of manslaughter in the death of a 26-year-old woman in Musquash is getting two weeks to finalize plans to hire a lawyer. Calvin Burns-Smith, of no fixed address, was due to appear for a bail hearing Monday on charges of manslaughter and indignity to remains. […]
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A convenience store in downtown St. Stephen has been the victim of an early morning break-in and theft. RCMP were called to Miss D’s Convenience on Milltown Boulevard shortly before 4 a.m. Monday. Staff Sgt. Geoff Peters told our newsroom the break-in is believed to have happened earlier in the morning. Peters said two people […]
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A 31-year-old man has been charged in the death of 26-year-old Sarah Teakles, who is from Rothesay, according to the New Brunswick RCMP. Calvin Burns-Smith appeared in Saint John Provincial Court on April 22 and was charged with manslaughter and indignity to a dead body, police said in a release. RCMP in St. George originally […]
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A 26-year-old woman was reported missing has been found dead, according to New Brunswick RCMP. The St. George RCMP received a report of the missing woman from Musquash on April 15, it said in a release. “On April 17, the Major Crime Unit took carriage of the investigation, and the woman’s vehicle was located the […]
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Four people have been arrested in Charlotte County following a home invasion in Oak Bay, according to the New Brunswick RCMP. A 22-year-old man, a 62-year-old man, a 29-year-old man and a 19-year old man were taken into custody by police on April 8. According to a release from the RCMP, at 8:15 p.m. the […]
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