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Fatal Moncton Bridge Crash Triggers Probes as New Brunswick Restores Services and Broadens Safety Initiatives

Investigations into the Moncton bridge crash highlight the province’s concurrent power restoration efforts alongside recent progress on public safety measures.

NB Housing Minister David Hickey, St. Stephen Mayor Allan MacEachern and Premier Susan Holt are seen Wednesday with representatives from Supreme Homes, Saint Croix MLA Kathy Bockus, Local Government Minister Aaron Kennedy, and St. Stephen deputy mayor Ghislaine Wheaton. 
NB Housing Minister David Hickey and St. Stephen Mayor Allan MacEachern are seen Wednesday as the public housing corporation announced a new five-unit modular affordable development is expected to open in the municipality this fall.
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Chris Cummings will be among this year’s inductees to the New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame.

Overview

  • RCMP are probing the fiery two-vehicle collision on the Hon. Brenda Robertson Bridge that claimed four lives, with identity confirmations and cause analysis still under way.
  • NB Power crews have been repairing vandalism damage at a Strait Shores facility after a planned eight-hour outage cut electricity to about 2,000 customers.
  • Fredericton officials report that 12 of 16 city-focused recommendations from the Community Safety Task Force have been implemented or are in progress to boost policing, lighting and surveillance.
  • Jeremy Robert Weldon and Albert Joseph Couture-Day appeared in provincial court on charges including assaulting and obstructing police and possession of stolen property, and were released under conditions ahead of a September hearing.
  • New Brunswick has dispatched four water-bomber aircraft to Newfoundland and Labrador to help contain wildfires that have burned over 2,000 hectares and prompted community evacuations.