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New Brunswick Advances Safety Measures as Police Cases Unfold and Miramichi Prepares to Vote

Officials said recent Mental Health Act changes are already returning officers to patrol.

Police blocking off a stretch of College Hill on Friday morning.
The Caledonia Region RCMP is seeking the public's help in connection with a suspicious fire Sunday that destroyed a barn on the Homestead Road in River Glade.
Tantramar council has voted against a motion calling for council to oppose a proposed ProEnergy natural gas plant for Centre Village. A similar ProEnergy project is shown in Houston, Texas.
The New Brunswick Fire Marshal’s investigative truck was at the scene of a fire Sunday morning that destroyed a grocery store in Salisbury.

Overview

  • Provincial representatives told Fredericton councillors a site is set and funding secured for the first 28 ultra–low-barrier transitional housing units, with plans to reach 200 by 2029.
  • Justice and Public Safety deputy minister Mike Comeau said June’s Mental Health Act changes reduce time police spend in hospital after mental-health calls, with hospital staffing solutions targeted for April.
  • In Moncton, Aubrey Morton, 31, was deemed fit to stand trial after an alleged Sept. 19 armed-threat incident and is charged with multiple offences, with a bail hearing deferred to Oct. 7 after he refused to appear by video.
  • Fredericton police blocked part of College Hill on Friday and towed a sedan as officers declined to comment on the closure, and Chaleur Region RCMP released a suspect photo seeking help identifying a man in a Sept. 28 Belledune assault and attempted theft.
  • Elections NB reported 2,019 advance ballots cast in the Oct. 6 Miramichi West byelection, roughly 20 percent of eligible voters, and Atlantic Lottery confirmed the $15-million Lotto Max jackpot ticket was purchased in Miramichi.