Abortion and Candidates: Liberals respond to Tilly’s comments
Some people think Justin Trudeau’s edict to potential Liberal candidates that they must be pro-choice, will help the Conservatives in the next federal election. A local MP has made some comments about...
View ArticleRoy and Keating set records
Miramichi—It was the same as last year, Lee Roy from Bathurst and Paula Keating from Miramichi won their respective races in the 2nd annual Dr. Keating 8km road race on Saturday. This time around both...
View ArticleNew Track & Field Club formed
Miramichi Track and Field Club Joining the ANB Family Athletics New Brunswick is extremely happy to welcome it’s newest club Miramichi Track and Field to it’s athletics family! The new club’s inaugural...
View ArticlePolice Briefs: Truck vs Train
Last weekend MPF officers responded to Nelson St by the CN rail line crossing after a 1996 Ford pick up had run into a passing freight train. This collision caused the truck to be drug along the tracks...
View ArticleJudge Lordon stuns woman’s family
If Judge Judy can have a TV show, judge Denis Lordon should have one, too. He’s an experienced, quick-witted, “get to the point” kind of guy that knows how to put people in their place whether you are...
View ArticleCourt Briefs (15 cases): illegal smokes hardly worth it
Judge Lordon told a woman that smoking illegal cigarettes “was hardly worth it,” after he sentenced her. Kelly Anne Cerretti was late for court, and was taken into custody when she arrived. To confuse...
View ArticleRCMP draw gun on woman after breakdown
A woman (who will remain unnamed in this story), pleaded guilty in court in Miramichi this week to resisting arrest and assaulting two RCMP officers last summer. “Karen” was having a breakdown because...
View ArticleNelson shows off community improvements
Minister of Human Resources, Robert Trevors, visited the Nelson Senior Citizens’ Centre on May 19, alongside MP Tilly Gordon, Mayor Gerry Cormier and Deputy Mayor Lisa Harris, to look over upgrades to...
View ArticlePolice Briefs: Elderly woman attempts theft from dollar store
The weekend turned out to be a busy one for Miramichi, including several car accidents, and one elderly woman who was arrested and held in custody over the weekend for attempting to steal from a store...
View ArticleMO Readers get impaired verdict wrong
A few months ago we asked our readers to vote on how they thought an impaired driving trial might go. Over 1600 people voted on the story, and by a slim majority the readers felt young William Gallant...
View ArticleRolly Carroll guilty of meth trafficking
On June 12, 2013, RCMP from Sunny Corner and Blackville executed a search warrant at a residence in Napan. Police seized more than 2000 pills believed to be methamphetamine, also known as speed, along...
View ArticleChatham woman sentenced for false allegations
A woman from Chatham was having a hard time getting police to talk to her ex, whom she said was bothering her and her new boyfriend. She got so frustrated with what she thought was police inaction,...
View ArticleA Cry for Help: 70 year old fisherman sentenced
A 70 year old man is going back to jail for the 6th time in the last 3 years, and his lawyer says it’s a cry for help. “He does strange things when he drinks,” defense lawyer Simon Wood said of his...
View ArticleWilbur Dedam plea delayed until June 23rd
On May 16th, a former chief of Burnt Church posted $10,000 in bail and agreed to abide with a long list of conditions while he awaits trial on 6 sex charges. He spent 8 days in jail waiting for his...
View ArticleMiramichi Police send 8 officers to search for Moncton gunman
This evening a gunman killed three Codiac RCMP officers, and wounded 3 other people. Moncton residents in the Pinehurst area are being told to stay locked in their houses until police give the all...
View ArticleMiramichi Trials postponed as MPF officers assist in Moncton search
Two cases that were to be heard at the Miramichi Law Courts today have been postponed because 3 MPF officers who were supposed to be witnesses at the trials are in Moncton aiding with the search for a...
View ArticlePolice Briefs: Coroner to investigate death of male, 37
On Tuesday morning, MPF officers and EMT’s responded to an apartment complex in response to a 37 year old male who was found as deceased. This matter is currently being investigated by MPF and the...
View ArticleLordon to Assaulter: Cowardly to punch a guy who’s down
Nicholas Raymond Sullivan, 20, of Flett Street, was in court today to be sentenced for assault. Sullivan was originally charged with assault causing bodily harm, but ended up pleading guilty to to...
View ArticleParade, re-badging, commemorates D-Day
This Saturday in Bathurst the famed North Shore regiment will officially gets name back, and they will march to commemorate the 70th anniversary of their landing on Juno Beach. The ceremonies and...
View ArticleCancer patient backhands neighbour
A woman’s lawyers told the court about his clients health issues at an assault sentencing today in the Miramichi Law Courts. In January a woman from Baie Ste-Anne backhanded her neighbour and injured...
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