Matt Verrier arrived in Moncton, New Brunswick in early June and found a city on edge. Verrier was there to play some baseball, but the city of 65,000 was preoccupied with findng a man suspected of killing three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers “The shooter was on the loose. The whole city was on lockdown […]
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Moncton man suspected of killing 3 Canadian Mounties caught
Justin Bourque was arrested at around 12:30 a.m., said Paul Greene, a spokesman with the RCMP. Authorities had identified the 24-year-old Bourque as their suspect after the shootings Wednesday evening in the northwest area of the city. The attack on the Mounties’ ranks was the deadliest in nearly a decade. Michelle Thibodeau said she saw […]
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Suspect in killing of 3 Canadian police officers spotted, still at large
MONCTON, New Brunswick — A man suspected of killing three Canadian police officers was spotted three times Thursday but has so far eluded a massive manhunt in the normally tranquil east coast city of Moncton, police said. Justin Bourque, 24, was seen in three different places around Moncton, the latest instance after daylight Thursday morning, said […]
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Canadian train carrying oil derails, catches fire near Maine border
Of the 17 cars that derailed late Tuesday in New Brunswick province, five contain crude oil and four contain propane, said Claude Mongeau, the chief executive of CN Rail. Some of the propane cars are venting and some of the crude cars are burning, he said. “It is contained, but it is evolving,” Mongeau said. […]
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Three allegedly intoxicated men arrested at Bangor Waterfront concert
BANGOR — Three allegedly intoxicated men who attended the Luke Bryan concert Saturday night at the Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion were removed from the site and arrested between 7 and 9 p.m., according to Bangor police. Jason Bergeron, 27, of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, was charged with disorderly conduct and failure to submit to arrest. Curtis […]