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CTV News
30-07-2025
- CTV News
Police seek public's help after man seriously injured in Moncton assault
Police in New Brunswick are asking the public for help following an assault in Moncton. Codiac Regional RCMP received a report that a man with serious injuries was lying in a parking lot off 6th Street around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police say the injuries were consistent with an assault. The man was taken to hospital, where police say he is still being treated for his injuries. Police are asking anyone who lives or happened to be in the area, or who has security or dash-camera footage from the time of the incident, or who may have witnessed the assault, to contact Codiac Regional RCMP at 506-857-2400 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. The investigation is ongoing. For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
CTV News
16-06-2025
- CTV News
Police seek missing, vulnerable woman in Moncton, N.B.
Elizabeth Inman who went missing in Moncton on June 15, 2025, is pictured. The RCMP is asking the public for help finding a missing 72-year-old woman from Moncton, N.B. Elizabeth Inman was reported missing to police on Sunday. She was last seen at approximately 12:30 p.m. walking westbound on John Street near Vaughan Harvey Boulevard, said a news release. Inman is described as four-foot-ten-inches (147 centimetres) tall and weighing approximately 90 pounds. She has brown eyes, shoulder-length brown hair and was last seen wearing a blue shirt, dark blue pants and slippers. Police followed several leads but have been unsuccessful finding Inman. She suffers from a medical condition that may cause her to become disoriented. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact the Codiac Regional RCMP at506-857-2400. For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
CBC
08-04-2025
- CBC
Police say 25-year-old man has died after fall from Riverview cell tower
Police say a 25-year old man has died after falling from a cell tower in Riverview on Monday in a workplace accident. The Codiac Regional RCMP responded to a call at 720 Coverdale Rd. at about 12:30 p.m., according to Sgt. Bruno Labbé. "We learned that the 25-year-old male had fell from the tower while working," he said in an interview. Labbé said the man had already been taken to the hospital when police arrived on scene and was later pronounced dead. The investigation has been transferred to WorkSafeNB "to determine the cause of the fall," he said. The man was an employee of WesTower Communications, an Alberta-based company, and was working on repairs on a cell tower before the "workplace fatality" occurred, said Lynn Meahan-Carson, a WorkSafeNB spokesperson, in an email. "We offer our deepest condolences to the worker's family, as well as their friends and colleagues," Meahan-Carson said, confirming the ongoing investigation. Nathan Schauerte, president and CEO of WesTower, said in an email the company is working with the authorities on the investigation and is providing support to the workers affected by this "tragic incident."
CBC
08-04-2025
- Business
- CBC
Moncton won't explain $2.1M jump in new police station cost
Price of building, set to open this year, climbed from $57M to $59M Moncton city staff won't say what led to a $2.1 million increase in the cost of a new Codiac Regional RCMP station slated to open this summer. On Monday, councillors voted 8-2 to approve the spending, which brings the total cost of the Albert Street building to $59.2 million. A city document refers only to "a number of unforeseen factors and expenses that have arisen." City staff wouldn't elaborate and suggested further increases are still possible. "As indicated, it's various reasons and the project is still under construction right now," Elaine Aucoin, the city's general manager of sustainable growth and development services, told CBC News after the vote. "So at this point, that's not even a firm number. That's an estimate of what we predict where we'll be at. So that's as much information as we have right now." Image | Moncton police building construction oct 2023 Caption: The building under construction in October 2023. When the construction contract was awarded, the building was supposed to be ready by 2024. That got moved to March of this year, then April, May, and now the end of July. (Roger Cosman/CBC) Open Image in New Tab The $59.2-million figure includes land the city purchased, remediation of the site, planning and design, new equipment and furniture for the station, and public art. The project's cost has risen several times. In 2021, CBC News reported that the estimated cost of the building had risen from $46 million to $57 million, partly because of the cost of materials escalating during the pandemic. Quebec-based Pomerleau Inc. was awarded the contract in 2022 to build the 6,680-square-metre facility. It is designed for up to 376 officers and civilian staff. A dispatch centre at a fire hall in Dieppe will be moved to the new station. The new building will replace the station on Main Street, which is too small for the current police force and has various problems, including water leaks. Codiac RCMP also have a rented office space on Main Street that's expected to remain when the new building is complete. Moncton council initially approved the latest cost increase during a closed-door meeting in February. Monday's vote ratified the decision. Councillors Bryan Butler and Daniel Bourgeois voted against the motion. "We're so far along we pretty well have to support it," Butler said before voting against it. He was the only councillor who spoke before the vote. Timelines for completion have also shifted. When the construction contract was awarded, the building was supposed to be complete in 2024. That was moved to March of this year, then April, May, and now the end of July. Once complete, officers and staff are expected to gradually move in. Aucoin said everyone should be moved in by the end of September. "With the project of this size and magnitude and complexity, some delays are expected," Aucoin said in an interview. "We had some weather situations as well that impacted the some of the working days, as well as some other factors just with the the construction."
CBC
26-03-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Councils want proof that newest Mounties are reducing crime before more are added
Three councils in areas policed by the Codiac Regional RCMP don't want to approve more Mounties unless data shows the latest to be hired have made a difference in local crime. Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview councils have all passed similar motions over the past month calling for a "comprehensive data analysis" to evaluate the impact of adding 17 more Mounties this year. "The municipalities want to be accountable to the taxpayers to show that these investments are having the desired results we want to see in our communities," a report by Riverview town staff about the motion states. The votes would affect a plan presented last fall that proposed adding 15 more officers in 2026 and 14 more in 2027. The plan would have increased the budgeted number of officers to 202, up from 156 in 2024. WATCH | 'How do we know that the investment is having some result?: Cities want to know whether new cops making a difference on crime 1 hour ago Duration 1:58 But the motion would delay the hiring. The Riverview council report says the RCMP will have the 2026 calendar year to assess the effect of the 17 new officers before approving adding more as outlined in the plan. Don Moore, the policing authority board chair, said the effect would turn a three-year plan for staffing increases into a five-year plan. The civilian board oversees Codiac RCMP, drafting a budget that each council is asked to approve. Moore welcomed the motion, saying the board needs to have a good working relationship with the three municipalities. "This includes an understanding on how do we make policing successful, and one of those ways to make policing successful is to have the appropriate measures to make sure that we're reducing crime," Moore said. "The that's the job of the police force, but we need to make sure we have the proper justifications on increasing budget and increasing the number of members for policing in our region." While the motions say "any request for additional staffing increases" would have to wait for the data, Moore said the policing authority may still request an increase for 2026 to keep up with population growth. The Moncton city staff report about the motion notes the motion isn't binding. If there's a disagreement and councils don't approve the budget proposed by the policing authority, the Police Act says the province's local government minister steps in to set the budget. While the 17 new positions were budgeted for 2025, the RCMP has until the end of the year to actually fill the positions. That's in part why 2026 will be used to asses any change. The policing authority is considering several of what it calls "key performance indicators" that will be used to measure the effect of the additional officers. What those indicators measure has yet to be announced or described to municipal councils. That was a source of frustration when the motion was debated at a Moncton committee meeting in February. "How can we possibility evaluate based on data when we haven't decided what the start data is, and we don't have it?" Coun. Susan Edgett said during the Feb. 24 meeting. Moore said the policing authority plans to seek input from the municipalities on potential indicators in the coming weeks. Councils want budget sooner The motions also call for the policing authority to outline its proposed budget earlier in the year, prior to when the municipalities start drafting their own budgets. Moncton city staff noted in a report that the policing authority budget has climbed 65 per cent over four years, compared to a 38.5 per cent increase in the city's operating budget over that time. In 2024, the policing authority sought a $9.3 million budget increase for 2025. "When large budget requests are introduced late in the process, they can disrupt the workflow, hinder comprehensive review, lead to rushed decision-making, impact negatively taxpayers and make it challenging to integrate these requests into the existing financial plan," the Moncton staff report states.
