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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.
CBC
03-03-2025
- CBC
Woman admits sex trafficking 2 girls in southeast N.B.
A 19-year-old woman has admitted to sex trafficking charges involving two underage girls in the Moncton area. Her name can't be reported because of a publication ban imposed when she pleaded guilty to five charges on Feb. 10. The ban was imposed under a section of the Criminal Code about protecting "a justice system participant" in a case involving a criminal organization. The woman admitted trafficking the girls by recruiting and controlling their movement, advertising sexual services, and receiving a financial or other benefit from the commission of a crime in early April 2024. Crown prosecutor Marc-André Desjardins read an agreed statement of facts during the Feb. 10 appearance that detailed what the woman admits about the operation. Paid to bring girls to Moncton Court documents use the initials A.B. and C.D. for the two girls, which are not their actual initials. A publication ban restricts reporting their names. The prosecutor said the woman had the girls, aged 15 and 16, send her sexual photos of themselves and then paid for their travel to Moncton. Once in Moncton on April 8, 2024, the woman took explicit photos of the two and used the photos to post ads on a website listing sexual services and prices. Desjardins said about 15 men met the two girls at an apartment in Dieppe between April 9 and April 16 last year. Cab driver called police Police became involved on April 12, when a cab driver dropped A.B. off at a Moncton address and then called Codiac Regional RCMP concerned about her wellbeing. Police spoke to A.B., but she claimed everything was OK and that her family knew where she was. Officers assumed she was unharmed and left. However, a police force in another province then called the RCMP to say A.B. was a sex trade victim. On April 14, police found A.B. at an apartment in Dieppe, where the 19-year-old was present. She tried to keep police from talking to A.B. A second girl was also spotted by police in the apartment. A.B. was detained by police but didn't divulge any information. Police return to apartment The following day, police found the ads listing sexual services showing explicit photos of A.B. classified as child porn. On April 16, a police force in the girls' home province contacted RCMP to say a second girl, C.D., was missing in circumstances similar to A.B. That same day, police responded to a 911 call about a dispute at the Dieppe apartment. "It was believed there was a disagreement between a man and a group of women over money and services," Desjardins said. Officers entered the apartment and in a statement, C.D. said she had at least 10 clients. She told police about not wanting to have sex, but the 19-year-old told her to do it. Sentencing later this month C.D. told police she didn't have control of the ads with her photos listing sexual services, and the money the clients paid her was handed over to the 19-year-old woman. "C.D. was never explicitly threatened or assaulted by [the woman], but C.D. felt she had no choice but to provide the service as she was living with [the woman] and did not have financial capacity … and did not know how to book transportation back" home. In August last year, police met A.B. and C.D. in their home community. The girls said the woman would book their clients and wouldn't show them the messages with the clients. After the prosecutor finished reading the agreed facts, the woman agreed that's what happened and confirmed her guilty plea to the five charges. The woman is scheduled to be sentenced March 20.
