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Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
How did the Miramichi-area fire get so out of control? Province explains
The fire near Miramichi is in its tenth day of burning and has surpassed 1,400 hectares. While providing updates on Friday about the province's wildfire situation, Natural Resources Minister John Herron explained how the Miramichi fire got so big, so fast.
CBC
3 days ago
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- CBC
How did the Miramichi-area fire get so out of control? Province explains
The fire near Miramichi is in its tenth day of burning and has surpassed 1,400 hectares. While providing updates on Friday about the province's wildfire situation, Natural Resources Minister John Herron explained how the Miramichi fire got so big, so fast.
CTV News
6 days ago
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- CTV News
Fire burning in Bayers Lake
Fire burning in Bayers Lake A fire is burning in the area of Julius Boulevard and Dugger McNeil Drive in Bayers Lake, N.S.
ABC News
25-06-2025
- ABC News
Corbie Jean Walpole to appeal jail sentence for setting Jake Loader on fire
A New South Wales woman jailed for more than seven years for dousing her friend in fuel and setting him on fire at a backyard party is seeking to appeal her sentence. Corbie Jean Walpole, 24, was sentenced in Albury District Court last month after pleading guilty to one charge of burning or maiming by using corrosive fluid. She poured petrol on her friend Jake Loader and then set him alight after a night of heavy partying in Howlong, New South Wales, in January 2024. Mr Loader, then aged 23, suffered third-degree burns to more than 50 per cent of his body and was in an induced coma for eight days. During sentencing last month the court heard Walpole and Mr Loader, who had been friends for almost a decade, had been drinking for about 12 hours in the lead-up to the had consumed cocaine and between 23 and 35 standard drinks. The court also heard Walpole and Mr Loader had been antagonising each other throughout the night. Walpole attacked Mr Loader after she accused him of telling her to "get back in the kitchen" and not to drink with boys. Walpole will be eligible for parole in November 2029, but she has filed a notice of intention to contest the sentence with the Court of Criminal Appeal. A date for the appeal hearing is yet to be set.
ABC News
22-05-2025
- ABC News
Woman sentenced for setting friend on fire during night of partying
A southern NSW woman has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail for setting her friend on fire during a night of heavy partying. Howlong woman, Corbie Jean Walpole, poured petrol on Jake Loader and then set him alight while they were drinking in her backyard in January last year. Mr Loader, who was 23 at the time of the attack, sustained third-degree burns to 55 per cent of his body, and was in an induced coma for eight days. The Albury District Court earlier heard Walpole, who worked as an electrician, carried out the attack after he told her to get back into the kitchen and not to drink with boys. Walpole, 24, earlier pleaded guilty to one charge of burning or maiming by using corrosive fluid. Supporters of Jake Loader cheered in court as the sentence was handed down. Judge Jennifer English described the act as violence fuelled by drugs and heavy drinking. Walpole and Mr Loader, who had been friends for nine years, had been drinking for about 12 hours and into the morning of January 7 last year. The court heard Walpole had consumed potentially between 23 to 35 standard drinks, as well as cocaine, and they returned to her backyard to continue drinking. The court heard Walpole and Mr Loader had been antagonising each other throughout the night, and she committed the crime after he made "misogynist comments". The court heard that Mr Loader's friends who were at the Howlong home heard him screaming and tried to extinguish the flames, that had begun melting his shirt, with a dog bed. He was then thrown into a pool. Walpole, who has since been diagnosed with PTSD, stood by watching , saying "what the f*** have I done", and "he told me to do it". "I find that the assault upon the victim was unprovoked and particularly violent," Judge English said. Judge English also said that she found it difficult to accept that Walpole's depression at the time resulted in her decision-making. The court heard that Walpole was remorseful, showed good rehabilitation prospects, and had given up drugs and alcohol. Walpole remained composed during sentencing as her family sobbed, and will be eligible for parole in November, 2029.
