Thursday, January 18th, 2024
N.B. man ‘happy to be alive’ after nearly being impaled in driving accident
Pickup truck pierced by bridge piece in crash on remote logging road After a long night shift on Jan.10, Michael Roy hopped into his pickup truck with a co-worker and started the long drive home. The ride could have been his last. Roy, 32, often took a rural logging road for the 100-kilometre drive from the job site in Plaster Rock to his home in Saint-Quentin. Snow was heavy through the desolate woodland trail known locally as the West Tobique Wood Road. “We didn’t see much and we didn’t go fast,”Read more
Retired RCMP officer tearfully apologizes to daughter of James Smith Cree Nation victim at inquest
Vanessa Burns, former partner of killer Myles Sanderson, expected to testify Thursday afternoon The coroner’s inquest into the stabbing massacre that occurred at James Smith Cree Nation included an emotional exchange Thursday morning when a retired RCMP officer apologized to the daughter of one of the victims. “I am the daughter of Earl Burns,” Deborah Burns told retired Staff Sgt. Darren Lee Simons, after he answered her questions about how he responded to the violent attacks. Earl Burns was one of the 11 people killed by community member Myles SandersonRead more