NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan remained hospitalized as state and federal officials continued their investigation of a six-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that took the life of a Morgan friend and left two others seriously injured, authorities say. Morgan, 45, was in critical condition and his family arrived to […]
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Man charged in Mounties’ death obsessed with guns
MONCTON, New Brunswick (AP) — A chilling portrait of a man obsessed with guns and anti-government rhetoric began to emerge as people in this eastern Canadian city struggled to reconcile the knowledge that the person charged with murdering three Mounties was the same one who had seemingly lived quietly among them. Justin Bourque, 24, was […]
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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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Man suspected in Canadian police killings spotted 3 times, but eludes capture
MONCTON, New Brunswick — Royal Canadian Mounted Police combed the streets and woods of this normally tranquil city Thursday in search of a man suspected of killing three officers in the deadliest attack on their ranks in nearly a decade. The suspect, 24-year-old Justin Bourque, was armed with high-powered long firearms. He was spotted three […]
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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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Cracked wheel may have caused New Brunswick train derailment
Lead investigator Guy Laporte said a crack in a wheel near the front of the train caused the wheel to loosen from the axel, resulting in the derailment of that wheel set. But Laporte said it’s too early to determine what caused the train to leave the tracks late Tuesday derailed in the sparsely populated […]
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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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Sylvia Fontaine
1915 – 2013 RUMFORD — Sylvia Fontaine, 98, of Mexico died at the Rumford Community Home on Monday, Oct. 14. She was born in Caraquet, New Brunswick, on May 4, 1915, a daughter of William and Alice (Parise) Blanchard. Sylvia’s family left Canada in 1925 and moved to Rumford. Sylvia had three sisters and three […]
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Rumford Heritage Festival to kick off Thursday, continue on Saturday
RUMFORD — Residents will have the opportunity to celebrate their heritage after the Rumford Heritage Festival 2013 kicks off Thursday, Sept. 12, and continues at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, in conjunction with the Crossroads International Celtic Festival. According to Envision Rumford member Tammi Lyons, the group is working on “putting the finishing touches on the […]
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Canadian police probe possibility that python killed boys
TORONTO — A 100-pound python blamed in the strangling deaths of two Canadian boys apparently escaped from its enclosure, slithered through a ventilation system and fell through the ceiling into the room where the young brothers were sleeping, authorities said Tuesday. A snake expert said it was possible that the python was spooked and simply […]