The whistle stops, promises and pleas for support are over. It's now up to voters, the 568,901 total eligible New Brunswickers who will decide who will form the province’s next provincial government.
A total of 382 polling stations will open today across the province as Elections NB prepares to collect the votes of electors on the final day of voting. A total of 50 returning offices, one in each riding and a satellite office on Grand Manan, will also be open for electors to cast ballots. Polls in New Brunswick open at 10 a.m.
They close 10 hours later at 8 p.m. when results are expected to begin flooding in. Meanwhile, 133,755 New Brunswickers, 23.5 per cent, have already voted at returning offices across New Brunswick and in two days of advanced polling. |
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A mug shot posted on the Penobscot County Jail, located in Bangor, Maine, shows a photo of Covered Bridge Potato Chip president and CEO Ryan Albright, of Waterville. Photo: Penobscot County Jail |
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The president and CEO of Covered Bridge Potato Chips was arrested in Bangor, Maine, on the weekend and held in custody for what police describe as a domestic violence assault.
Ryan Albright was booked by the Penobscot County Jail at 1 a.m. Saturday, according to the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office inmate booking info. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office refused to comment on the matter and told Brunswick News all media inquiries will be handled by their administration on Monday when the office opens.
A mugshot photo on the booking sheet shows Albright, 44, in what appears to be an orange inmate shirt, and has a noticeable cut on his nose. The booking information did not say who the alleged victim is. |
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Olivia LaPointe is a top seven finalist in the Canadian Opera Company's Centre Stage Ensemble Studio Competition. Photo: Submitted
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One (juror), an employee for the Municipal District of St. Stephen, said they had been told by their employer in advance that they would be receiving jury pay but were told after selection that they would not be paid. (Justice Darrell) Stephenson asked for the employer's number, and ended up speaking on the phone to CAO Jeff Renaud. |
| Local Journalism Initiative reporter, Brunswick News |
Behind the scenes at the murder trial into Justin David Breau's death, lawyers debated whether to allow the jury to hear that his girlfriend, Megan Ross, had named one of his assailants on the day of his murder.
Donald Robert Walker, 52, and Charles William Shatford, 49, were convicted of first-degree murder Thursday after a five-week trial that saw the Crown open its case Sept. 16 and close it Oct. 7, with the defence declining to call evidence. What happens before and during a jury trial without the jury present is subject to a publication ban during the trial, but that ban ends once the jury is sequestered.
One of the issues facing the jury was what to do with overlapping eyewitness accounts from Ross, who testified that "three guys that were masked bust in" and stabbed Breau to death but couldn't identify or describe them. |
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Chief Hugh Akagi of the Peskotomuhkati at Skutik, left, speaks with Brett Vottero of the St. Andrews Historical Society during an event to celebrate the discovery of the original 1760 Peace and Friendship treaty, of which a copy was displayed. Photo: Submitted |
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