New Brunswick was the only province in Canada to record fewer police-reported crimes in 2022 compared with the prior year, data from Statistics Canada show.
Despite data from Statistics Canada indicating a four per cent rise in crime throughout the country in 2022, New Brunswick saw its crime severity index drop by two per cent.
A Fredericton police sergeant has agreed to a peace bond ordering him to not contact his ex-wife for 12 months, and a previous criminal charge that he harassed her has been withdrawn.
Fredericton Police Chief Martin Gaudet wants council to bring forward a new bylaw that would see people who stage a large, disruptive party fined $500.