Much of the Maritimes is seeing its first winter storm of the season today, with some areas of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick expecting up to 15cm of snow and high winds. There have been a number of power outages reported across the province. In New Brunswick, a number of outages have been reported. 639 customers are without power in the Restigouche-Glencoe area. Smaller outages are also affecting a handful of homes in Kent, Central York – Sunbury and Victoria-Madawaska.
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RCMP Release Domestic Violence Stats in NB
RCMP in New Brunswick say they have responded to almost two thousand domestic violence reports so far in 2016. That works our to roughly ten domestic violence call across the province every day. RCMP Superintendent Rick Shaw says the stats released by the RCMP likely only represent a fraction of domestic violence instances in the province. Shaw say victims often suffer violence numerous times before police are called and that many case are never reported.