Category: Moncton

A Charlotte County man has been found guilty of matricide.

The Telegraph-Journal reports 36 year old Mathew Linus Tucker shot his mother, Dorothy, in the face with a shotgun in her Oak Bay home in November 2014. His lawyer says Tucker was suffering from a diminished or impaired mental state but the jury rejected that argument and found him guilty of second degree murder.

Tucker faces an automatic life sentence and a sentencing hearing will be held December 13th to determine how long he must serve before being eligible for parole.

Independant gasoline retailers are complaining about what they feel is unfair competition by First Nations gas stations.

They say dozens of independant stations have closed in the last few years because they just couldn’t compete against special treatment given to First Nations communities. 95% of provincial tax on gas and cigarettes stays on reserves so they can sell gas cheaper…and the independants say they just can’t compete with that

The Telegraph-Journal (Times and Transcript) reports Chief Patricia Bernard of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation claims the independent retailers are way off in their perception. She said the station on her reserve is always within a cent or two of the price charged by a station just off reserve.