The correctional investigator has slammed the Dorchester Pen over the 2015 death of an inmate. Ivan Zinger’s report says “unnecessary and inappropriate physical and chemical force” was used against Matthew Hines. He died shortly after being beaten and pepper sprayed by guards after he wouldn’t go back in his cell. The Correctional Service of Canada has accepted recommendations in the report.
Category: Moncton
Those heading to polls May 15th getting voter info cards this week
Voters for the May 15th byelections, first-election and plebiscite will get their info cards in the mail this week. There are byelections in Le Goulet, Maisonnette, and Salisbury; a first election in the newly formed rural community of Haut-Madawaska; and a plebiscite in 10 local service districts on the islands of Lamèque and Miscou.