A new provincial report shows students in francophone high schools are less likely to be bullied than at anglophone high schools. The Department of Education’s 2016 survey found 15% of Francophone students reported being bullied, down from 21% in 2011. 20% of Anglophone students said they were bullied, down from 23% in 2011. High school numbers for both were also down from middle and elementary days.
Category: Saint John
New Trial Ordered in Saint John Murder
The Court of Appeal has over turned the second degree murder conviction of a Saint John man and ordered a new trial. Frederick Cormier Jr. was found guilty in the stabbing death of Spencer Eldridge in 2014 in a fight outside a house on Lancaster Avenue. He was sentenced to life with no parole for 10 years. The Court of Appeal set aside the conviction but hasn’t released reasons yet. Cormier claimed self-defence although his lawyer didn’t call any witnesses.