Moncton is the most populous city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley,Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces. The city has earned the nickname "Hub City" because of its central inland location in the region and its history as a railway and land transportation hub for the Maritimes. As of the 2021 Census,the city had a population of 79,470. The metropolitan population in 2022 was 171,608,making it the fastest growing CMA in Canada for the year with a growth rate of 5.3%. Its land area is 140.67 km2 (54.31 sq mi).
Lorne M. Mitton is a former mayor of Moncton,New Brunswick,elected in May 2004. His predecessor was Brian Murphy. He was born and raised in Moncton,and studied at the University of Toronto. He has worked with organizations in the transportation industry including CN Rail,the Atlantic Provinces Transportation Commission,and the National Transportation Agency of Canada.
Brian Murphy,K.C. is a former mayor of Moncton from 1998 to 2004,and was the Liberal Member of the House of Commons of Canada for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe from 2006 to 2011.
HMCS Moncton is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1998. Moncton is the ninth ship of her class. She is the second vessel to use the designation HMCS Moncton. The ship is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax.
CBAM-FM is a public,non-commercial radio station in Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada. It is the local Radio One station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The studios and offices are at 165 Main Street,in a building known as Ici Acadie,along with facilities for co-owned CBA-FM,CBAF-FM,CBAFT-DT and CBAT-DT.
The Maritime Women's Football League (MWFL) is a Canadian football league in eastern Canada. It was Canada's first all-female full-contact football competition when it began operating in 2004.
Magnetic Hill Concert Site is a live music venue in Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada. It is one of the largest music venues in Canada.
The Moncton City Council is the governing body of the City of Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada. It consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected to four-year terms. The council is non-partisan with the mayor serving as the chairman,casting a ballot only in cases of a tie vote. There are four wards electing two councillors each with an additional two councillors selected at-large by the general electorate. Day-to-day operation of the city is under the control of a city manager.
Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium,formerly Moncton Stadium,is a track and field stadium on the campus of the Universitéde Moncton in Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada,built to host the IAAF 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. The $17 million venue opened in 2010. Although seating capacity had fluctuated early in construction,the stadium has 8,300 permanent seats,and is expandable to 25,000 via temporary seating. It is the home field for the Moncton Aigles Bleus soccer teams.
George H. LeBlanc is the former mayor of Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada. He was elected in the Moncton municipal election of May 12,2008. He was sworn into office on May 26,2008. He was re-elected in 2012.
René "Pepsi" Landry was a political figure in New Brunswick,Canada. He represented Moncton North in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a Progressive Conservative member.
The Moncton Miracles were a Canadian professional basketball team in Moncton,New Brunswick. Established in 2011,they were a charter member of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). The Miracles played their home games at the Moncton Coliseum as a part of the league's Atlantic Division and were one of two New Brunswick teams in the league along with the Saint John Riptide. The team was founded and owned by Steven Conville but were now without an owner for three seasons. Their seasons in the NBL Canada had been highlighted by struggles,until the franchise was finally folded following the 2016–17 season when a new ownership decided to start a new franchise in Moncton called the Moncton Magic.
Turtle Creek is a Canadian creek in Albert County,southeastern New Brunswick. The creek drains a watershed area of 192 square kilometres,and is the primary source of potable water for Moncton,Riverview,and Dieppe,thanks to the 150 km2 (58 sq mi) Turtle Creek reservoir and the Moncton Water Treatment Plant.
Jason Godin is a former mayor of Maisonnette,New Brunswick in Canada. At 19 years old,he was elected to the municipal election May 14,2012,and took office May 28,2012 as the youngest mayor in the history of New Brunswick. Godin decided to run for mayor when he learned that the incumbent,Lucio Cordisco,would not stand for reelection if there were other candidates. On February 12,2015,he announced that he would seek the federal New Democratic Party nomination in the riding of Acadie—Bathurst for the 2015 federal election. He won the nomination,but was defeated by Liberal Serge Cormier in the general election. Godin did not seek re-election in the 2016 municipal election.
The Moncton shootings were a string of shootings that took place on June 4,2014,in Moncton,in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The perpetrator,Justin Bourque,a 24-year-old Moncton resident,walked around the northern area of the city and shot five officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP),killing three and severely injuring two. A manhunt for Bourque was launched and continued overnight and into June 5. On June 6,Bourque was found and taken into custody,ending a manhunt that lasted over 28 hours. The shooting was both Moncton's first homicide since 2010 and the deadliest attack on the RCMP since the Mayerthorpe tragedy in 2005,which left four RCMP officers dead. Bourque intended for the shootings to trigger a rebellion against the Canadian government. He was sentenced to 75 years in prison,with no eligibility for parole until after serving 25 years.
Monique Anne LeBlanc is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Moncton East as a member of the Liberal Party.
Rob McKee is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election. He represents the electoral district of Moncton Centre as a member of the Liberal Party. He was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election. He was the leader of the opposition in New Brunswick from September 2022 to May 2023.
Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of New Brunswick on May 10,2021. They were originally supposed to be held May 11,2020,but were postponed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick. Furthermore,elections in some municipalities in Northwestern New Brunswick were held on May 25 due to those areas being under lockdown. Elections were also held for district education councils and regional health authorities,and there were two plebiscites.
