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Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick,Canada,that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
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,Q.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. After his term as mayor,he was succeeded by Lorne Mitton.
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.
The Telegraph-Journal is a daily newspaper published in Saint John,New Brunswick,Canada. It serves as both a provincial daily and as a local newspaper for Saint John. The newspaper is published by Brunswick News. The Telegraph-Journal is the only New Brunswick-based newspaper to be distributed province-wide and has the highest readership in the province at a weekly circulation of 233,549 and a daily readership of about 100,000.
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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.
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Canadian Forces Base Moncton or CFB Moncton is a former Canadian Forces Base located in Moncton,New Brunswick.
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The Moncton shootings were a string of shootings that took place on June 4,2014,in Moncton,in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Justin Bourque,a 24-year-old Moncton resident,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.
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.
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Avenir Centre is an 8,800 seat indoor multi sports arena in Moncton,New Brunswick. The arena opened in 2018 and serves as the home to the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League as well as the Moncton Magic of the National Basketball League. The centre replaced Moncton Coliseum as the city's main indoor arena,although the Coliseum remains open. The centre is named for Avenir Hearing,a New Brunswick audiology company who has 11 clinics throughout the province.
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 will be held on May 25 due to those areas being under lockdown. Elections will also be held for district education councils and regional health authorities,plus there are two plebiscites.
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- ↑ "Dawn Arnold defeats Brian Hicks in Moncton mayoral race". CBC News, May 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Dawn Arnold devient la première mairesse de Moncton" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada, May 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Moncton mayoral speculation begins". CBC News, January 5, 2016.
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