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Man sentenced to 7.5 years for sex crimes against daughters

1 week ago | thespec.com | Andrew Bates

A Saint John man convicted of sex crimes against his two daughters was sentenced to serve 7.5 years in prison. The 57-year-old was sentenced Friday in Saint John provincial court on charges of incest, sexual interference with a minor and assault. He was found guilty in March after a three-day trial in January on the charges, which date between 2011 and 2012 in Saint John.
Man sentenced to 7.5 years for sex crimes against daughters

1 week ago | pentictonherald.ca | Andrew Bates

A Saint John man convicted of sex crimes against his two daughters was sentenced to serve 7.5 years in prison. The 57-year-old was sentenced Friday in Saint John provincial court on charges of incest, sexual interference with a minor and assault. He was found guilty in March after a three-day trial in January on the charges, which date between 2011 and 2012 in Saint John.
Man sentenced to 7.5 years for sex crimes against daughters

2 weeks ago | tj.news | Andrew Bates

57-year-old Saint John man was convicted of incest, sexual interference and assault against daughters from 2011 to 2012Author of the article: • Local Journalism Initiative reporter • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentA Saint John man convicted of sex crimes against his two daughters was sentenced to serve 7.5 years in prison. Advertisement 2Don't have an account?
Council denies rezoning for two six-storey buildings in Millidgeville

3 weeks ago | thespec.com | Andrew Bates

Saint John Mayor Donna Reardon reacted in disbelief Monday after rezoning for a 160-unit housing development in Millidgeville was rejected by council. The application from Woodward421 Developments requested a change from low-rise residential (RL) to mid-rise residential (RM) to build two six-storey buildings between Woodward Street and Boars Head Road, near Ecole Samuel-De-Champlain.
GOP's Megabill Would Light the Fuse on Debt Time Bomb

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Terry Holt |Andrew Bates

At a Rotary Club gathering in Watertown, South Dakota, last year, Senator John Thune didnt hold back. The national debt, he warned, was a "ticking time bomb."He blamed both Republicans and Democrats for failing to defuse it. "You are never going to get Members of Congress willing to make hard votes to deal with the debt," Thune said, "absent a president who is willing to give them political cover."Now Thune is Senate Majority Leader.
Town moves ahead with taxi bylaw repeal

3 weeks ago | thespec.com | Andrew Bates

Sussex has scrapped its taxi bylaw after receiving a legal opinion that it could do so without inadvertently banning cabs. A bylaw to repeal the town’s taxi bylaw was passed May 20 at Sussex’s town council meeting. It had been introduced in February, but was pulled off the agenda after the province told Brunswick News that a bylaw must be in place for a rideshare or taxicab company to operate.
Man sentenced to 12 years for sexual abuse of family members

4 weeks ago | pentictonherald.ca | Andrew Bates

A 63-year-old Saint John man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexual assault and sexual interference against his stepdaughter and step-granddaughter over a span of decades. The man was scheduled for trial in March but instead pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault, sexual interference with a person under 14 and sexual exploitation of a young person over a time period that spanned from 1988 to 2000, according to court documents.
Man sentenced to 16 years for sex crimes against four people

4 weeks ago | thespec.com | Andrew Bates

A man who admitted to sex crimes in Sussex against his girlfriend and three minors was sentenced to 16 years in prison. The 27-year-old man, of no fixed address, was sentenced by provincial court Judge Andrew Palmer Wednesday on 20 charges, including sexual assault, sexual interference with a minor, child pornography and non-sexual offences.
Man sentenced to 12 years for sexual abuse of family members

4 weeks ago | thespec.com | Andrew Bates

A 63-year-old Saint John man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexual assault and sexual interference against his stepdaughter and step-granddaughter over a span of decades. The man was scheduled for trial in March but instead pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault, sexual interference with a person under 14 and sexual exploitation of a young person over a time period that spanned from 1988 to 2000, according to court documents.
Trump's tariffs and tax cuts are crushing Main Street and making Mar-a-Lago elites rich

1 month ago | aol.com | Andrew Bates |Terry Holt

President Donald Trump’s tariffs are already the biggest middle-class tax increase in modern history, raising the prices he promised to lower. Now even more tariffs threaten an economy already staggering from the uncertainty set off by Trump’s erratic policies, attacks on the rule of law, and threatening statements. Adding more injury to injury, Trump and his MAGA allies just forced the "Big Beautiful Bill Act" through the House of Representatives -- by one vote.