Metepenagiag First Nation

• Hillsborough, N.B. gets new grocery store after going without for more than 2 years

  After two and a half years of very limited options for local groceries, Hillsborough will have a new grocery store opening in late May.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2022
  
• New Brunswick coroner’s jury says 2020 police killing of Rodney Levi was a homicide

  The 48-year-old man from the Metepenagiag First Nation was shot dead by RCMP in Sunny Corner, N.B., on June 12, 2020.

  Canada

  Oct 8, 2021
  
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• Police experts tell inquest Rodney Levi shooting justified, but lessons to be learned

  Staff Sgt. Leonard McCoshen testified on Wednesday that the June 2020 shooting was reasonable, necessary and consistent with RCMP training.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2021
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• Rodney Levi’s death was result of ‘suicide by cop,’ N.B. coroner’s inquest told

  Rodney Levi was shot dead by RCMP on June 12, 2020, when they responded to a call about a man with knives at a home in Sunny Corner, N.B.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2021
• N.B. coroner’s inquest told community policing model would have saved Indigenous man

  Rodney Levi, who was from the Metepenagiag First Nation, was shot dead by the RCMP on the evening of June 12, 2020.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2021
• As coroner’s inquest set to begin, family concerned Rodney Levi could be ‘voiceless’: lawyer

  The lawyer representing Rodney Levi says New Brunswick is the only jurisdiction in Canada that doesn't permit families to have representation in inquest proceedings.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2021
• 7 cases of COVID-19 confirmed so far in Metepenagiag First Nation

  All cases have been contained to one cluster and are connected to the same exposure.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2021
• Decision in RCMP shooting of Rodney Levi called ‘infuriating’ by First Nation chief

  Chief Bill Ward of the Metepenagiag First Nation describes Rodney Levi, who was fatally shot by police outside a home on June 12, 2020, as kind and caring.

  Crime

  Jan 27, 2021
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• No charges to be laid against RCMP officers for shooting, killing Rodney Levi

  Rodney Levi was shot dead by the RCMP on June 12 in Miramichi, N.B., after police responded to a complaint about a disturbance in a home.

  Crime

  Jan 26, 2021
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• ‘Grieving in the dark’: Rodney Levi’s family seeks investigation report into shooting by RCMP

  Rodney Levi was shot dead by the RCMP on the evening of June 12 in Miramichi, N.B., after police had responded to a complaint about a disturbance in a home.

  Crime

  Jan 8, 2021