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www.timestranscript.com Up-to-the-minute breaking news every day MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2017 Inmates out of trailers at fire- Off the grid: ‘You don’t have to be Wildcats earn one point with big damaged Shediac jail / News A2 a hippie’ / Life B3 comeback / Sport B1 Judge rejects Medavie injunction request SHANE MAGEE A. LaVigne rejected an injunction, Dr. “We were refused,” he said shortly Bruce Macfarlane, a provincial gov- Jan. 1 gives Medavie control of the ex- TIMES & TRANSCRIPT Hubert Dupuis, president of Égalité after hearing from his lawyer Gabriel ernment spokesman, said in an email tra-mural and Tele-Care 811 programs Santé en Français, said in an interview Poliquin. that the contract will be signed before through a 10-year contract. The pri- A bid to temporarily halt the prov- Friday. Égalité Santé en Français sought the end of Sunday. The statement did vate, non-profit company already ince’s plan to privatize management He said LaVigne gave her decision an injunction against the govern- not specifically address the court deci- operates Ambulance New Brunswick. of its extra-mural program has been during a teleconference call with the ment’s deal with Medavie Health Ser- sion. The goal is to have the services work quashed. lawyers for Égalité and the provincial vices while a judge carries out a judi- The deal announced at the start of Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Lucie government Friday morning. cial review of the agreement. September and set to be implemented PLEASE SEE 4 HEALTH, A2 #BeccaToldMeTo Becca Schofield speaks at a Monc- ton West & Riverview Rotary Club meeting. PHOTO: TOM BATEMAN/TIMES & TRANSCRIPT Rebecca Schofield is the Times & Becca Schofield is pictured in her room in the pediatrics ward of the Moncton Hospital last summer. PHOTO: TOM BATEMAN/TIMES & TRANSCRIPT Transcript’s Newsmaker of 2017. PHOTO: TOM BATEMAN/TIMES & TRANSCRIPT acts of kindness in her honour, and very special.” Becca Schofield named catalogue them on social media under “Wow, that’s amazing. Thank you for the hashtag #BeccaToldMeTo. this honour,” she said. Becca’s friends, family, community “I think the choice for newsmaker of and eventually thousands of people the year is so appropriate,” said River- Newsmaker of the Year from around the world carried out her view MLA Bruce Fitch.“There’s been bucket-list request. The movement has tragedy in this world and Becca’s story been covered be international media, is positive. It’s the light in the darkness and often made headlines in the Times and light shines brightest in the dark.” TOM BATEMAN “People know where Riverview, New & Transcript. In May, Fitch moved that the third TIMES & TRANSCRIPT Brunswick is now because of one girl Through the year, Schofield received Saturday of every September in New with one big heart and how she has numerous honours, including from Brunswick be proclaimed “Rebecca Becca Schofield, the Riverview teen changed everything.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, deliv- Schofield Day.” In a rarity for an op- whose name became synonymous Schofield learned late in 2016 the ered a TEDx address, been the guest position motion, Fitch’s proposal got with goodwill, bravery and poise in the brain cancer she’d been battling for of honour at NHL hockey games and a unanimous approval. face of adversity in 2017, is the Times years was terminal. Just before last special concert, gone to her prom, and “I don’t normally get too emotion- Becca Schofield watches the candle & Transcript’s Newsmaker of the Year. Christmas, doctors gave her three helped pen a book summarizing many al in the legislature but I certainly was lantern she released float over the “Right around the world, people months to a year to live. In the wake of #BeccaToldMeTo deeds. emotional on that day,” Fitch said. Petitcodiac from the Chocolate are following her and her story,” said that news, the then 17 year old asked Becca, for her part, being named River Station last winter. Riverview mayor Ann Seamans. friends and family on Facebook to do newsmaker of the year“makes me feel PLEASE SEE 4 BECCA, A6 PHOTO: TOM BATEMAN/TIMES & TRANSCRIPT Inside Liam, Olivia among top N.B. baby names in 2017 Mystery Missing 27 years, Michael Strang’s father keeps hope alive A3 TIMES & TRANSCRIPT popular. As a girl, she and her father have my little boy,” said Roberta. truck industry. News A2 Life B3 watched Coronation Street every Sun- The Shediac Bridge resident said she “I know he’ll be handsome,” she said. Obituaries A4 Classifieds B6 Emma, Olivia, Liam and Noah were day and she grew fond of the character, won’t mind if her son shares the same Service New Brunswick said in a re- Opinion A10 Business A13 among the top New Brunswick baby Liam Connor. name as other children in his class. lease on Friday there were 971 differ- C&W B14 Sport B1 names in 2017. “I found he was a handsome, “I’m never heard much of Liams, but ent names given to boys and 1,221 dif- The four top names were also in the good-looking guy.” this year I see there are a lot of Liams.” ferent names given to girls born in the running for the most popular names Liam Robert Lavoie was born Aug. She hopes he will grow up to be as province this year, compared to 983 dif- last year. 14, weighing seven pounds and three dashing and suave as his namesake. ferent boy names and 1,227 different Roberta Lavoie chose the name Liam ounces. 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Maritimes Largest Volume Nissan 191 Carson Drive, Moncton • 1.800.572.5593 • 852-7085 • [email protected] • rallyemotors.ca Dealer in 2017 A6 | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2017 TIMES & TRANSCRIPT NEWS Moncton’s Top News stories of the Year New Brunswick’s ALAN COCHRANE school and athletic field down the road. top 10 stories of 2017 TIMES & TRANSCRIPT Volunteer developer group MH Ren- aissance, which had originally pitched The death of an RCMP officer killed the idea of moving the city library into while helping someone fix a flat tire on the building, said it would look to gov- JOHN CHILIBECK hashtag #BeccaToldMeTo. And the pub- the highway outside Moncton, and the ernment funding programs and fund- LEGISLATURE BUREAU lic responded. Posts on Facebook and ongoing fight by a Salisbury family to raising to renovate the auditorium and Twitter about shoveled walkways, pre- keep their horses, are among the Times gymnasium and then oversee a not-for- A wicked winter storm that wiped out bought coffees and neighbours helping & Transcript’s top five news stories of profit performing arts centre and its nearly half the power across the prov- neighbours poured in, including from 2017. tenants in the other half of the build- ince, the troubling deaths of some gen- Justin Trudeau, NHL sportscasters and Other stories that touched Moncton, ing. MH Renaissance president Dennis tle giants at sea and the cancellation of international broadcasters. The N.B. like the RCMP Labour Code trial, the Cochrane said the renovations would a multibillion-dollar energy deal are Legislature unanimously proclaimed a controversy over the Medavie health Amine Maazaoui cost about $5.2 million. among the Top 10 stories that touched ‘Becca Schofield Day and this Christmas care deal and the property tax scandal, PHOTO: TOM BATEMAN/ TIMES & TRANSCRIPT The development plan showed a New Brunswickers in 2017. thousands of letters, cards and notes are included in the list of top 10 prov- call centre as the major tenant. But Here’s a rundown of the complete list, were mailed to the Schofield’s home. incial stories. This year, the Times & residents opposed to turning the sports in chronological order: 6. The death of up to 16 North At- Transcript has chosen Riverview teen aware that the family had two hors- field into a parking lot launched a peti- 1. The winter ice storm: The deep lantic right whales: Scientists were Rebecca Schofield as its Newsmaker of es on the property and the Dangrem- tion against the idea. Carpenter said he freeze and howling winds that hit the alarmed by the large number of the en- the Year for her ongoing optimism and onds were notified they would have was willing to walk away from the pro- province in late January was tortuous dangered whales that perished in the the incredible impact she has inspired to remove the animals as the property ject, saying that potential tenants for to many people in eastern New Bruns- Gulf of St. Lawrence in the summer through the #BeccaToldMeTo kindness wasn’t zoned agricultural. The story the new centre required parking near- wick who were without power for up to of 2017, all the more puzzling because campaign. made national headlines and stirred up by as part of the deal. 13 days. Two people died on the Acad- their bloated,rotting carcasses were dis- Here’s a look at our top five stories debate on whether horses were agricul- Moncton Centre MLA Chris Collins, ian Peninsula when they tried to warm covered well away from where they are from Metro Moncton in 2017.