| | | Good evening, these are your top stories for Thursday, April 13, 2023. Go to cbc.ca/news to read more stories. | | | | | April 13 , 2023 • 06:24 PM ADT | A criminal negligence trial is beginning to shed light on the possible role that an industrial-sized plug played in the death of a worker at Fredericton’s wastewater treatment plant nearly five years ago. | Read more | | | | April 13 , 2023 • 03:53 PM ADT | The Higgs government has ruled out creating a provincial police force to replace the RCMP. Public Safety Minister Kris Austin said there’s no money in his budget this year to set up such a force. | Read more | | | | April 13 , 2023 • 05:29 PM ADT | RCMP have charged a 26-year-old man with murder after the death of a patient at a northern New Brunswick secure psychiatric facility. | Read more | | | | | April 13 , 2023 • 04:43 PM ADT | The school year at the University of New Brunswick may have started with a bang — not to mention burning couches and calls to the police — but students and school officials alike are hoping it will end with more socially acceptable form of celebration. | Read more | | | | April 13 , 2023 • 07:00 AM ADT | With the help of weight-loss surgery to shrink the size of his stomach, Tom Smith lost nearly 300 pounds. And while that's given him a new lease on life, it has come with some unexpected problems. | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was forwarded to you. | | | | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | |