Episode 69 - Moncton's Fallen RCMP Officers

Feb 03, 2020, 12:00 AM

In June 2014, residents in Moncton, New Brunswick were going about their evenings. Parents were making together dinner, while children played in their yards. No one could have predicted that this warm and peaceful evening would abruptly become one of the darkest points in Moncton’s history.  

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