Downtown represents 27 per cent of the city's gross domestic product and this pilot project is a way to protect those businesses, but some argue the funding just isn't enough.
John McLaren had been performing at Happy Craft Brewing on Saturday night. Police responded to a report of an assault near the venue the same evening and found McLaren injured.
A 35-year-old Moncton, N.B., man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman whose body was discovered in a garbage bin last month.
Police have identified the victim as Melissa Price, 39, of Moncton. RCMP said they continue to investigate her death as a homicide.