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Neqotkuk First Nation has implemented supports to help its members heal emotionally and spiritually in the wake of the fatal shooting of a community member by an RCMP officer.
Wolastoqey on ‘a long path’ to healing, says community supporter
Aidan Cox · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 21, 2026 5:01 PM EST | Last Updated: 24 minutes ago
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Members of Neqotkuk First Nation are mourning the loss of Bronson Paul, who was shot by a Mountie on Sunday. (Mike Heenan/CBC)
Emotional and spiritual supports have been implemented in Neqotkuk First Nation to help community members as they grieve the sudden, violent death of one of their own.
Bronson Paul, 40, died after being shot inside his home by a Mountie who was responding to a call about a domestic dispute in the northwestern New Brunswick community on Sunday afternoon.
To many in the Wolastoqey Nation, Paul’s death feels like the latest in a series of tragedies, said Terry Young, a member of Bilijk First Nation, another of the six Wolastoqey communities in New Brunswick.
“I think that in our communities, lately it’s been one tragedy after another,” said Young,
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