The province is bringing changes to the Salvage Dealers Licensing Act to make it harder for thieves to sell stolen copper wire.
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Sam Farley · CBC News
· Posted: Nov 06, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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A road sign in Fredericton following a copper theft in March. (Sam Farley/CBC)
The province is bringing changes to the Salvage Dealers Licensing Act to make it harder for thieves to sell stolen copper wire.
Jo-Anne Phillips was in the middle of renovating a home in Moncton she and her partner had purchased in January of 2023 when they were hit with copper wire theft.
“The individuals had broken into the home through a back door. They had kicked the door in to access the property,” Phillips said in an interview with Information Morning Moncton.
“And when the electrician came to put the copper back in, this professional was absolutely blown away that there wasn’t a corpse, as they had ripped the copper right from the access on the panel with the voltage coming through there.”
After the theft,
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