N.B. Power has been fined $75,000 in relation to the death of a linesman who was killed in a 2023 workplace accident. The utility plead guilty in February to failing to have an evacuation plan in place for injured workers, and the judge handed down the sentence on Monday in a Moncton courtroom.
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· Posted: Apr 20, 2026 6:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Colin Hume’s widow, Heidi, said she will miss her husband’s smile, his laugh and his hugs. (Submitted by Shelley Porter)
A judge has ordered N.B. Power pay $75,000 over its failure to have a plan for evacuating two seriously injured employees from a heavily wooded location where they were working to repair power lines damaged by an ice storm.
The utility pleaded guilty in February to one of five charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act related to the death of N.B. Power linesman, Colin Hume, on Jan. 17, 2023.
Judge James H. Burrill sentenced the utility in a Moncton courtroom on Monday after hearing victim impact statements from Hume’s wife,
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