Ex-Tory MP Bernard Valcourt Pleads Not Guilty to Obstructing, Resisting Police

Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons, June 17, 2014, in Ottawa. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Former federal Conservative cabinet minister Bernard Valcourt has pleaded not guilty to obstructing and resisting police.

Valcourt, 71, is accused of allegedly obstructing the work of two police officers on Oct. 4 in Edmundston, N.B., located in the province’s northwest, by the Maine border.