Blair Rhodes

Reporter

Blair Rhodes has been a journalist for more than 40 years, the last 31 with CBC. His primary focus is on stories of crime and public safety. He can be reached at blair.rhodes@cbc.ca

Latest from Blair Rhodes

The other murder trial that the jury in the Pat Stay case never heard about

With the jury cut off from all outside contact and deliberating its verdict against Adam Drake, who is accused of murdering Dartmouth battle rapper Pat Stay, we can now tell you what they didn't hear — and that begins with an entirely different murder trial.

Pat Stay stabbed after verbal altercation and a shove, witness tells murder trial

A woman who stood next to Pat Stay moments before he was fatally stabbed at a Halifax nightclub has testified that the battle rapper and another man had a verbal confrontation that turned physical.

Former N.S. teacher charged with historical sexual assaults

The alleged offences took place on and off the King's-Edgehill campus in Windsor, N.S., between 2000 and 2002.

Jury in murder trial hears Pat Stay's last words

The Dartmouth battle rapper was stabbed at a bar in downtown Halifax early on the morning of Sept. 4, 2022.

Top court restores charges against man illegally strip searched by Halifax police

Dante Warnell Cromwell will face a new trial on gun and assault charges stemming from a 2023 road rage incident.

Witness places Adam Drake at bar where Pat Stay was stabbed

The witness is a woman who knew both Drake and Stay before that night.

Jury hears more details about the night Pat Stay died

New details have emerged about the chaotic scene at a downtown Halifax bar the night Dartmouth battle rapper Pat Stay was fatally stabbed. Some of the information came from police who were already in the bar when the incident occurred.

Trial retraces last steps of battle rapper Pat Stay before his death

The jury in the second-degree murder trial of Adam Drake heard testimony Friday retracing Pat Stay’s last movements before he was killed.

Video of rapper Pat Stay being stabbed shown on Day 3 of murder trial

There were gasps and quiet sobs in a Nova Scotia courtroom Wednesday as jurors and witnesses watched a video showing Dartmouth battle rapper Pat Stay being stabbed to death.

Murder trial opens in death of Dartmouth battle rapper Pat Stay

Stay, 36, was stabbed outside a bar in downtown Halifax in September 2022.