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

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.

Man faces charges after woman struck by vehicle in Cape Breton

A 41-year-old Cape Breton man is facing charges following a vehicle-pedestrian collision on Tuesday in Portage, N.S. 

Court case for woman charged in stabbing of child delayed until next month

A woman accused of stabbing a six-year-old boy on a downtown Halifax street must wait a little while longer to learn her fate. Elliott Chorny, 19, is charged with attempted murder and weapons offences in relation to an incident on Feb. 23.