Latest from Richard Cuthbertson
AI-generated prof that speaks 80 languages? A divinity school tests the boundaries
Acadia Divinity College, a small school in Wolfville, N.S., is examining all the implications of artificial intelligence for both education and religion. It has even used AI to deliver a course and grade students.
Closing arguments heard in case of Halifax dentist, 82, accused of slapping child patients
A judge will rule in November whether Dr. Errol Gaum is guilty of assaulting child patients decades ago, parsing opposing arguments made this week by the prosecution and defence over the reliability of testimony and the role a Facebook group may have played.
Man who pleaded guilty in Dartmouth beating death freed on time served
A 60-year-old longtime criminal with a history of violence who stomped to death a defenceless man in January 2018 over what a prosecutor says was a misunderstanding walked out of a Halifax courthouse on Friday a free man.
Halifax-area man admits to taking thousands of pornographic photos of boys
Robert Edward List, 59, pleaded guilty Thursday to child pornography and child luring charges, admitting he took at least 18,000 pornographic photos of boys he knew, some as recently as 2023 and others dating back decades.
Premier blasts Halifax council, cites 'serious disconnect' from citizens
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has issued a scathing appraisal of Halifax regional council, saying there’s a “serious disconnect” between the decisions being made and the desires of citizens, and indicating the province is examining whether to give the mayor more power.
Halifax's top bureaucrat to leave midway through contract
Cathie O’Toole, Halifax’s chief administrative officer, has told council she intends to retire, a move that comes after a tenure of less than three years as the municipality’s top bureaucrat.
Former music teacher sentenced to 4 years for sex offences against student
Nicole MacLeod, who taught at a school in Tatamagouche, N.S., was sentenced Wednesday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, admitting she had sex with a 15-year-old who attended the school.
Irving Shipbuilding faces charges stemming from 2024 workplace death
Irving Shipbuilding is facing five occupational health and safety charges stemming from the February 2024 death of a worker during snow clearing at the company’s large shipyard along Halifax harbour.
How long to pay off $800K in illegal cigarette fines? 32,000 months, a judge calculates
Nova Scotia provincial court Judge Alain Bégin put a fine point on the absurdity of the situation with some quick math: it will take 32,000 months for the 68-year-old man he was sentencing on illegal cigarette charges to pay off the massive fines that, by law, had to be imposed.
Man who broke brother's jaw declared long-term offender, released from custody
A 57-year-old Nova Scotia man who fractured his brother’s jaw and skull during an attack and has a history of brutally sexually assaulting women was released from custody last month and ordered to live in a halfway house after being sentenced as a long-term offender.