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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.
Former bouncer pleads not guilty in Halifax Alehouse death
A former bouncer at a downtown Halifax bar accused of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death following an incident on Christmas Eve 2022 has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Crown ordered to pay accused sex offender's $190 taxi fare due to N.S. courthouse closure
The courthouse in Windsor, N.S., is being closed, forcing the accused's trial to be heard at a justice centre a 40-kilometre drive away.
N.S. offers $150K for information about disappearance of Jack and Lilly Sullivan
The Nova Scotia government is offering up to $150,000 for information about the disappearance of siblings Lilly and Jack Sullivan, who were reported missing from their rural Pictou County home nearly seven weeks ago.
Man, 60, pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2018 Dartmouth death
A Dartmouth, N.S., man whose murder conviction was overturned on appeal has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the case, admitting he stomped and kicked to death another man in an apartment unit seven years ago.