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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.
How close are we to getting a vaccine for Lyme disease?
Lyme disease, a potentially debilitating tick-borne infection if it is left untreated, is a growing problem in parts of Canada, with thousands of reported cases. But could there soon be a vaccine?
Prosecution closes case at trial of man accused of murdering Pat Stay
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury is expected to hear closing arguments beginning Thursday afternoon in the trial of Adam Drake.
Man found guilty in 2021 stabbing death of Halifax optician
Cymon Felix Cormier faces an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. On Dec. 30, 2021, he pushed his way into Insight Optometry and chased Tony Nader around the store, stabbing him.
N.S. man who claimed religious right to the psychedelic ayahuasca pleads guilty
Michael Adzich, who had argued he has a religious-freedom right to give out a South American psychedelic tea known as ayahuasca during spiritual ceremonies, dropped his Charter challenge Monday and pleaded guilty to drug charges.
Should ayahuasca be made legal? A N.S. religious freedom case tests that argument
A tar-like substance located inside a freezer by RCMP is now at the heart of an unusual case this week in Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
Years later, former patient testifies she's still haunted by dentist visit
A 40-year-old woman told a Halifax courtroom Friday that Dr. Errol Gaum, an 82-year-old dentist charged with multiple counts of assault, would become enraged, slap her and cover her mouth when she was young.