Nicola MacLeod

Video Journalist

Nicola is a reporter and producer for CBC News in Prince Edward Island. She regularly covers the criminal justice system and also hosted the CBC podcast Good Question P.E.I. She grew up on on the Island and is a graduate of St. Thomas University's journalism program. Got a story? Email nicola.macleod@cbc.ca

Latest from Nicola MacLeod

Man sentenced to 3 years in jail for lighting tent on fire with someone inside

Jesse Douglas Richardsson Paquet was originally charged with attempted murder and arson, but pleaded guilty to just the arson charge in Charlottetown provincial court earlier this month.

Another adjournment for P.E.I. school guidance counsellor accused of sex crimes with minor

Bethany Jean Toombs, 41, faces charges of sexual assault, invitation to sexual touching and sexual interference — all against a minor.

Stratford man dies after attack blamed on Alan Wood — who threatened to kill him back in 2019

A senior who was attacked with a baseball bat in his home two weeks ago has died, according to RCMP in Prince Edward Island — and the man accused of killing him had repeatedly threatened to do him harm back in 2019.

RCMP crunch numbers for report showing most road deaths in P.E.I. are preventable

The P.E.I. RCMP are using a new report into deaths on Island roads to better inform their policing in the future.  

Charlottetown man charged with voyeurism, sending indecent text while awaiting sentencing on sexual assault

In March, a P.E.I. judge found Wabaningosi (Tim) Dingwell guilty of sexually assaulting his former spouse in a 2008 incident. 

Food insecurity soaring on P.E.I. even as the province's poverty rate goes down

The number of people living in poverty on P.E.I. is dropping, but an increasing number of Islanders don't have reliable access to affordable, healthy food, a legislative committee heard Wednesday.

Charlottetown has no plans for boxed-up John A statue, but some want it shown again — differently

The statue was removed in the spring of 2021 following a year of public debate. It has since been crated and stored on the grounds of the city’s Public Works Building.

Rise in COVID-19, whooping cough cases has P.E.I.'s top doctor 'concerned'

With a pertussis outbreak and COVID-19 more active across the province, Dr. Heather Morrison is urging Islanders to get vaccinated for the upcoming respiratory illness season.

No progress with P.E.I. officials, but hate circulating online, immigration protesters say

Organizers behind a protest seeking exemptions for foreign workers from a recent change in P.E.I.’s immigration rules say they have not made any progress with the provincial government.

Opinions on P.E.I.'s unofficial boundaries are all over the map

Where does East Prince end and West Prince begin? Does Kings County have an up east and a down east? And how did the counties get their names in the first place? All good questions, P.E.I.