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 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

Retired P.E.I. Catholic priest facing historical sex-related charges

A retired P.E.I. Catholic priest is facing sex-related charges that go back to the late 1980s, after an alleged victim came forward recently.

Man who was awaiting sex assault sentencing pleads guilty to watching couple

Wabaningosi Dingwell pleaded guilty to a charge of voyeurism, which the Crown says has increased on P.E.I. in the last year and a half. A charge of sending an indecent text message was stayed.

Man sentenced to 3 years for sexually abusing Island girl for months

A man who had been living on Prince Edward Island has been sentenced to three years in jail for grooming and sexually touching a child while he lived here. 

Man, 18, who pleaded guilty in Charlottetown hit and run was found after seeking car repairs

An 18-year-old Charlottetown man has pleaded guilty to hitting a pedestrian with his car and fleeing the scene in December 2024.

P.E.I. truck driver to continue working with ankle monitor after sexually assaulting child

A Charlottetown man will spend the next two years under house arrest after sexually assaulting a child, but the terms of the sentence will let him continue working as a truck driver around the Maritimes to support his family.

Police say a West Kent parent believed a 2023 school touching incident had been reported to them. It hadn't.

Investigators with Charlottetown Police Services say they didn’t learn about an alleged 2023 touching incident involving Matthew Craswell at West Kent Elementary School until one of the girls’ parents brought it to them 14 months later.

2023 touching incident involving Craswell was at West Kent School, education minister says

P.E.I.'s education minister has confirmed a 2023 school touching incident involving Matthew Craswell, which was internally investigated and deemed not to be sexual, occurred at West Kent Elementary School in Charlottetown.

PSB says it connected Craswell incidents in P.E.I. schools only after his 1st arrest

P.E.I. Public Schools Branch director Tracy Beaulieu sat down with CBC News for an interview Tuesday for the first time since Matthew Alan Craswell pleaded guilty to sexual touching at Stratford's Glen Stewart Primary, as well as child pornography offences.

Holland College suspends children's camp counsellor as police investigate 'serious complaint'

Holland College says it has suspended a member of its children’s camp staff after it received a ‘serious complaint’ that is now being investigated by Charlottetown Police. Both Holland College and Charlottetown Police also confirmed the complaint to CBC News.

Substitute's touching kids at P.E.I. schools not believed to be sexual at the time, says PSB

Two incidents of a substitute teacher inappropriately touching students at different P.E.I. elementary schools "were believed to be non-sexual in nature" at the time, the province’s Public Schools Branch said in an email late Thursday evening.