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JinHo Kim, a former constable with the Truro Police Service, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Dartmouth provincial court to two counts of voyeurism. His sentencing hearing is set for Nov. 4.

Former Truro police officer pleads guilty to voyeurism charges

Steve Bruce · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

A former Truro police officer has pleaded guilty in Dartmouth provincial court to two charges of voyeurism. JinHo Kim, 30, entered the guilty pleas Tuesday, when he appeared in court via a video link from Ontario. The charges involve two women who ...

Langley RCMP is investigating after a vehicle crashed into a community policing office in Aldergrove Sunday night.

Southampton, N.S., man killed in Mapleton single-vehicle accident

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

A 71-year-old Southampton, N.S., man is dead following a single-vehicle accident in Mapleton on Monday, April 22. Mounties were called to an area off Highway 2 just before 1:50 p.m. and discovered a beige Toyota Tacoma had been travelling along the ...

Surrey RCMP are investigating a hit-and-run collision at the intersection of 122A Street and 82nd Avenue Monday night.

P.E.I. woman dead, Nova Scotia woman hospitalized following head-on collision in Upper Nappan

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

A P.E.I. woman is dead and a Nova Scotia woman is hospitalized with serious injuries following a two-vehicle head-on collision in Upper Nappan, Cumberland County, on Monday. Just before 12:30 p.m., emergency services responded to the crash on Highway ...

The ice surface at the Université Sainte-Anne arena is transformed into a colourful and loving memorial to friends and family who have passed away. The Paint the Ice Clare event is held annually. CONTRIBUTED

Ice in Clare painted in remembrance of family and friends while also raising money for important cause

Tina Comeau · Multi-media journalist |Updated a day ago |14 min read Premium content

The numerous names didn’t melt the ice, but seeing them painted on the ice surface melted countless hearts. For a third year, names, hearts, flowers, logos, symbols, jersey numbers, pawprints, and more were painted onto the ice surface of the ...

The Kentville law courts. FILE PHOTO

Kings and West Hants court report: April 23, 2024

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |7 min read Premium content

Conditional sentence for sexual assault Charles William Cleveland, 42, of Kingston, will serve a period of imprisonment in the community for committing a sexual assault. Cleveland pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 15, 2023. The matter was ...

Pictou County District RCMP is warning residents about an online scam involving fake classified ads circulating the area. File

Man, 38, charged with firearm offences after emergency alert in Bible Hill, N.S.

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

A 38-year-old man has been charged after a firearm incident that prompted an emergency alert in Bible Hill, N.S. on April 19 morning. Following a complaint of a man carrying a firearm on Hillcrest Avenue at about 8:22 a.m., the Colchester County ...

Halifax developer Alex Halef just lost a case where he argued installing guardrails meant to protect workers from injuries or death at a building his company is constructing in the city’s north end “will cost an extraordinary amount of time, effort and money, and will cause confusion on the job site.” The Labour Board denied Halef’s company, 5858 Macara St. Ltd., an interim suspension of a compliance order issued under the province’s workplace health and safety regulations after workers were caught breaking the rules.

Workplace deaths trended down in Nova Scotia in 2023

Aaron Beswick · Reporter |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

Eighteen Nova Scotians died on the job or because of their work in 2023. That’s down from 24 deaths in 2022. The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia released its workplace fatality statistics on Monday. “I would never say there is good news ...

Mounties arrested three people and seized drugs, a stolen handgun and other items consistent with drug trafficking after searching a Three Brooks, N.S., home on April 17.

Drugs and stolen handgun seized, three arrested in Three Brooks, N.S.: RCMP

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Mounties seized drugs and a stolen gun and arrested three people in Three Brooks, N.S., on Wednesday, April 17. Pictou Country RCMP officers executing a search warrant at a home on Three Brooks Road found methamphetamine, hydromorphone, cocaine, ...

Covered by a super hero blanket belonging to her grandson, Kelly Doucet and her Steven count their blessings in her room at the Yarmouth Regional Hospital as she recovers from invasive group A strep, that also developed into necrotizing fasciitis, known as flesh-eating disease. TINA COMEAU

Aiming to save lives: Yarmouth couple says awareness needed over invasive group A strep, don't ignore symptoms

Tina Comeau · Multi-media journalist |Updated 10 hours ago |16 min read Premium content

Kelly and Steven Doucet celebrated their wedding anniversary on April 22. A week earlier the Yarmouth County couple feared they’d be marking Kelly’s funeral instead. Kelly is recovering in the Yarmouth Regional Hospital after contracting invasive ...

The grain elevator complex in Halifax Monday April 22, 2024.

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Alleged N.S. grain elevator vandal left blood and a phone at the scene

Chris Lambie · Lead editor – enterprise |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

The vandal who broke into the Halifax Grain Elevator, smashed windows and set off fire extinguishers likely should have been a little more careful about what they left behind. Police got a call about the break-in near the South End Container ...

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