Provincial
For the love of Brian: Cape Breton friends stage annual ride to remember man killed on Kellys Mountain
Sporadically along any stretch of the Trans Canada Highway and other routes, roadside crosses mark lives lost, including a pair on Kellys Mountain near St. Anns lookoff. Those two markers remember Brian Douma, a Sydney resident who died there on May ...
What we know so far about the serial killer's victims: 'If the person could only know of the grief he has caused'
It may be decades since four Alberta women were murdered by a serial killer, but their stories still resonate today and deserve to be told. RCMP revealed Friday that serial killer Gary Allen Srery was indeed preying upon Alberta women in the ...
Halifax youth support worker accused of sending sexually harassing text messages
Police in Halifax have charged a 51-year-old youth support worker for allegedly repetitively harassing a person through text messages. On Tuesday, officers received reports that a victim had received several sexually harassing text messages from an ...
Ex-Halifax firefighter gets conditional discharge for secretly recording intimate videos of wife
A former Halifax firefighter who hid a camera in his bedroom to record intimate videos of his common-law wife without her consent has been handed a conditional discharge with three years’ probation. Justin Andrew Gaul, 41, pleaded guilty in Halifax ...
UPDATED: ‘Talia finally got her justice’: Cape Breton man found guilty in girl’s death
Tears of relief flowed and the words “justice” and “finally” were repeated as Talia Forrest’s family exited a Sydney courtroom Friday. Moments earlier, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Kevin Coady found Colin Hugh Tweedie guilty on all three charges ...
Four teens plead not guilty to murdering Halifax boy, trial set for fall
Four teens have pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the killing of a 16-year-old Halifax boy last month. Ahmad Maher Al Marrach, a student at Citadel High School, was fatally stabbed in a parkade at the Halifax Shopping Centre ...
Gas, diesel prices slide once again in Cape Breton
For the third straight week, fuel prices are lower than the week before at Cape Breton pumps. In the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board's weekly price adjustment, the price of regular self-serve gas slid by 3.8 cents per litre overnight. A litre ...
'No child will be left behind': Jumpstart Inclusive Multi Sport Court to be built at Mariners Centre in Yarmouth
YARMOUTH, NS – As a parent and a coach, Darcy DeSutter has seen first-hand the positive impacts that sports and recreation bring into the lives of children – not just when it comes to their physical health and activity, but when it comes to mental ...
N.S. gas prices edge down ahead of long weekend
If you're out and about on the long weekend in Nova Scotia, it's going to cost you a little less to get gas. The cost of a litre of regular gas in Zone 1, which includes the Halifax area, dipped by 3.8 cents a litre to 175.6 cents overnight in this ...
Man facing murder accessory charge in Annapolis County gets bail
A Lunenburg County man accused of being an accessory after the fact to murder in the 2022 killing of Barry Albert in Annapolis County has been granted bail with the Crown’s consent. William Jordan Harris Zinck, 26, of Conquerall Mills was one of four ...
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