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East Hants man pleads guilty to sexual interference, child porn charges
An East Hants man has pleaded guilty to three sex-related charges involving children. Colin Wesley Pynn, 45, of Five Mile River went on trial April 8 in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Truro on charges of sexual interference, possessing child ...
Dalhousie-led study reveals biggest branded waste producers
A Dalhousie-led study has unveiled a link between plastic production and pollution. The study, published Wednesday in Science Advances, was conducted by scientists from Dalhousie and 12 other post-secondary institutions in the U.S., Australia, the ...
Still no estimates on what greening N.S. grid will cost ratepayers and taxpayers
Getting off coal and hitting Nova Scotia’s target of generating 80 per cent of renewables by 2030 will be expensive for anyone who buys electricity or pays taxes here. But nobody knows how expensive. Neither Nova Scotia Power president Peter Gregg, ...
Two recent deaths near Portapique still not explained: ‘I know I keep my door locked’
The RCMP’s investigation into the discovery of two dead bodies in Bass River a week ago on the eve of the fourth anniversary of Nova Scotia’s mass shooting and just down the road from where the Portapique massacre began is drawing criticism for ...
Province invests in West Hants, N.S., water upgrades amid ‘unprecedented growth’
Provincial funding announced Tuesday will help West Hants not only keep up with its population growth but plan for the future. Hants West MLA Melissa Sheehy-Richard was in Windsor April 23 to announce the province was providing about $3 million for a ...
Former Truro police officer pleads guilty to voyeurism charges
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 ...
Southampton, N.S., man killed in Mapleton single-vehicle accident
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 ...
P.E.I. woman dead, Nova Scotia woman hospitalized following head-on collision in Upper Nappan
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 ...
Ice in Clare painted in remembrance of family and friends while also raising money for important cause
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 ...
Kings and West Hants court report: April 23, 2024
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 ...