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Significant investment needed to fix N.S justice system: Local crown attorney
A local crown attorney says things will not improve within Nova Scotia’s legal system until the province opens it’s wallet. On average, it takes 141 days for a case to proceed through the system in the province, which is the second longest process time in the entire country. “We need courtrooms, and staff and personnel
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Carvery to be sentenced in string of robberies
A Halifax man is expected to be sentenced this morning for a string of robberies that terrorized employees at businesses in several communities. Jermaine Carvery pleaded guilty last year to robbery with a firearm and forcible confinement for robberies at Costco in Halifax, T-R-A Cash and Carry in Truro, and Chrissy’s Trading Post in Hammonds
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First woman installed as chief judge in N.S.
History was made in Nova Scotia’s justice system yesterday. About a decade after she was initially appointed a judge of Nova Scotia’s provincial and family courts, Pam Williams was sworn in as the courts’ new chief judge. Williams became the first woman to be installed as chief judge of the two courts. She replaces Patrick
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Preliminary hearing set to begin for man accused of confining, assaulting teen
The preliminary hearing for a man accused of sexually assaulting and confining a teenage boy is set to begin today in Bridgewater. Forty-eight-year-old David James Leblanc is facing seven charges in relation to an incident last year in Upper Chelsea, where a 16-year-old boy claimed he was held captive and sexually abused for about a
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N.S. calls on feds for full inquiry into MacIntosh acquittal
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter says the province wants the federal government to call a full inquiry into the case of Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh. Dexter said Justice Minister Ross Landry was set to make that request when he met with his federal counterpart in Ottawa yesterday. On Monday, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the
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N.S. man facing assault charges
A Nova Scotia man will appear in court Monday to face a charge of aggravated assault after a Lunenburg County woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Police allege the assault occurred Friday in the First South area of Lunenburg County. A 36-year-old woman was transported to the Fisherman’s Memorial Hospital, where she was
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Records show security breach at Halifax navy intelligence base
Court documents have come to light revealing another security issue at a Halifax navy intelligence base. A non-commissioned officer was allowed to work at HMCS Trinity while facing charges of fraud and conspiracy. HMCS Trinity is a top secret base that tracks vessels coming in and out of Canadian waters. Chief Petty Officer D.W. Morton
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Class action led by Halifax veteran gets rubber-stamp
OTTAWA – The Federal Court has rubber-stamped an $887-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit involving thousands of disabled veterans. The case involved a three-decade-long federal government practice of clawing back the military pensions of injured soldiers by the amount of disability payments they received. Defence Minister Peter MacKay said late Thursday that settling the case
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Nova Scotia man sentenced for hit-and-run involving two police officers
A Halifax man has been sentenced to three years in prison for a hit-and-run incident in 2009 that sent two police officers to hospital. Twenty-three-year-old Kevin Alexander MacDougall was sentenced Wednesday in Dartmouth provincial court on two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. MacDougall pleaded guilty to the charges last week. Judge Frank Hoskins
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Benoit to ask court to let her to sell dogs while she faces charges of selling dogs illegally
A notorious Maritime puppy broker is hoping the courts will do her a favour. Gail Benoit, accused of selling stolen dogs, will ask court to let her resume selling dogs. Benoit has been convicted of animal cruelty in the past. More recently she’s charged with fraud and theft after allegedly selling a pair of dogs