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Text message scam uses threat of ‘hitman’ to scare victims
Police are warning of a scam attempt hitting Halifax-area phones by text message. It looks obvious but investigators are afraid someone might fall for it: the scammer says in a text message that he’s been hire to kill the recipient but will hold off if the victim sends a large amount of money overseas. It’s
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Halifax school board, police investigate allegation child’s mouth taped shut
The Halifax Regional School Board and police are investigating an allegation that a student’s mouth was taped shut last week. The Education Department says the board notified them about an allegation that a child care staff member at Bedford South School taped the child’s mouth last Thursday during an after-school program. Education Minister Ramona Jennex
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Independent panel seeks public input
The independent review panel responsible for looking into the approach by the Halifax Regional School Board leading up to the death of Rehtaeh Parsons, is seeking public input. The 17 year old teen took her own life recently after enduring months of bullying. The information collected from the public will help identify better ways to
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N.S chief of justice slams jury no-shows, reminds public of duty to attend
HALIFAX – The chief justice of Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court criticized people today who don’t attend jury selection at the start of a criminal trial. Chief Justice Joseph Kennedy ordered sheriffs to find and bring before him the 95 prospective jurors who didn’t show up at his court. Kennedy said the no shows amounted to
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Man, 39, dies after being electrocuted at work site in Bayers Lake
Halifax police say a man has died after being electrocuted while working at a building in Bayers Lake on Tuesday afternoon. “A 39 year old man from Williamswood was electrocuted while working at the back of the building at 201 Chain Lake Drive,” says Const. Pierre Bourdages. Police say they responded to the scene at
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Anti-bullying advocate seeks PC nomination in N.S
A prominent anti-bullying advocate in Nova Scotia is seeking the nomination for the Progressive Conservative party in a Halifax riding. Travis Price started Pink Shirt Day about six years ago with a high school classmate when they bought pink shirts for students to wear in support of a new student who was bullied when he
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Military helicopter dispatched after boat capsizes
A military helicopter was dispatched to Trout Lake in the Musquodoboit Harbour area yesterday after a boat carrying two fishermen capsized. RCMP say the boat flipped on Trout Lake at 8 a.m. Both men managed to make it to shore, but one has a medical condition that prevented him from walking to safety. His friend
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Head-on collision kills Porter’s Lake woman
RCMP say a 51-year-old Nova Scotia woman is dead following a head-on collision yesterday in Cole Harbour. The woman from Porter’s Lake died at the scene of the crash on Highway 107. Police say her Toyota crashed into a GMC truck driven by a 72-year-old man from Cole Harbour. He was taken to the hospital,
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TSB investigating deaths of N.B. fishermen
The Transportation Safety Board has been called in to investigate the capsizing of a New Brunswick lobster boat that claimed three lives on the weekend. Three men died Saturday morning when their boat hit a sandbar near Tabusintac, which is off northeastern New Brunswick. Their names have not been released. Five search and rescue teams,
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Man, 80, dies after boat capsizes while fishing in N.S lake
An 80-year-old man has died after a boat capsized on a Nova Scotia lake Saturday evening. RCMP say two men had been fishing on Wentzell’s Lake near Bridgewater around 5:30 p.m. when their small aluminum boat capsized. The Mounties, emergency workers and fire officials responded to the scene and found that the two men had