Remember the story of Kim and Nicole? The two women who used pseudonyms to go public with allegations that an ex-boyfriend was harassing them with revenge porn? The women who complained local police mishandled their case? Halifax police confirmed last week they have handed Nicole and Kim’s case to police in Pasco County, Florida, […]
Hilary Beaumont
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Trauma services needed in hospitals
[Image-1] Capital Health is in the hot seat again following a recent Coast investigation. In question period at Province House yesterday, former health minister David Wilson asked current health minister Leo Glavine about concerns raised in The Coast’s “The always-on stalker” investigation, which Wilson said, “highlighted the need for trauma-informed services in our emergency rooms.” […]
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Shock and sadness from St. Pat’s ruling
For three years, non-profit groups have been fighting for a chance to use the old St. Pat’s-Alexandra school. On October 9, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruled against their case, siding instead with a company that wants to redevelop the property—leaving the groups with few options. Margaret Casey, of the North Central Community Council, […]
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The simple fix for saving cyclist lives
A simple piece of equipment could prevent cyclist and pedestrian deaths, but it’s not mandatory in Halifax, and is unlikely to be anytime soon. Side guards are barriers attached to the side of a truck near the ground. They reduce the severity of collisions by blocking the open space under large vehicles, preventing cyclists and […]
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Police, province respond to Nicole and Kim
Readers are calling for change and the government is promising it following last week’s cover story investigation by The Coast into how public systems failed to respond to two women who are being relentlessly harassed online and off. The Coast has kept in touch with the two women, known in the story as Nicole and […]
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The always-on stalker
In the middle of the night on a quiet, residential street in Halifax, a 28-year-old man climbed the steps of a white house with a red door. In the apartment upstairs lived a 30-something woman he found on Craigslist a couple hours earlier. The ad said, “I need it.” He replied by email. He was […]
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“Not our best effort” deputy police chief says of stalker case
“There’s no way I can put sugar on this,” deputy Halifax police chief Bill Moore said this morning on CBC’s Information Morning. He was responding to The Coast’s “The always-on stalker” investigation, published yesterday, which details how police mishandled the ongoing case of two women—known in the story as Nicole and Kim—who are being harassed […]
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El Jones, poetry and power
El Jones stands in front of a banner that reads Black Lives Matter. Her left hand is raised in a fist. Her right holds a mic into which she chants: Malcolm, Huey, Angela, Assata Dead, prison, exile, murdered Revolution, protest, programs, marches Can you live up to what they started? What do you feel in […]
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Stranded by Halifax Transit
A wheelchair user and frequent transit critic is again calling out Halifax Transit after he says the bus system stranded him in Dartmouth overnight. Last month Daniel J. Towsey took the bus out to Maynard Lake to photograph the sunset. The bus he took had four-point tie-downs to secure his wheelchair, but when he tried […]
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Halifax taxis turn to tech
After a series of scary cab reports in Halifax this month, taxi companies are turning to tech to increase safety for passengers and drivers. Several local cab services are using GPS and apps to locate cabs and record customer feedback, and one company is pushing for video cameras in its cars. Last week two passengers […]
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Similar sentences for similar offenders
As a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge sentenced Lyle Howe to three years in a federal prison for sexual assault last week, one of the former lawyer’s supporters called out, “It’s a sad day for justice.” Howe’s lawyer and the Crown jointly recommended the three-year sentence, and justice Joseph Kennedy agreed. Additionally Howe’s DNA will […]
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Pair accused in Loretta Saunders murder going to trial
The pair accused in Loretta Saunders’ murder will stand trial for first-degree murder, justice Anne Derrick ruled Friday morning as Saunders’ family and friends watched from the gallery. In her decision following last week’s inquiry, Derrick found there was sufficient evidence that a properly-instructed jury could find Victoria Henneberry and Blake Leggette guilty of the […]