[Image-1] In the early hours of October 27, as Sharon and Wayne McBrien slept, someone crept around their Toronto property. In shadow and silence, the thief pulled open the door of their Lexus SUV, climbed in and drove off. That morning, the McBriens would wake to a missing car, a long public transit ride to […]
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Police department concludes internal audit into evidence control
[Image-1] At least 12 items have gone missing from the Halifax Regional Police department’s evidence control over the past three years, the result of some innocent mistakes according to deputy chief Bill Moore. “It turns out they were misplaced in the exhibit room,” Moore says. “It doesn’t appear it was an intentional thing.” According to […]
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The best spots in town to find illegal cigarettes
[Image-1] If you’re looking to find cheap smokes, ask the people lighting up outside Halifax’s libraries and high schools. A new study released yesterday by the lobbyists at the Atlantic Convenience Store Association claims illegal cigarettes account for more than 22 percent of butts collected at “popular smoking areas” near four Nova Scotian high schools. […]
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TGIFinally Friday’s 10 knowledge-pockets for you
1 William Michael Sandeson has been charged in with 1st-degree murder in the death of his fellow Dalhousie student Taylor Samson. Court documents from police claim Samson had been selling marijuana for extra cash, and was supposed to meet a new customer with a large order when he disappeared on Saturday. Samson’s friend, the same […]
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Monday’s 10 things to know
1 The municipality’s in the weeds when it comes to grass cutting this summer. City editor Jacob Boon reports that “tens of thousands of dollars” in fines have been issued by HRM against its grass-cutting contractors over poor service this year. Back in May, Halifax tendered out several three-year contracts for grass cutting at a […]
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Monday’s 8 things you need to know
1 Rain. It has one thing going for it—the whole providing-life-giving-water deal—but otherwise needs some serious help in the image department. From the way it blocks the sun, to how uncomfortable it is to encounter, rain sucks. And it’s not making any friends by ruining Argyle Street’s nice new paint job. The city’s pilot project […]
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13 things you need to know Friday
1 Dalhousie’s report into the sexually violent Facebook page created by fourth-year dentistry students was released today. If somehow you missed the scandal, refresh yourself with our coverage on the Facebook posts, subsequent suspensions and Dal’s general public relations nightmare. All of the men involved in the group can now graduate, according to the report. […]
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Halifax Public Libraries forgiving all outstanding fines
[Image-1] As if everyone wasn’t already sickeningly in love with the new Halifax Central Library, they’ve gone and announced that for the rest of December any outstanding fines from overdue items will be cleared. Starting this Saturday, December 13, anyone with a library card can visit any public library and erase their debt. It’s part […]
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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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Updated: Antique cross RETURNED to King’s
[Image-1] As reported by the CBC, the altar cross was returned to King’s chapel this week by a young man of about 19 years of age with a tote bag full of laundry. Amen. An “ancient and irreplaceable” altar cross is missing and presumed stolen from the University of King’s College chapel. According to a […]
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Saunders inquiry doubles down on secrecy
[Image-1] As the inquiry into Loretta Saunders’ murder resumed Tuesday morning, a member of her family leaned over the back of a courtroom pew and handed a Halifax Regional Police constable a pink rubber bracelet. The constable, who investigated the case, thanked him. The bracelets, which say, “Loretta and the stolen sisters,” are meant to […]
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Overrepresented in the stats
[Image-1] Before her short life ended, Inuk woman and SMU student Loretta Saunders was researching the murders of three indigenous women from Nova Scotia. Two of the three cases resulted in convictions. One didn’t make it as far as Loretta’s. It took 35 years to convict the person who put a bullet in Anna Mae […]