It is 2017 and my family is once again forced to file into uncomfortable airport-style chairs in a dismal courtroom in Montréal. The interior is a muted, ’70s yellow-grey that’s reminiscent of vomit. It’s fitting, seeing as every time I enter the Palais de Justice it induces that semi-panicked feeling you have right before your […]
Homicide
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Council to consider gun amnesty program
[Image-1] A staff report headed to Tuesday’s meeting of HRM Regional Council recommends the creation of a gun buyback program that will trade weapons for bus fare. If approved, anyone turning in a gun to police will get 50 free bus tickets from Halifax Transit. The report comes out a day after the ninth homicide so far […]