Lawyers for Ryan Millet, the dentistry student who blew the whistle on the “Class of DDS 2015 Gentlemen,” held a press conference Wednesday morning to share the news that Dalhousie is still bungling this whole Facebook situation. Yeah, shocker. Millet went before a disciplinary hearing Tuesday night in hopes of getting his suspension from clinical […]
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Struggle for equal rights at Dalhousie goes back decades
[Image-1] The Dalhousie dentistry scandal has dominated local headlines for more than a month. The public has reacted with fury to sexist and homophobic remarks by fourth-year dentistry students, and references to faculty showing students a video of women in bikinis to wake up male students. All this has been compounded by the university’s messy—and […]
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No jail time for second offender in Rehtaeh Parsons case
[Image-1] A second man who pleaded guilty to distributing an explicit photo of Rehtaeh Parsons was sentenced yesterday to 12 months probation as a Nova Scotia court dusted its hands of the case. That’s 12 months of probation for looking directly into the lens of his friend’s camera and flashing a thumbs-up as he penetrated […]
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Dal hires outside PR firm for dentistry scandal help
[Image-1] Dalhousie has hired National Public Relations to help deal with the PR disaster on their hands. A leaked email to the CBC says Dal’s been advised they’ll “be into this for at least a year” in dealing with the fallout from 13 dentistry students’ sexually violent Facebook group. The email also purportedly tells Dalhousie […]
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Forensic lab closure a blow to justice
[Image-1] Halifax’s RCMP forensic lab is closing in March—a move that will either make our clogged justice system more efficient, or delay it further. Forensic labs in Regina and Winnipeg already closed in March 2014, and the Halifax lab will be the final closure of the nationwide consolidation process. Local crime investigators will now ship […]
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No texting while driving is only the beginning in NS
A new Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruling says just holding a cell phone while driving is illegal.
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“What are they going to do…kick every guy out of fourth year?”
Four Dalhousie faculty members have come forward to file a formal complaint against the members of the “Class of DDS 2015” Facebook group. An email released just before noon from DalhousieStatement@gmail.com states the complaint has been made under the university’s code of student conduct, and not their sexual harassment policy. The complaint asks that confidentiality […]
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To my classmates: I’m sorry
[Image-1] Dear Class of DDS4, I know that many of you will not be interested in reading this message and I don’t blame you. If that is the case please keep it for later.  As a previous member of the DDS4 Gentlemen’s group (something I am not proud of and will regret for the […]
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No prosecutions in Rehtaeh Parsons publication ban
[Image-1] Rehtaeh Parsons has her name back. An unjust and impractical publication ban has, for all practical purposes, been struck down today. Lena Metlege Diab, the Attorney General and Justice Minister, has announced that almost all breaches of the publication ban will not be prosecuted. Issued to the Public Prosecution Service, the directive says no […]
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Case closed, justice hardly served
[Image-1] UPDATE: This story is about Rehtaeh Parsons. Two men have pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in a case that made international headlines and changed the law in Nova Scotia. It’s the case of a teenage girl The Coast can’t identify due to a publication ban, but trust us—you know her name. Her story […]
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How I got my name
[Image-1] Dartmouth teenager Rehtaeh Parsons’ attempted suicide and death drew international outrage, eventually galvanizing public and political action against cyberbullying and sexual assault. She would have been 19 this December. Her mother, Leah Parsons, has shared some of Rehtaeh’s writing and art. The paintings were made in her “darkest moments,” Leah Parsons says, “as she […]
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Police respond to Holly Bartlett review
Halifax Regional Police and the Halifax District RCMP today issued a response to the independent operational review into the death of Holly Bartlett. It’s largely a glowing pat-on-the-back about HRP procedures, which you can read in full here. “The review of the investigation into Ms. Holly Bartlett’s death illustrated the compassion and dedication shown by […]
