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**** HRP Media Release Police investigate shooting in Dartmouth. ​ On July 12, 2020 at approximately 1:11 a.m. a 23 year old male arrived at the Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg. ​ The investigation is in its early stages and Investigators with the General Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division...

**** HRP Media Release Halifax Regional Police investigate a death in Dartmouth Halifax Regional Police are investigating a death in Dartmouth that was reported this morning at approximately 11:12 a.m. Members from the Special Investigation Section and the Forensic Investigative Section of the Criminal Investigative Division are on scene at an address on Lynwood Drive in Dartmouth...

**** RCMP Media Release Meteghan firearms incident update Meteghan RCMP has laid 13 charges following an incident reported to police on June 29. Witnesses told police that a man was on the front porch of his home on Hwy. 1 in Meteghan, and was shooting a weapon towards vehicles as they drove past. In total,​...

**** NSHA Media Release Nova Scotia Health requests public’s assistance in locating missing patient ​ Nova Scotia Health (NSH) is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 28-year-old Marcel David Lawrence, who has gone missing from a Dartmouth hospital. Mr. Lawrence is an African-Canadian man who has brown eyes and short dark hair. He stands six...

**** SiRT Media Release Investigation Begins into RCMP Shooting The province’s independent Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) has commenced an investigation into the shooting of a male by the Halifax District RCMP. Shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon, the Halifax District RCMP responded to a 911 call in Eastern Passage of an armed man who...

**** SiRT Media Release Allegations of Domestic Assault and Uttering Threats Made Against RCMP Member ————————————————————— The Province’s independent Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) is investigating an allegation of domestic assault and uttering threats alleged to have been committed by a member of the RCMP. On July 5th, the RCMP-Northeast Nova District were contacted by...

**** RCMP Media Release This person was set to get a puppy. They got scammed On July 7, Halifax District RCMP responded to call of a fraud. The victim told police he had made arrangements to purchase a Golden Retriever from a website he found online. The puppy was to be shipped from Thunder Bay...

**** RCMP Media Release Nova Scotia RCMP refer death of man to Serious Incident Response Team after officers discharged firearms while responding to an incident involving a handgun Earlier this evening​ Halifax District RCMP responded to a residence in Eastern Passage for a call of an armed man who was uttering threats. When police arrived...

**** RCMP Media Release Antigonish man charged in two separate historical sexual assaults The RCMP has laid sexual assault charges in two separate incidents in Antigonish County and is reaching out to the community, in the event there are additional victims. Stephen Lawrence Kirk, 52, of Antigonish has been charged with one count of Sexual...

**** NSHA Media Release Nova Scotia Health requests public’s assistance in locating missing patient ​UPDATE: Patient has been located Nova Scotia Health is requesting the public assistance in locating 32-year-old Jeanette Theriault who has gone missing from a Dartmouth Hospital. ​ Jeanette Theriault has brown eyes, long brown hair that curls at the ends and...