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**** RCMP Media Release Giving someone drugs without their consent is a crime Queens RCMP responded to a​ business in Greenfield following a​ report that one employee​ had given butter laced with cannabis oil to an unsuspecting employee. Initial reports indicate the suspect employee told​ other employees the butter was just flavoured butter and not...

**** RCMP Media Release Man and​ woman charged with First Degree Murder The Homicide Unit of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division has charged​ a man and a woman​ with First Degree Murder in relation to the death of a 45-year-old man whose remains were found in​ Head of​ Jeddore.​ In the early morning of​ February 27, Halifax District...

**** RCMP Media Release Two​ ATV riders arrested following​ refusal to stop for police, collision Halifax District RCMP has arrested two ATV​ riders after they refused to stop for police. One of the riders also collided with a police vehicle. At approximately 9 p.m. on February 25, an RCMP officer driving a police SUV saw...

**** RCMP Media Release Kerry Sampson wanted by police on province-wide warrant Windsor RCMP has obtained a warrant for the arrest of a man who has been charged with a number of offences in Hants County. Kerry Lee Sampson, 34, of Windsor,​ has been charged with: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Assault (2 counts) ​...

**** ENERGY/MINES Media Release Government Amends Electricity Act ————————————————————— Government is amending the Electricity Act to make it possible to add more clean, renewable energy to Nova Scotia’s electricity system. The changes will create the Green Choice Program that gives large electricity customers the ability to purchase clean electricity from new, renewable energy projects through...

**** HRP Media Release Missing Person: Michael James Batty Police are continuing to ask for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 43-year-old Dartmouth man. Michael James Batty was last heard from in early November. He was reported missing to police on December 16, 2019. Michael is described as a white man, 5’11”, 181 lbs...

**** FINANCE/TREASURY BOARD Media Release Nova Scotia Tables Fifth Consecutive Balanced Budget ————————————————————— Improving the lives of Nova Scotians, building on economic success, modernizing much-needed infrastructure and fostering confidence in a brighter future are the focus of government’s fifth consecutive balanced budget. Finance and Treasury Board Minister Karen Casey tabled Budget 2020-21: Better Together today...

**** RCMP Media Release Man wanted by police on province-wide warrant Halifax District RCMP have an outstanding warrant for the arrest of a man who has been charged with offences related to an incident in December 2018 in Westphal and failed to return to court in July 2019. Ryan Robert McDowell, 22, of Halifax, has...

**** RCMP Media Release Update:  found safe. ******...

**** RCMP Media Release Yarmouth man arrested on child pornography charges The RCMP’s Provincial Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit has arrested a Yarmouth man for child pornography offences. On October 18, 2019, the RCMP was notified by the National Child Exploitation Crime Centre that a Facebook user uploaded an image that was suspected to be...