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Steve Bruce

Reporter · CA

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Steve Bruce

    Longtime prosecutor named judge on Nova Scotia Supreme Court (opens the original)

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    Longtime Crown attorney Shauna MacDonald has been named a judge on the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. The appointment was announced Thursday by federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser. MacDonald was born and raised in Halifax. She earned an arts degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax in 1991 and graduated from its law school in 1994. She was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1995 and has spent the majority of her legal career at the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service as a Crown attorney. She le

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Steve Bruce

    Sex charge against Trailer Park Boys star Mike Smith dismissed after Crown offers no evidence (opens the original)

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    A sexual assault charge against Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith was dismissed in Dartmouth provincial court Thursday after the Crown offered no evidence at his trial. Smith, who portrays Bubbles on the long-running comedy series, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a vehicle Dec. 30, 2017. The identity of the complainant is protected by a publication ban. Smith, 54, of Dartmouth, was arrested in October 2025 and released by police on conditions to have no contact with the complaint

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Steve Bruce

    Hants County man pleads guilty to Dartmouth fraud charge (opens the original)

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    A Hants County man has pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud in Dartmouth provincial court. Travis Peter Blann, 32, of Walton entered the plea Monday, admitting he defrauded MGL Auto Parts of Dartmouth of a sum of money exceeding $5,000. The offence was committed between October 2023 and August 2024. Halifax Regional Police laid the charge against Blann in April of this year, and it was first in court in May. An agreed statement of facts is expected to be read into the record at Blann’s sentencing

  4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Steve Bruce

    Man faces April 2027 trial in Dartmouth on sexual abuse charges, including incest (opens the original)

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    A man will stand trial in Dartmouth provincial court next April on historical charges of sexually abusing his two half-sisters. The 45-year-old cannot be named because of a publication ban on any information that could identify the alleged victims. He faces two counts each of sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching, as well as one count of incest. The offences were allegedly committed in the Halifax Regional Municipality between January 1999 and January 2000. The ma

  5. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Steve Bruce

    Assault charges against Pictou County teacher involve four students (opens the original)

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    The criminal charges against a Pictou County teacher who was arrested and released on bail last week involve four students, court documents show. Matthew Robert Donahoe, 53, of Bible Hill is accused of assaulting pupils at Dr. W.A. MacLeod Consolidated School in Riverton between Sept. 3 and Sept. 10. The Chronicle Herald is not revealing the genders of the alleged victims because of a publication ban on any information that could identify them. Donahoe faces charges of sexual interference, sexua

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