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The trial for an 81-year-old Halifax pediatric dentist accused of physically assaulting child patients several decades ago has been pushed back until next fall, after a judge agreed to adjourn it due to medical issues suffered by the accused.

A Halifax dentist accused of physically assaulting child patients decades ago can’t mount a proper defence, according to his lawyer, because medical records have been destroyed and former assistants who might help his case can’t be called to testify.

Nova Scotia Power properly examined the risks related to a dam survey project three years and shouldn't be found guilty of regulatory charges related to a drowning at the site, a lawyer for the company argued Wednesday in a Halifax courtroom.

Closing arguments are expected to wrap up on Wednesday in the case of an engineer who died at a Nova Scotia Power reservoir three years ago.

A Nova Scotia man will go on trial twice next year on charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of Pat Stay in 2022 and Tyler Keizer in 2016.

Kevin O’Brien testified in his own defence Wednesday at his sexual assault trial at Nova Scotia Supreme Court. The former Mountie is accused of assaulting a fellow RCMP officer in her Halifax apartment in 1994.

The Crown has closed its case in the sexual assault trial of a former Nova Scotia Mountie accused of assaulting a fellow officer.

A woman repeatedly broke down sobbing in Nova Scotia Supreme Court as she testified about an incident in the fall of 1994 when she says she was sexually assaulted by a Nova Scotia RCMP officer.

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Sexual assault charges against a Nova Scotia doctor have been stayed by a judge as lawyers argue over whether a Crown prosecutor behaved inappropriately in her handling of the case.