Lindsay Souvannarath was sentenced in April after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in a plan that would have seen two shooters open fire at the Halifax Shopping Centre food court in 2015. Continue reading →

Daniel Potter, the former CEO of the defunct tech firm Knowledge House, and former lawyer Blois Colpitts have been released pending the outcome of an appeal. Continue reading →

Kearse died suddenly on Monday night in a Halifax hospital, her family confirmed to Global News.  Continue reading →

Michael MacDonald, who is also the chief justice of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, will retire from the bench on Feb. 1. Continue reading →

The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has struck down a provincial human rights board decision that said an injured man’s prescribed medical marijuana must be covered by his employee insurance plan. Continue reading →

The appeal judges also ordered that Simpson, who was sentenced to three years in jail, should be released pending a new trial. Continue reading →

In a decision released Tuesday, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal reduced Dr. Gabrielle Horne’s damages to $800,000. It said the lower figure better represents the “loss of reputation and loss to her research career” after a personality conflict torpedoed her heart research. Continue reading →

The former Grade 6 teacher at Thorburn Consolidated School in Thorburn, N.S., appealed her conviction on several grounds, including that Atwood neglected to consider all the relevant evidence from defence witnesses. Continue reading →

The decision will allow the unions to make representations as the court tests the constitutionality of Nova Scotia’s controversial wage legislation, also known as the Public Services Sustainability Act. Continue reading →