Nova Scotia Justice

• ‘I’m being ignored’: Nova Scotia woman says justice system failing her in IPV case

  Brandi Whynot said she was attacked by her ex-partner and, four years later, is still waiting from him to go to trial on two counts of assault involving strangulation.

  Crime

  Mar 21, 2025
  
• Mother reacts after man’s child molestation charges dropped after excessive delays

  While the trial wrapped up in a Nova Scotia provincial court in October 2021, a verdict was never handed down because the original trial judge went on a leave of absence.

  Crime

  Jun 14, 2023
  
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• Disappearance of wanted man added to Nova Scotia’s major unsolved crimes program

  Ryan James Jessop was last seen on Sept. 27, 2020 in the Dartmouth Crossing area.

  Canada

  May 27, 2021
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• Nova Scotia adds 10-year-old unsolved murder to rewards program

  Edwin Michael Thomas Forgeron was found dead in Halifax on March 9th, 2007.

  Crime

  May 18, 2017
• N.S. man takes legal action to have last name – Grabher – on licence plate

  Lawyers for Lorne Grabher filed a notice of application with the provincial Supreme Court, hoping to overturn a decision that canceled a plate used by his family for 27 years

  Canada

  May 15, 2017
• Nova Scotia social justice advocates want police street checks suspended

  A prominent black Nova Scotia social worker calls for suspension of street checks pending an independent review of the practice.

  Canada

  Jan 18, 2017