There won't be any time behind bars during the COVID-19 pandemic for 41 Nova Scotians serving intermittent sentences.

Promises of redress have been made to the African Nova Scotian community for the historic wrong of police street checks. But they're receiving mixed reviews from community advocates, who say more focus is needed on healing those impacted by the practice.

Accessibility advocates are challenging the provincial government's claim that the courthouse on Spring Garden Road in Halifax is an accessible building.

Adam Rodgers, who represents the family of former soldier Lionel Desmond and his estate, says the Nova Scotia Justice Department has imposed unrealistic restrictions on legal fees and preparation time.

The issue of a lack of intercoms has come up in connection with the 2014 death of Clayton Cromwell, a 23-year-old inmate who died in his cell of a methadone overdose.

Clayton Cromwell died in his cell at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in April 2014.

Two homicides in the Halifax Regional Municipality have been added to the province's Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes program.