Nova Scotia Justice Department

• Scoping documents for ‘Nova Scotia Shootings Review’ drafted less than 2 weeks after attack

  Internal government documents show that work on a review into the Nova Scotia mass shooting began in early May, less than two weeks after the attacks.

  Crime

  May 26, 2021
  
• Federal government halts sale of decommissioned RCMP cruisers in wake of N.S. shooting

  The federal government made the announcement more than nine months after a mock police cruiser was used in the Nova Scotia mass killing that claimed the lives of 22 people.

  Crime

  Jan 22, 2021
  
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• Convicts serving intermittent sentences granted leave from prison during COVID-19

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

  Health

  Mar 19, 2020
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• Police open to reviewing historic cases of criminalization arising from street checks

  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.

  Crime

  Nov 19, 2019
• Province takes heat for inaccessibility of Halifax courthouse, agrees to signage

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

  Politics

  Aug 15, 2019
• Nova Scotia judge declines to set hourly rates, prep time for Desmond inquiry

  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.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2019
• Inmates in Nova Scotia raise the alarm over lack of emergency intercoms in cells

  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.

  Crime

  Nov 7, 2018
• Review calls for end to secrecy in Clayton Cromwell’s death in Halifax-area jail cell

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

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2018
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• Two Halifax-area homicides added to Major Unsolved Crimes rewards list

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

  Crime

  Mar 30, 2017