Tara Gault

• Opposition parties call for Younger to step down after the minister failed to appear in court

  HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s environment minister said Thursday he didn’t show up for a court hearing for a woman accused of assaulting him because he was not asked to waive a legislative privilege that prevented him from testifying in a criminal matter. Andrew Younger spent almost 50 minutes answering reporters’ questions about his failure to...

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2015
  
• Tara Gault, former Liberal staffer charged with assaulting MLA Andrew Younger, has case dismissed

  Tara Gault pleaded not guilty to the alleged assault, which happened on or about Oct. 22, 2013, the day the Liberal government assumed power after the last provincial election.

  Nov 4, 2015
  
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• Andrew Younger resigns from Nova Scotia cabinet as court case continues

  A key member of Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil's cabinet has resigned, three months after he took a leave of absence when a woman was charged with assaulting him.

  Politics

  Mar 25, 2015
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• Woman pleads not guilty to assaulting N.S. minister Andrew Younger

  A woman charged with assaulting Nova Scotia cabinet minister Andrew Younger has pleaded not guilty.

  Crime

  Mar 18, 2015
• Assault case involving N.S. cabinet minister Andrew Younger set over

  A lawyer for a woman charged with assaulting a Nova Scotia cabinet minister appeared in Halifax provincial court Wednesday on his client's behalf.

  Crime

  Jan 28, 2015
• Woman charged with assaulting Andrew Younger agrees not to contact him

  A woman charged with assaulting a Nova Scotia cabinet minister has signed an undertaking that she will not try to contact him or his wife.

  Crime

  Jan 9, 2015