Zinck

• Zinck’s severance held up by Speaker’s office

  The Nova Scotia government is holding back $51,000 in severance for an Independent politician who pleaded guilty to fraud and breach of trust in the province's spending scandal.

  Crime

  Jun 21, 2013
  
• N.S. politician Trevor Zinck quits after guilty plea in spending scandal

  Embattled Nova Scotia politician Trevor Zinck has resigned following his guilty plea in the MLA spending scandal earlier this week, and a threat from the premier to expel him from the legislature.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2013
  
• Advertisement
• Premier and opposition call for Zinck to resign, he refuses

  Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter is giving beleaguered MLA Trevor Zinck time to resign and threatening to expel him from the legislature if he doesn't quit soon.

  Jun 18, 2013
• Advertisement
• Nova Scotia politician pleads guilty in expense scandal, plans to run again

  Trevor Zinck won't say if he'll resign his seat, but says he would like to run in the next election, despite pleading guilty Monday to charges of fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust for his role in the province's spending scandal.

  Crime

  Jun 17, 2013
• Zinck’s lawyer adjourns fraud trial to discuss options

  The trial of a Nova Scotia politician charged in the province's constituency allowance spending scandal has been adjourned briefly at the request of the defence.

  Jun 17, 2013
• Lake City Woodworkers and 8-year-old hockey player still waiting for Zinck’s promised donations

  William Moore, an 8-year-old Dartmouth hockey player, couldn't afford his 2008 league fees, because MLA Trevor Zinck kept $860 he had promised him.

  Crime

  Jun 13, 2013
• Expense rules lacked clarity, bureaucrat tells Zinck fraud trial

  A senior bureaucrat in Nova Scotia's Finance Department has told the fraud trial of a politician that rules around expense claims lacked clarity.

  Jun 13, 2013
• Fundraising letter asking Zinck for money was forged, witness says

  A witness in MLA Trevor Zinck's trial testified Wednesday that his signature was forged on a letter requesting money from the politician.

  Crime

  Jun 12, 2013
• Advertisement
• Fraud trial of NS politician focuses on how expenses were filed

  The trial of an Independent member of the Nova Scotia legislature charged with fraud has heard from a retired bureaucrat who testified the internal rules governing expense claims could have been clearer.

  Jun 12, 2013
• Advertisement
• Zinck’s trial slogs through second day

  By the lunch break of Trevor Zinck's second trial day, the Crown attorney stood up and asked the judge if he could speed things up a bit.

  Crime

  Jun 11, 2013