Ian Fairclough

Halifax

Multimedia Journalist at SaltWire Network

Outdoorsman. Metalhead who likes the blues.

Articles

Jury has the evidence it needs to convict Drake in killing of Stay: Crown

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

Advertisement 1 • Article contentVideo evidence should be enough to convict Adam Drake for killing rap artist Pat Stay in a Halifax club almost three years ago even though the knife can’t be seen, the Crown told jurors during its final submissions in the four-week trial. Drake, 34, of Upper Tantallon is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Stay in the early morning hours of Sept. 4, 2022.
Sex assault victim relieved as judge denies attacker's bid to withdraw plea

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

Advertisement 1Case's original guilty plea entered in 2023 • Article contentThe second victim of a Kentville sex offender whose sentencing process has dragged on for more than a year says she’s relieved that she finally has some closure in the case. Luke David Rayworth had originally pleaded guilty in August 2023 to sexually assaulting the victim in November 2022 by groping her at her workplace.
Police find potential new evidence, get tips in Esther Jones homicide

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

Advertisement 1 • Article contentRCMP said they have been able to recover an item and get some new tips during a push for more information in the killing of Kings County resident Esther Jones last summer. Police allege Jones was killed at the former Kingston Bible College Academy property in Greenwood on Aug. 31.
Virtual roadtrip joins hundreds in deciding directions through Halifax

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

Advertisement 1 • Article contentA group of tourists took a noisy, backseat driver trip through Halifax Regional Municipality on Tuesday. The group isn’t on a tour bus. They’re sitting at various places as they careen around Nova Scotia on a Google Maps journey run virtually by software developer Neal Agarwal.
Take a gander at this strong Canada goose: gunshot, arrow survivor

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1 • • Article contentThe Canada goose is known for its aggressiveness and toughness. It doesn’t get nicknamed the chicken cobra without good reason. That toughness was evident when Hope for Wildlife was called last month about one of the honkers. The bird was found swimming with an arrow through its wing in early May.
Drug arrests at Hants County home after illegal burning call coincidental, police say

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1 • Article contentRCMP charged a group of people with drug trafficking after searching a home where they had been called about illegal burning a few days before, but they say the two incidents were coincidental. “The investigation was ongoing before (the fire report),” Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay said Monday.
Former Bridgewater Sunday school teacher sentenced for abuse of boys

3 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

Advertisement 1 • Article contentA former custodian and Sunday school teacher at the Mormon church in Bridgewater has been sentenced to just over six years in prison for abusing boys in the 1970s and 1980s. John Nathaniel Nauss, now 71, pleaded guilty in February to six counts of indecent assault and one of common assault involving seven boys whose families were part of the congregation.
Sentencing delayed for Windsor man on child pornography charges who has past similar convictions

3 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

Advertisement 1 • Article contentSentencing has been delayed for a Windsor man charged with making and possessing child pornography less than a year after his parole on similar charges had ended. Jason Troy Pitts, 49, was in Kentville Supreme Court Thursday morning, but sentencing was put off at the request of defence lawyer Ken Greer.
Lunenburg County woman charged in ATV crash that killed her daughter

3 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

• • Article contentRCMP have charged a 28-year-old woman in the death of her infant daughter in an ATV crash last year in Lunenburg County. Police arrested Madisyn Parker, from The Forties, on Wednesday. She was arraigned before a justice of the peace and will return to Bridgewater provincial court July 2 for plea. Parker has been charged with impaired driving causing death, criminal negligence causing death, and dangerous driving causing death.
Halifax Regional council starts consideration of new regional plan

3 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentHalifax Regional Council started consideration of its updated regional plan on Tuesday, making their way through the more than 1,900-page document. The plan is meant to provide a region-wide vision for how growth and development should happen in the municipality’s urban, suburban and rural areas. It will replace the current version of the plan, which was adopted in 2014.