Steve Bruce

Halifax

Court Reporter at The Chronicle Herald

Proud member of Halifax Typographical Union, Local 30130 of CWA Canada.

Articles

Defence in Halifax stabbing case wants second psychiatric opinion

1 week ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

Advertisement 1Homeless woman with history of mental health issues accused of attacking boy at downtown bus stop Feb. 23 • Article contentA young homeless woman with a history of mental health issues who allegedly stabbed a six-year-old boy at a Halifax bus stop this winter appeared in court in person Friday. Elliott Chorny, 20, was arrested at the scene of the Feb. 23 incident and charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon – a knife – for a dangerous purpose.
Blackpool Battle Reading In Six-Figure Transfer Deal

1 week ago | thedeck.news | Noel Hunt |Steve Bruce |Ryan Whelan

League One Blackpool are attempting to sign an in demand winger from League of Ireland side Drogheda in a deal that will have to exceed £100,000. Blackpool are entering the summer transfer window with experienced boss Steve Bruce at the helm for the first time after the former Newcastle United boss steadied the ship last season.
Huddersfield Town Face League One Competition For Championship Defender

1 week ago | thedeck.news | Jon Worthington |Steve Bruce |Pierce Bramwell |Ryan Whelan

Huddersfield Town reportedly face League One competition for the signature of defender Murray Wallace. The defender is set to leave Millwall this summer after seven years at the Den, with his contract expiring at the end of June. Huddersfield are in talks with Murray, but face competition, with Steve Bruce’s Blackpool also trying to sign the 32-year-old. This is according to Alan Nixon, who has also reported that Bradford City have pulled out of the race for Wallace.
Lincoln City Face League One Competition For Bradford City Promotion Winner

1 week ago | thedeck.news | Chris Davies |Steve Bruce |Michael Skubala |Ryan Whelan

League One sides Lincoln City and Blackpool are competing to sign midfielder Brandon Khela from Championship newcomers Birmingham City, who helped Bradford City win promotion from League Two last season. The 20-year-old is currently contracted to the Blues until 2027 having progressed through the club’s youth academy. He spent time on loan at Ross County in 2024.
Dartmouth man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2018 stomping death

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

Advertisement 1Gregory Maxwell Purvis was awaiting retrial on charge of second-degree murder • Article contentA second man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the January 2018 stomping death of Derek Miles. Gregory Maxwell Purvis, 60, of Dartmouth was awaiting a retrial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in January 2026 on a charge of second-degree murder. Purvis entered the guilty plea on the lesser offence of manslaughter Thursday at the Halifax Law Courts.
Crown files direct indictment against Devon Marsman's alleged killer

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

Advertisement 1Crown manoeuvre sends Treyton Alexander Marsman straight to trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, skipping preliminary inquiry in provincial court • Article contentThe Crown has filed a direct indictment against a Halifax man accused of murdering his 16-year-old cousin and interfering with his remains.
Not guilty: Convicted peeping tom innocent of probation violation

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

Advertisement 1Judge accepts Kyle Wright's testimony that he did not know victim worked at gym he attended twice • Article contentA Dartmouth peeping Tom has been found not guilty on seven counts of breaching probation. Kyle Gordon Dale Wright, 32, was accused of breaching the terms of two different probation orders in May 2024 by twice attending a Dartmouth fitness facility where a victim of his voyeurism offences was working.
Case closed: Pat Stay murder trial reaches final arguments

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

Advertisement 1Jury to hear closing arguments Thursday and Friday • Article contentThe jury has finished hearing evidence at Adam Drake’s murder trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Dartmouth. The 34-year-old Upper Tantallon man is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Dartmouth rap artist Pat Stay, who was stabbed in the chest at a bar in downtown Halifax on Sept. 4, 2022. Drake’s trial got underway May 12 at the Mellor Avenue courthouse.
New Glasgow man, 22, gets bail on hate-crime charges

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentA young man from New Glasgow accused of posting hateful messages online was granted bail Monday after spending three nights in custody. Luke Alexander MacDonnell, 22, was arrested Friday afternoon after New Glasgow Regional Police received a complaint that morning from B’nai Brith Canada that hate-related material targeting Jews had been posted from a residence in the town.
Former Millbrook employee admits defrauding band of $4.3 million

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

Advertisement 1Former financial clerk Dawn Marie Ellis-Abbott, 45, took money over four-year period • Article contentA Bible Hill woman has admitted defrauding her former employer, the Millbrook First Nation, of more than $4.3 million over a four-year period. Dawn Marie Ellis-Abbott, 45, pleaded guilty last week in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Truro to a charge of fraud over $5,000.