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February 13, 2012
It may be hard for some to believe, but despite a record-breaking homicide total, crime was down in HRM in 2011.
February 13, 2012
Police say several items were seized from a house in Centre Rawdon relating to the missing-person case of Melissa Dawn Peacock.
Florida police say Canadian man killed in RV park hostage situation
February 10, 2012
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. - Police say a Canadian man has been killed in a shooting and hostage taking at a Florida RV park.
February 10, 2012
EDMONTON - A man wanted in the shooting of two Alberta RCMP officers has been arrested without incident.
Man beaten with pipes
February 10, 2012
Police are investigating after a man was beaten with metal pipes in Dartmouth.
'Swallow your hurt,' father tells fugitive son
February 09, 2012
KILLAM, Alta. - A father made a quiet, poetic plea for his fugitive son to return to his rural Alberta home, where two Mounties were shot and wounded and a family member was found dead earlier this week.
Suspect in Alberta RCMP shootings charged with attempted murder
February 09, 2012
KILLAM, Alta. - RCMP in Alberta have laid attempted murder charges in the shootings of two officers earlier this week.
City hit by gas-bar holdups
February 09, 2012
There has been yet another gas-station robbery in HRM. Police say two men held up the Esso station on Ochterloney Street in Dartmouth on Tuesday night.
Two charged with trafficking ecstasy in Calgary
February 09, 2012
CALGARY - Calgary police charged two teenagers Wednesday with trafficking ecstasy after raiding two homes and vehicles in the city.
Shafia mom files intent to appeal
February 08, 2012
TORONTO - The mother of the Shafia family has joined her husband and son in filing her intention to appeal her convictions on four counts of first-degree murder.
Charges okayed for four more riot suspects
February 08, 2012
VANCOUVER - The Crown has approved charges against four more people in the Stanley Cup Riot in Vancouver, bringing to 47 the total number of suspects who've now been charged.
US teen gets life sentence for killing 9-year-old
February 08, 2012
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A U.S. teenager who confessed to strangling, cutting and stabbing a 9-year-old neighbour because she wanted to know how it felt to kill someone was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Two Mounties shot and wounded in Alberta
February 08, 2012
KILLAM, Alta. - A ghastly shudder of familiarity rippled through Alberta's police fraternity Tuesday with news that two RCMP officers had been shot and wounded at a rural residence.
Worker tells 911: Powell 'exploded the house'
February 08, 2012
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Police released 911 calls that revealed a social worker's frantic attempts to alert authorities that Josh Powell had locked himself in his home with his two young sons, moments before he set off a huge fire that killed all inside.
High court to hear arguments in HIV disclosure cases
February 08, 2012
WINNIPEG - The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments today concerning the obligations of those infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
Cops probe Dartmouth gunshots
February 07, 2012
Police are investigating a possible shooting in Dartmouth on Monday.
Court appearance for accused in HRM's first murder of 2012
February 07, 2012
Friends and the girlfriend of Aidan Cromwell showed moral support for the 18-year-old’s first court appearance Monday.
Police seek suspect in stabbing
February 07, 2012
Police are looking for man believed to be in his 20s after someone was stabbed in a Dartmouth parking lot.
Army cadet instructor faces sex charges in BC
February 06, 2012
VERNON, B.C. - A Canadian Army cadet instructor who worked in Vernon and Victoria, B.C., is facing sex charges.
Man fined for instigating police chase because he 'always wanted to'
February 06, 2012
BUTTE, Mont. - A U.S. man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it found that it will cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.
Poles mourn baby mother claimed had been kidnapped
February 06, 2012
WARSAW, Poland - Flowers, teddy bears and candles piled up Monday in a southern Polish park where a mother buried her baby and then sparked a nationwide search by falsely claiming she had been kidnapped.
Man recovering in hospital after stabbing in Dartmouth parking lot
February 06, 2012
Police say a man is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in the abdomen area in Dartmouth on Sunday evening.
Court day for accused in HRM's first homicide of 2012
February 06, 2012
Aidan David Cromwell is charged with second-degree murder and two counts of breach of recognizance.
PM got memo on why pot worse than sex crimes
February 05, 2012
OTTAWA - Media reports that some pot growers will face harsher mandatory-minimum sentences than child rapists under the Conservative government's new crime bill were enough to catch the attention of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Audio: Hackers claim to have intercepted call between FBI, Scotland Yard
February 03, 2012
LONDON - A sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, the hacking group known as Anonymous claimed Friday.
Killer drug grabbed in pharmacy holdup
February 03, 2012
LEDUC, Alta. - A public safety warning has been issued by the RCMP after a potentially dangerous drug used in the treatment of cancer was taken from an Edmonton-area drug store.
Senator: People like my hanging idea
February 02, 2012
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator says he's been inundated with expressions of support for his unusual idea of providing rope to help murder convicts commit suicide in prison.
Sixty arrested in massive child porn sweep by Ontario police
February 02, 2012
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Police from across Ontario have rounded up 60 male suspects and laid 213 charges in a child pornography sweep being described as one of the largest in the province's history.
Report: Complaints about teacher made years ago
February 02, 2012
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - School officials questioned how an elementary school teacher suspected of taking bizarre bondage-style photographs of children in his class went undetected for years as new allegations of past and potentially inappropriate behaviour by the teacher surfaced.
Man roughed up in home invasion
February 02, 2012
A man that Halifax police say is known in the Sambro community as a gun enthusiast has been violently assaulted and robbed.
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