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UPDATE: Missing person found deceased

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021Pictou Advocate

The A 57-year-old man from Lower Barneys River who was reported missing yesterday has been found deceased. A press released received from the RCMP says the death is not believed to be suspicious in nature; however, the investigation is ongoing....

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Police looking for missing person

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021Pictou Advocate

UPDATE: Missing person has been found deceased. Pictou District RCMP is looking for help from the public in locating a missing person. Kevin Gerard MacDonald, 57, was last seen on Sunday, March 28, at approximately 2 p.m. in Lower Barneys River. MacDonald is described as being Caucasian, 5-foot-5, approximately 95.25 kg (210 pounds), with short grey...

Charges laid following shooting in Pictou Landing

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021Pictou Advocate

PICTOU LANDING – One man has been charged following a report of shots being fired in December. A press release from the Pictou District RCMP says they have charged a Caribou man following the incident which took place in Pictou Landing on December 13. At approximately 5:30 p.m. on December 13, Pictou District RCMP responded to a report...

Police looking for man suspected of road rage

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020Pictou Advocate

Christmas sometimes brings out the best in people, or the worst. Pictou District RCMP is asking for public help to identify a man involved in a road rage incident on Tuesday. That day, at approximately 7 p.m., Pictou District RCMP received a call about a disturbance on Hwy. 104. After arriving at the scene, police were told that...

Four men arrested following reports of shots fired

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020Pictou Advocate

PICTOU LANDING – Four men have been arrested after shooting at a fisherman from Pictou Landing First Nation. A press release from Pictou District RCMP issued this afternoon has confirmed the arrests. The press release notes that at approximately 5:30 p.m. on December 13, RCMP responded to a report of shots fired in the Northumberland...

Found: one hover board

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020Pictou Advocate

If you’re missing your hover board, police may be looking for you. A hover board has been found and Pictou District RCMP would like to return it to its owner. If this item is yours, call 902-485-4333. Photo shown is representative photo only....

RCMP investigate fatal house fire

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020Pictou Advocate

At 8:21 a.m. today, members of Pictou District RCMP responded to a fatal house fire on Salem Loop in Greenhill. Police say upon arrival at the scene, a 37-year-old woman from Greenhill was found inside the home and transported by EHS to hospital. She was pronounced deceased a short time later. No one else was...

Pictou Landing man facing charges following early morning standoff

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020Pictou Advocate

Pictou Landing First Nation – A short time before 3 a.m. today, members of Pictou District RCMP responded to a call on Eagle Road in Pictou Landing for a complaint of that a man threatened to burn another person’s home down. Police went to the home, and the suspect had left the area, and returned...

Millbrook man charged with assault, uttering threats and firearms offences

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020Pictou Advocate

MILLBROOK, Pictou County, – Pictou District RCMP have charged a 40-year-old man from Millbrook, following an incident in Pictou County on August 8. At 10:35 p.m. Pictou District RCMP was dispatched to an assault that had occurred at a home on Nelson Road in Millbrook, where a man assaulted a woman, was in possession of...

Service station robbed; suspect had hatchet

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020Pictou Advocate

At 4 a.m. today, members of Pictou District RCMP responded to a call of an armed robbery at a service station on East River Road in Plymouth. RCMP officers learned that a lone suspect entered the store with a hatchet, and demanded cash and cigarettes from the cashier. There was no one else in the...

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