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Top cop retires

January 8, 2020January 7, 2020Jackie Jardine

Retired Westville/Stellarton Police Chief Don Hussher jokes that he spent a year in prison. As a correctional officer. “When I first left the military I landed a job in Fort Saskatchewan, AB, as a correctional officer. Seven years in the military, 44 years in policing and one year in prison — that always wakes them...

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Barely legal

December 11, 2019December 10, 2019Heather Brimicombe

A year has passed since the legalization of cannabis in Canada and The Advocate decided to take a survey of the local climate and see what, if anything, has changed with the now-legal drug. “What we really found is people are unaware of the laws,” said Cpl. Ron Bryce of the Pictou District RCMP. One...

Driver injured in car crash

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019Steve Goodwin

SYLVESTER – RCMP are investigating a single-vehicle crash that sent one person to hospital around on Thursday. The female driver and lone occupant of the compact sedan was heading south in Sylvester between the two ends of the Loch Broom loop around mid-day on Thursday when the car left the right side of the road...

Person found deceased in a vehicle, NGRPD investigating.

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019Heather Brimicombe

New Glasgow Regional Police are investigating after a person was found deceased in a vehicle in the area of the Walmart Parking Lot on Westville Road, New Glasgow,N.S. Police and the Nova Scotia Medical Examiners Service are in the preliminary stages of the investigation. Police received a call at 10:30a.m. New Glasgow Regional Police, New Glasgow Fire...

Firearms seized in home search

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019Pictou Advocate

CAPE JOHN – A number of firearms were seized from a home here on June 7. Pictou District RCMP searched a home on Cape John Road as part of an ongoing investigation. Police seized three shotguns, one rifle and ammunition during the search. The 64-year-old male resident was arrested and faces a total of 17 firearms-related...

Pictou County RCMP investigating break and enter

March 27, 2019Pictou Advocate

March 27, 2019, Pictou, Nova Scotia… Pictou County District RCMP is seeking assistance from the public regarding a break and enter which occurred at an unoccupied building, located on Patterson St. in Pictou. On March 22, 2019 at approximately 10 a.m., Pictou County District RCMP attended a complaint of a break and enter to an...

Police presence at Westville business

January 16, 2019Pictou Advocate

Police are not saying yet what necessitated a police presence and police tape preventing people from entering the White Tail Pub and Grill in Westville. But today, yellow police tape prevents patrons from entering the location on Main Street. More details will be posted as soon as they are available....

New Glasgow man arrested on child pornography charges

January 11, 2019Pictou Advocate

NEW GLASGOW – The RCMP’s Provincial Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit, in a joint investigation with the New Glasgow Police Service, has arrested a New Glasgow man for child pornography offences. On January 10, the RCMP’s ICE Unit along with members of the New Glasgow Police and the RCMP Technological Crime Unit searched a home...

RCMP arrest three men after shots fired incident

January 10, 2019Pictou Advocate

CHURCHVILLE – Three men have been arrested in relation to a complaint of shots fired on East River East Side Road on January 3. No one was injured when three men drove past a home and fired shots at it. Three people were inside the home at the time. On January 3, police arrested one...

Man arrested after New year’s Day disturbance

January 8, 2019Pictou Advocate

NEW GLASGOW – Police have arrested a man following a disturbance that took place in the wee morning hours on New year’s Day. On January 1 at approximately 12:30 a.m., the New Glasgow Regional Police were called to a disturbance on Stewart Street. Upon arrival, officers identified a 20-year-old man who sustained serious injury. As...

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