News 1. McNutt pleads guilty to sexual assault offences This item is written by Tim Bousquet. Yesterday, Michael McNutt pleaded guilty to offences related to the sexual abuse (and one assault) of 34 boys over the course of 20 years. McNutt was facing 90 charges; the remainder of the charges will be dismissed at sentencing […]
The Northern Pulp saga is a “really, really, really, really difficult time” for Pictou Landing First Nation
Morning File, Friday, December 20, 2019
News 1. A “really, really, really, really difficult time” Joan Baxter wrote this item. About 300 people gathered yesterday in the school gymnasium at Pictou Landing First Nation for a rally to support the Boat Harbour Act. That legislation, passed in 2015 by Premier Stephen McNeil’s Liberal government with support of the Progressive Conservatives and NDP, […]
How many adults looked the other way as children in their care were being sexually abused?
Morning File, Thursday, August 8, 2019
News 1. Patrick McNutt This item contains accounts of sexual abuse of children. A police release from yesterday: Investigators with the Special Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigative Division have laid additional charges against a man in relation to multiple historical sexual assaults that occurred in the 1970s and 80s. Investigators have charged Michael […]
Former school teacher and coach Michael McNutt faces 27 counts related to the sexual abuse of children
Morning File, Thursday, January 24, 2019
News 1. Michael McNutt Michael Patrick McNutt is this morning being charged with 27 counts related to the sexual abuse of children. Update: police have issued the following press release: Halifax man faces 27 charges in relation to historical sexual assaults Investigators with the Special Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigative Division have charged […]
How to get funding for your university: Morning File, Thursday, August 3, 2017
News 1. Child sexual abuse A Halifax man who has been convicted of sexually abusing three boys was sued Tuesday by three other men who say they were also his victims. Another two alleged victims have already filed suit against the man, and an active police investigation is looking at the possibility he abused dozens […]
Halifax man suspected of sexually abusing dozens of boys in the 1980s and 1990s
This article contains accounts of sexual abuse of children. A Halifax man who has been convicted of sexually abusing three boys was sued yesterday by three other men who say they were also his victims. Another two alleged victims have already filed suit against the man, and an active police investigation is looking at the […]