Metro Halifax - January 23, 2015

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by  Metro International

WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
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HALIFAX
NEWS
WORTH
SHARING.
Here’s to free-range parenting
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A push for
electric cars
Transportation. in some of the same ways that
active transportation has pro-
Advocate tells city
moted people walking and cyc-
committee HRM should ling,” he said.
Stevenson said the char-
develop strategy
ging stations would help
prepare the city for a rally in
Halifax for the E-mazing Race
RUTH event in May.
DAVENPORT The world’s longest electric-
[email protected] al vehicle race — actually an
event to raise funds for further
An electric vehicle advocate is electrical vehicle infrastructure
asking the city to help cover — will make a stop in Halifax
the cost of installing dozens of the same month as the Electric
new charging stations around Mobility Canada conference,
Halifax in preparation for two bringing more than 300 elec-
major events this spring. trical vehicles to the city.
David Stevenson of Nova “There are charging stations
Scotian Electric Vehicle High- in many places for cars to re-
way Services presented to ceive the electricity they need,”
the municipal transportation said Stevenson. “One of the
standing committee Thursday, areas that require more atten-
asking for $16,000 to help cov- tion is our own capital city.”
er the cost of 40 new charging In addition to adding char-
stations. ging stations, Stevenson also
He said the addition of char- urged the city to formulate a SUSPECT BACK IN HALIFAX
ging stations across HRM could strategy promoting the use of
prompt more residents to in- electric vehicles in order to re-
vest in the cleaner vehicles. duce the impact of fossil fuels.
“If there are stations in The committee voted for a
convenient locations, it gives staff report investigating ways Christopher Burton Phillips is escorted off the RCMP plane by investigators on Thursday afternoon in Halifax. The Cole Harbour resident
(residents) a reason to modify HRM could support the promo- was fl own back to Nova Scotia from Ottawa and is now facing charges in a rash of chemical scares. See coverage, page 4.JEFF HARPER/METRO
their transportation patterns tion of electric vehicles.
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metronews.ca HALIFAX 3
WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
Taavel’s partner ‘profoundly
disappointed’ by GPS decision
Ruling. Province
believes tracking
device for forensic N
patients wouldn’t hold
up in court
E
STEPHANIE
TAYLOR
[email protected]
The partner of Raymond Taa- W
vel says the family is “pro-
foundly disappointed” with
the province’s recent decision
not to enforce a rule that pa-
tients at the East Coast For-
ensic Hospital must wear GPS
tracking devices during their
unescorted leaves. S
Darren Lewis believes
the events of April 17, 2012,
were preventable, when his
partner, Raymond Taavel, was Andre Denny leaves Halifax provincial court after fi ring his lawyer in February, 2013. Darren Lewis believes the events of April 17, 2012 were preventable,
killed on Gottingen Street — when his partner, Raymond Taavel, was killed on Gottingen Street — allegedly by Denny, a former patient at the East Coast Forensic Hospital who failed to
allegedly by patient Andre return to the hospital after his one-hour leave. JEFF HARPER/METRO
Noel Denny, who failed to re-
turn to the hospital after his vel’s beating death,” Lewis Lewis said Taavel’s family
Quoted
one-hour leave. said Thursday in an email to has been pushing for the
“Denny went missing, po- Metro. technology, and is deeply
“If (Denny) had been wearing a tracking device, the
lice were alerted and looking “If (Denny) had been wear- concerned there are a lack of
for him, but were unable to ing a tracking device, the po- protocols in place to prevent a police could have moved in on his location within
find him until over 6 hours lice could have moved in on tragedy like Raymond’s from minutes and returned him to the hospital, and he
later when he was fleeing his location within minutes happening again.
wouldn’t today be facing murder charges.”
the scene of Raymond Taa- and returned him to the hos- He cites the recent escape
pital, and he wouldn’t today of patient Mark Baltzer who Darren Lewis, partner of Raymond Taavel
be facing murder charges.” fled the hospital while be-
The Nova Scotia govern- ing escorted to his vehicle by
ment began looking into the staff. Dr. Aileen Brunet does, a mental health patient has
technology in the wake of “Every time something like however, recognize the pub- electronic monitoring ... most
Taavel’s death, but on Thurs- this happens the potential for lic concern that tragedy can people would automatically
day ultimately ruled no pa- disaster is there again,” Lewis repeat itself, but believes therefore assume that means
tients deemed not criminally said in his email. forcing patients to wear elec- danger,” Brunet explained
responsible for their actions The clinical director of the tronic bracelets crosses eth- Tuesday.
will be mandated to wear GPS East Coast Forensic Hospital ical lines of “coercion and “It reinforces stigma
tracking devices. believes what happened to consent.” against people with mental
They explained the deci- Taavel was an “exceedingly It also creates barriers to illnesses, people with men-
sion was reached after num- rare exceptional event,” say- their reintegration into soci- tal health issues … who are
erous reports said electronic ing no other cases of AWOL ety. already stigmatized and dis-
A photo of Raymond Taavel. monitoring posed many legal patients have acted violent “Just the very fact that criminated against due to
JEFF HARPER/METRO and ethical challenges. before or since. people think or know that their history.”
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4 HALIFAX metronews.ca
WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
Chemical-scare case ‘a situation
with several unknowns’: Police
Christopher Phillips. Osmium tetroxide
Authorities say suspect
threatened police, but
John Holmes, a professor
motive still unclear emeritus of chemistry at
the University of Ottawa,
said that osmium tetroxide
when in fine powder form
STEPHANIE
is hazardous and can cause
TAYLOR
death by damaging the
[email protected] lungs when inhaled.
The man at the centre of a (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:38)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:220)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)
chemical scare in Nova Sco- (cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:3)
tia arrived back in Halifax on (cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:274)-
Thursday afternoon, facing (cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)
charges of threatening to (cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:553)
harm police and possession of
hazardous chemicals for ne-
farious purposes. pect in custody, there are still
Christopher Burton Phil- many unanswered questions
lips, 42, was arrested in a hotel as to the motive, according to
in Ottawa on Wednesday, after Halifax RCMP spokesman Cpl.
RCMP in Nova Scotia issued a Greg Church.
Canada-wide warrant in his Court documents allege
name over the discovery of a that between Boxing Day
large quantity of “volatile and 2014 and Wednesday, Phillips
hazardous” chemicals in a cot- threatened police with “bodily
tage in Grand Desert and at a harm or death” and during the
residence in Cole Harbour. same time possessed a weapon
Phillips was escorted from — osmium tetroxide — “for a
Ottawa by police officers on purpose dangerous to the pub-
a private charter plane that lic peace” near Cole Harbour.
landed at the Halifax Stan- Church said “one potential
field International Airport on scenario” accounting for the
Thursday shortly after 4:30 range of time could be that
p.m., where he was then re- Phillips told another person
manded. or made plans to cause harm
A court date is pending. to police, rather than make a
Although police have a sus- direct threat.
“We have here, of course,
Travel to Ottawa a situation with several un-
knowns,” Church explained
Thursday, saying the investiga-
RCMP spokesman Cpl. Greg tion remains ongoing and is
Church was tight-lipped “fluid.” Halifax police continue investigating at a Dyke Road cottage, the source of the chemical scare, on Thursday. JEFF HARPER/METRO
about why Christopher Phil- He said two chemists from
lips was driving to Ottawa, Health Canada have joined the working to identify the mass Church said some of the but would not indicate how ing area were still under an
or if he was carrying chem- members of the hazardous- of chemicals found at a cot- chemicals found in the cot- long the search is expected to evacuation order, which was
icals with him at the time. chemicals unit and explosives- tage on 95 Dyke Rd. in Grand tage are labelled in containers, last. expected to last overnight.
disposal unit who continue Desert. while others are unmarked, Residents in the surround- WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS
Suspect diagnosed with narcissistic Conditions
Nearly seven years ago,
personality, addiction to painkillers Phillips was admitted to
the Menninger Clinic in
Houston.
(cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:38)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)
The man facing criminal char- methadone to ease the pain of discharge, say court documents law in 2011 when police were (cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:251)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)
ges after the discovery of a haz- a crippling injury to his feet — he filed in Washington state in called to his home in Renton, (cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:629)(cid:627)(cid:627)(cid:635)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)
ardous chemicals cache in Hali- something that made it difficult 2011 as part of a lawsuit against Wash. He was charged with (cid:555)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:220)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:575)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:305)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)
fax was diagnosed in 2008 with to stand for any length of time, a former colleague. providing alcohol to minors, (cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:279)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:550)(cid:559)(cid:3)(cid:555)(cid:289)(cid:254)(cid:317)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:279)-
a mood disorder, an addiction even after seven surgeries. “Phillips is rated as 100 per breach of the peace and mak- (cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:251)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:255)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:225)-
to painkillers, an alcohol prob- Documents from his various cent disabled by the military ing a false statement to police. (cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:550)(cid:559)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:220)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)
lem and narcissistic tendencies, U.S. court cases fill in some of due to a feet condition associ- He spent 10 days in the Renton (cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:3)
court documents show. the blanks surrounding Phil- ated with significant pain,” says Municipal Jail. (cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:553)
The April 2008 report from lips’ past, particularly when it the document, which Phillips Phillips said the jail time “se-
a Texas psychiatric hospital comes to his medical history. himself wrote. “Phillips also re- verely damaged” his relation- (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:289)(cid:296)(cid:561)(cid:3)
is among reams of U.S. court Phillips suffered an undis- ceives additional disability for ship with his family — which (cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:220)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:266)(cid:550)(cid:3)
documents that also reveal closed “traumatic injury” to loss of use of both feet due to includes his wife, Gosia, and Christopher Phillips arrives in (cid:243)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:550)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)
Christopher Phillips once did his feet while in the U.S. navy, pain.” the couple’s young daughter, Halifax in handcuffs on Thursday. (cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:289)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:555)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:553)(cid:559)
a short stint in jail and took which granted him a medical Phillips had a brush with the Klaudia. THE CANADIAN PRESS JEFF HARPER/METRO
metronews.ca HALIFAX 5
WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
A road map to better parking
Strategy. City staff lay Quoted
out $14.7M project
“It’s not the intention of the parking road map to
come up with a solution for everything. It’s a frame-
RUTH work that lays the projects out in a logical manner.”
DAVENPORT
[email protected] Director of planning and infrastructure Jane Fraser
City staffers have taken the the current coin-eating ma- problem.
wraps off a five-year strat- chines likely won’t happen “Is it time we say, how
egy to improve the way until year two of the plan, much money are we go-
parking is managed in Hali- in 2016-17. ing to spend on improving
fax, covering everything Projects slated for the parking, versus making it
from governance to techno- first year include GIS map- easy, convenient, fun for
logical upgrades. ping of HRM’s 3,000 park- people to get downtown by
Director of planning and ing spaces in the regional active or public transporta-
infrastructure Jane Fraser centre, and designating a tion?” he asked.
told council’s transporta- single city agency to over- Of the estimated total
tion standing committee see all things parking. $14.7 million price tag,
Thursday that among other “Under the current sys- $8.3 million is needed to re-
things, the $14.7 million tem, there is nobody that place or modernize existing
plan will respond to a con- owns parking,” said Fraser. equipment and technology.
sistent demand from driv- “If there is a parking issue, Coun. Waye Mason said
ers to get rid of parking me- you literally have to go to that with a return on in-
ters that require the use of five different business units vestment estimated at least
small change. … to try and get an answer.” $6 million, the business
“You seldom have money Coun. Tim Outhit said case looks pretty good.
in your wallet … having the downtown may suffer “You basically get the
coins to go to a parking from a lack of “reliable, money back you just put in
meter, it’s a challenge for affordable, convenient” … and most of it’s paid off
people, to put it mildly,” parking, but questioned within a year to three years,
she said. the wisdom of spending and I think that’s great,” he
A line of cars are shown parked in Halifax in this file photo. JEFF HARPER/METRO The changeover from $14 million to address that said.
Weather
Business. Counc. seeks
Potential
relief from construction
weekend winter
storm brewing
The regional councillor for and pedestrians.
downtown Halifax has asked The report will examine Environment Canada issued
the city to investigate pos- everything from coverings a special weather statement
sible measures to mitigate for scaffolding to protecting for all of Halifax on Thurs-
the impact of construction sidewalk accessibility to a day over a weekend storm
and development on local standard process of notifica- that could hit the province.
businesses, citing the strug- tion for property owners in The national weather
gle of some retailers in the the event of a road closure. agency said a low pressure
downtown core. Mason said the list of sev- system was expected to
“I know that foot traffic to en specific items emerged develop off the American
some of these businesses ad- from a meeting held by May- eastern seaboard Saturday
jacent to these construction or Mike Savage with down- and then head toward the FFiinnee ddiinniinngg......
sites are down 50 to 60 per town business owners. Maritimes.
cent,” Coun. Waye Mason told He said six of the seven The storm could bring
the transportation standing issues are already being in- with it the potential for ......wwiitthh yyoouurr ffaavvoouurriittee ssttaarrss
committee Thursday. “We’re vestigated by city staff, but he snow, rain, and strong
going to see a mass clearing said the situation is approach- winds on Saturday night
out of downtown if we don’t ing critical. and into early Sunday
do as much as we can.” “My concern is that we across all of Nova Scotia. (cid:45)(cid:45)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:26)(cid:26)(cid:15)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:24)(cid:24)
Mason tabled a motion put a more formal framework “Environment Canada
asking for a staff report on around it and impress on staff will continue to monitor
the mitigation of construc- the importance of timeline,” the development of this
tion and development im- he said. storm providing updates as
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WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
PC calls Liberal cabinet minister a liar
Nova Star. Taxpayers Quoted
misled about cost of
Maine ferry service, says “If I could
Opposition member go back, I
would do it
Chris d’Entremont
differently.”
Economic Develope-
A key cabinet minister in ment Minister
Nova Scotia has misled the Michel Samson
public about how much the
government is spending on Samson has been out of
the money-losing Yarmouth- the province since then. He
to-Maine ferry, the Oppos- responded to reporters’ ques-
ition said Thursday. tions Thursday during a con-
Progressive Conservative ference call from Orlando,
member Chris d’Entremont Fla., where he is promoting
said Economic Development Cape Breton as a golf destina-
Minister Michel Samson with- tion.
held the fact that the prov- He said no announcement
ince had spent an additional was made when the spending
$2.5 million on the Nova Star decision was made Dec. 23
ferry when he was asked because “people would be on
about the cost of the service holidays and not necessarily
last Thursday. The Nova Star is shown coming into Yarmouth last summer. The province’s taxpayers have now spent $28.5 million on the ferry service. YARMOUTH VANGUARD following such an update.”
Samson has since con- The province’s taxpayers
firmed he has known about conduct a government.” he said. “It was always our the spending, but not until mere days away,” he said. have now spent $28.5 million
the additional spending since Earlier in the day, Samson intention … of making sure he could make a “package an- But that good news has for the ferry service, which
Dec. 23. said he had made a mistake that Nova Scotians had all of nouncement” that included failed to materialize and includes a $21-million loan
“To me, that’s a lie,” when responding to repor- the information in front of good news about the ferry’s Samson did not reveal the that was spent in the first two
d’Entremont said. “If you’re ters’ questions last week. them.” pending operating schedule information until last Sunday months of the inaugural sail-
going to stand there and “Last Thursday, when I But the minister later al- for this year. when he issued an unrelated ing season. That loan that was
stretch the truth or lie, I don’t was asked the question of the tered his explanation. He said “We were under the hon- statement about a snafu with supposed to last seven years.
think that’s the right way to total amount, I misspoke,” he had planned to disclose est belief that a deal was an audit of the ferry’s costs. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
Jail’s closure concerns Amherst lawyer
Cumberland County tional Centre is going to create intermittent sentencing. The cause the person would have to
havoc with the legal process vast majority of persons who spend the sentence in jail.
Correctional Centre. in the Amherst area and cause receive intermittent sentences To avoid punishing inno-
Travelling to Halifax problems for those people serv- do not have substantial crim- cent third parties, O’Neil said,
ing intermittent sentences. inal records and often it is for the federal government enact-
will make it tough
Defence lawyer Jim O’Neil is impaired driving,” O’Neil said. ed a regime of intermittent sen-
for those serving concerned the recent closure of Prior to the development tencing. A sentence of 90 days
the county jail will cause delays of intermittent sentencing, if or less may be served intermit-
intermittent sentences
and other problems with the a breadwinner in a household tently, often on the weekends.
Amherst-area justice system was convicted of impaired This provides for the punish-
and all but eliminate intermit- driving and incarceration was ment of the wrongdoer, but in
A Nova Scotia defence lawyer tent sentences. “It will now be the sentence, the entire family such a way that families and
says the recent closure of the very difficult or impossible for would suffer the loss of income children don’t suffer.
Cumberland County Correc- many people to benefit from and often the loss of a job be- CUMBERLAND NEWS Central Nova Correctional Facility in Burnside JEFF HARPER/METRO
Traffic. Woman charged
after car hits police wagon
A Halifax woman is facing “significant” damage, but
several charges, including neither the driver of the
drunk driving, after a colli- vehicle nor the officers in
sion involving a police wag- the wagon were hurt.
on in Clayton Park. After a short investiga-
According to a release tion, a 34-year-old woman
from Halifax Regional Po- was arrested for impaired
` lice, the police wagon was driving.
The watch that parked on the side of the She’s scheduled to ap-
keeps me on track. road facing south in the pear in Halifax provincial
Halifax Watch Co. 200 block of Parkland Drive court to face charges of im-
around 2:10 a.m. Thursday paired operation of a motor
while officers were on a call vehicle and having a blood
for service. alcohol level over the legal
A Honda Civic rear-ended limit.
the wagon, causing minor She was also ticketed for
damage, and then came to having no registration or in-
a stop. The Civic sustained surance. METRO
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a dead man was located on investigated.
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WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
Cat shot in the eye with a
pellet gun: RCMP report
Yarmouth. Young Advice Sollows says the pellet
hit the inside corner of the
animal has been
cat’s eyelid. The pellet was
treated at hospital The RCMP cautions the removed at a local animal
public to always keep a hospital.
close eye on their pets and The cat is believed to be
to provide supervision. about seven months old.
The RCMP in Nova Scotia “There is a criminal
are investigating a case of charge that would apply,
alleged animal cruelty, say- cat,” said Cpl. Jennifer but you would have to
ing a cat was shot in the eye Clarke. prove a couple of things
with a pellet gun. That friend of the cat’s first, so it’s not really a set
On Wednesday, the owner, Tara Sollows — who fine, where it is in the Crim-
RCMP received a phone call is also involved with the lo- inal Code,” Clarke said.
about the incident, which cal Friends of Trap, Neuter, YARMOUTH VANGUARD
occurred on Tuesday from Release group as a volun-
5:30 to 6 p.m. Police say the teer and treasurer — posted More online
cat does have an owner and photos of the feline on the
resides in the area of the group’s Facebook page.
334 Highway and Surettes Commenters who viewed For more news
Road in Wedgeport, Yar- the photos and learned of visit metronews.ca.
mouth Co. this incident expressed out-
“Someone called us on rage upon seeing an animal
behalf of the owner of the hurt like this. A cat that was shot by a pellet gun Tuesday. News of the shooting stirred outrage on social media. FACEBOOK
No charges in fatal crash near MacKay Bridge
Halifax Regional Police say driver of the tractor trailer very long time because of
Quoted
no charges will be laid in was operating the vehicle the complexity of the in-
their investigation of an “in a careful and prudent vestigation.... We looked at
“We just don’t know
accident last February near manner.” every aspect.”
the MacKay Bridge that left what exactly happened.” They also said the driver Bourdages said they
a man in his 40s dead. “conducted all appropriate brought in people with
Halifax Regional Police spokesman
A tractor trailer was driv- Const. Pierre Bourdages safety checks on the rig” specific expertise in inves-
ing southbound on Barring- prior to going on the road. tigating accidents and also
ton Street when part of the The release also noted spoke with the Crown, be-
rig became separated from 40-year-old man, died at that the tractor trailer was fore determining that no
the tractor on the morning the scene. The driver of the found to be in compliance charges could be laid.
commute of Feb. 4, 2014. tractor trailer wasn’t in- with provincial regulations. “What caused the sep-
Police say the trailer jured. “It’s a tragic accident … aration hasn’t been deter-
crossed the centre line Police issued a release but nothing that could lead mined,” he said.
and crashed head-on into a Thursday afternoon stating to a charge,” said police Bourdages said the vic-
minivan that was travelling that after a lengthy inves- spokesman Const. Pierre tim’s family has been made
north. tigation by their collision Bourdages in an interview. aware of their findings.
The accident scene on Feb. 4 on Barrington Street. GEORDON OMAND/FOR METRO The van’s driver, a unit, they determined the “In this case, it took a PHILIP CROUCHER/METRO