Richard Cuthbertson

A teen who pleaded guilty for his role in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old last spring at a Halifax shopping mall parkade will undergo a psychiatric-psychological assessment before he is sentenced in February.

Halifax youth court Judge Bronwyn Duffy ordered the assessment, as well as a presentence report, Wednesday after accepting the 17-year-old's guilty plea to manslaughter.

The accused was one of four teens originally charged with second-degree murder in the death of Ahmad Al Marrach, who was stabbed in a parking garage of the Halifax Shopping Centre on April 22. He died later in hospital.

One of the other accused, a 14-year-old girl, has also pleaded guilty to manslaughter and will be sentenced next year.

The two remaining accused still face second-degree murder charges and will go on trial next year.&nbsp;&nbsp;

All the names of the accused are banned from publication.

Experts say PC promise to eliminate Halifax bridge tolls will worsen congestion

An international tolling expert and a former exec with Halifax's bridge commission say the PC plan to eliminate tolls to try to ease congestion will likely have the opposite effect.

The Progressive Conservatives have promised to remove the bridge tolls in Halifax but an expert says this will make traffic congestion worse. 

Bridge toll

The Progressive Conservatives have promised to remove the bridge tolls on Halifax's two bridges. The party believes this will reduce congestion.

Controversial Halifax waste facility could move ahead after court rules councillors biased

A recent court decision that called a pair of Halifax councillors biased has again opened the door for a controversial construction waste facility to be approved in a residential area between Lake Echo and Porters Lake.

A collage of two photos show a white man with white hair in a suit, and a white woman with long blonde hair in a purple blazer

A recent N.S. Supreme Court decision found councillors David Hendsbee (left) and Trish Purdy (right) biased against a proposed construction and debris facility in Porters Lake.

david hendsbee trish purdy collage

An undeveloped piece of land with underbrush and plants in fall colours of gold, red and green. Barren white trees are scattered along the property against a blue sky

Kiann Management Ltd. is looking to open a construction and disposal (C&D) processing facility on this piece of land on Highway 7 in Porters Lake.

porters lake construction waste site

Lunenburg municipality getting 2 generators for sewage systems to counter blackouts

The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg is acquiring two new generators for its sewage systems to prevent service interruptions due to blackouts.

The Nathan Cirillo Pump Station in Osprey Village, N.S., will be the first in the district to get a fixed generator by next year.

Nathan Cirillo Pump station

The Nathan Cirillo Pump Station in the Osprey Village area outside Bridgewater will be the first in the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg to get a fixed generator by next year.

The RCMP say a man killed his wife. Her daughters say police won't admit he's an ex-Mountie

The daughters of a woman who was killed in Nova Scotia twelve days ago by her husband before he killed himself are calling on the RCMP for more transparency around domestic violence, alleging the force is covering up what happened because their mother's husband was a retired Mountie.

Brenda Tatlock - Burke, 59, was killed by her husband - a retired Mountie, on Oct. 18, in case the RCMP have said is intimate partner violence.

Brenda Tatlock - Burke 

Brenda Tatlock-Burke, 59, was killed by her husband on Oct. 18 in a case the RCMP have said is intimate partner violence. Her daughters say he is a retired Mountie, and are calling on the force for more transparency. 

Mistrial declared in Cape Breton sexual assault case involving minor

Daryl Lawrence Digout, 54, and Shelley Dawn Diane Digout, 49, were arrested last spring and are facing charges of sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual exploitation.

A photograph of a man and a woman. On the left, the woman wears a blue tank top along with a camouflage bandana. The man wears a grey sweater, with a white t-shirt peaking out underneath. He has white hair. 

Shelley Dawn Diane Digout, 48, and Daryl Lawrence Digout, 53, had been missing since June. 

Shelley Dawn Diane Digout, 48, and Daryl Lawrence Digout, 53

Shelley Dawn Diane Digout, 49, and Daryl Lawrence Digout, 54, are now due back in court in December for sexual assault charges involving a minor.

Halifax Regional Police are shown at the Halifax Shopping Centre parkade following the April 22 stabbing. 

Teen to be sentenced next year after guilty plea in Halifax mall stabbing case

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