An 18-year-old man from Westville, N.S., has been charged following a fatal crash in Pictou County earlier this year.

Pictou RCMP responded to the single-vehicle collision July 16 around 1:30 a.m. on Egypt Road in Hillside, about five kilometres north of New Glasgow.

The vehicle had left the road and overturned. 

The two other occupants of the vehicle were taken to hospital.

Connor Roland MacLeod has been charged with:&nbsp;

Impaired operation of a conveyance causing death.

Impaired operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm.

Operation of conveyance while impaired by alcohol.

Operation of conveyance while impaired by drug.

He is scheduled to appear in Pictou provincial court on April 5, 2021.

11 new cases of COVID-19 reported in N.S., plus 1 at a Halifax high school

Eleven new COVID-19 cases were reported in Nova Scotia on Thursday, bringing the province's active total to 119. Nine of the new cases are in the central zone, while the other two are in the northern zone.

A technician places rapid COVID-19 swabs into a test tube container on Nov. 24, 2020 at Dalhousie University in Halifax

Rapid Covid Testing

Nova Scotia announced 11 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, but also 19 recoveries. 

Canadian actor Elliot Page shares he is transgender

Elliot Page, Halifax's own Hollywood star, has shared that he is transgender. The actor is known for his Oscar-nominated role in Juno, as well as Inception and most recently The Umbrella Academy.

Elliot Page attends The IMDb Studio Presented By Intuit QuickBooks at Toronto 2019 at Bisha Hotel & Residences on September 07, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. 

Elliot Page

Oscar-nominated Canadian actor Elliot Page, seen here at a 2019 TIFF event for his documentary There's Something in the Water, shared on social media last December that he is transgender. 'I'm really excited to act now that I'm fully who I am in this body,' he said in a recent Time magazine interview.

N.S. Public Health no longer issuing potential exposures

In a news release Wednesday, the province said it no longer has the "necessary information" to report exposure sites accurately.

Colourized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (red) infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/COVID

Most Nova Scotians who are positive for COVID-19 will identify and contact their close contacts, Public Health said.

Bail denied for Nova Scotia man who fled for 5 years to avoid paying child support

A Nova Scotia man who owes more than $500,000 in child support will remain in jail until his case is resolved. Joseph Power has refused to pay child support to his ex-wife, Angela Power, for the past seven years.

Joe Power earlier said he didn't have enough money to pay what he owes. 

Joseph Power's request for bail was denied Monday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court. 

Lower Sackville taxi driver charged with stealing $20K from client

A Lower Sackville taxi driver is facing charges after police say he stole thousands of dollars from a client’s bank account. Rodney Bryan McCarthy, 57, is charged with theft over $5,000 and uttering threats toward the victim.

Taxi light

A Lower Sackville taxi driver has been charged after allegedly stealing $20,000 from a client's bank account over time.

RCMP responded to the single-vehicle collision this past July in Hillside. 

18-year-old man charged after fatal crash in Pictou County

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