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The man accused of killing Halifax battle rapper Pat Stay has agreed to have his case put over to next month.

Adam Joseph Drake, 31, appeared by video link in Nova Scotia provincial court in Halifax on Friday morning.&nbsp;

He is charged with first-degree murder.&nbsp;He was arrested in 

The Crown is about to hand over the first significant batch of evidence to Drake's lawyer, Ian Hutchison. Both sides agreed an adjournment was necessary to allow Hutchison time to digest the material.&nbsp;

Accused in Pat Stay homicide makes court appearance

Adam Joseph Drake, 31, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of battle rapper Pat Stay. Drake’s court appearance on Monday was from jail via video link.

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Friends remember 'gentle giant' Pat Stay, acclaimed battle rapper

Friends of acclaimed Dartmouth, N.S., battle rapper Pat Stay are remembering him for his quick wit and kind and humble nature. The 36-year-old who was internationally renowned for his skills behind the microphone was killed in Halifax early Sunday morning.

Pat Stay was killed in Halifax early Sunday morning, a victim of a stabbing police have deemed a homicide. He was 36 and was internationally renowned for his skills behind the microphone.

Pat Stay

Drake will return to court —&nbsp;again by video link — on Nov.&nbsp;4.

He&nbsp;remains in custody in the meantime.&nbsp;

Hutchison said no decision on whether Drake will apply for bail will be made until after he has a chance to assess Crown disclosure.&nbsp;

2 dead, 2 seriously injured in Highway 103 crash

Two people died and two were seriously injured — including a five-year-old — in a crash on Highway 103 in Lakeside, N.S., on Thursday.

An 84-year-old woman was airlifted to a Halifax hospital following a collision on Highway 101. 

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It's rare to oust a Speaker of the House and why you should care

Premier Tim Houston wants to replace the man he personally nominated for the job as Speaker of the Nova Scotia Legislature just over a year ago. Ousting a Speaker is not only rare, it's worrisome for Opposition members who may be forced to deal with a more partisan person in control of the House.

Speaker Keith Bain speaking to reporters in the Red Room Thursday. 

Nova Scotia Speaker of the House Keith Bain

Speaker Keith Bain, in a file photo from March 2022, said Wednesday he's not planning to resign.

New consequences for bad workplace behaviour coming to Nova Scotia Health

The head of surgery for Nova Scotia Health’s central zone says new consequences for unprofessional behaviour should help prevent issues from escalating and confront conduct that’s plagued the cardiovascular surgery division for more than a decade.

In the first four months of 2019, 12 patients died while waiting for heart surgery in Quebec, the association of provincial heart surgeons has found. 

Heart operation

The external review of Nova Scotia Health's cardiac surgery division now also includes a clinical review. It is due at the end of the month.

Fiona demonstrated wild hurricane future and need to adapt to climate change

Across the East Coast, people are talking about the ways climate change is altering life, as residents rebuild their homes and cope with weeks without power, and political leaders are asked how they'll prepare the coastlines and power grids to meet the next gale.

Post-tropical storm Fiona left a path of destruction on the southwest corner of the island, destroying nearly 100 homes with high winds, towering waves and a strong storm surge.

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Post-tropical storm Fiona left a path of destruction on the southwest corner of the Newfoundland, destroying nearly 100 homes with high winds, towering waves and a strong storm surge.

How these monarch butterflies found refuge from Fiona's harsh winds

A resident of Lunenburg County, N.S., wasn't going to let post-tropical storm Fiona threaten the migration of the monarch butterflies on her property so she did something she never does: she brought them inside to stay warm and dry.

A monarch butterfly hangs from its chrysalis, drying its wings. 

Monarch butterfly chrysalis 

Wanda Baxter, an author and activist in Lunenburg County, N.S., realized several monarch butterflies on her property had emerged from their chrysalises just as post-tropical storm Fiona was about to strike Atlantic Canada on Sept. 24.  

Pat Stay, 36, was killed in Halifax just after midnight on Sept. 4.

Case of man accused of killing battle rapper Pat Stay put over to November

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