
Nicola MacLeod
Video Journalist
Nicola is a reporter and producer for CBC News in Prince Edward Island. She regularly covers the criminal justice system and also hosted the CBC podcast Good Question P.E.I. She grew up on on the Island and is a graduate of St. Thomas University's journalism program. Got a story? Email nicola.macleod@cbc.ca
Latest from Nicola MacLeod

Charlottetown man sentenced to 3 years in prison for child porn charges
A Charlottetown man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after a 'significant' collection of images and videos depicting child sex abuse was seized from devices in his home.
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Former school guidance counsellor pleads not guilty to 3 sex charges against minor
A former school guidance counsellor who has been charged with sex crimes against a minor has pleaded not guilty in P.E.I. Supreme Court.
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Money collector in 'criminal enterprise' scam sentenced for crimes in P.E.I., N.B.
The Chilean man who acted as a money collector on behalf of a criminal enterprise he claims to know nothing about has been sentenced to 270 days in jail for his part in scams orchestrated across New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
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Former employee pleads guilty after defrauding her non-profit employer
A former employee of the Chez-Nous community care co-operative in Wellington has pleaded guilty to misusing a company credit card to defraud her employer of nearly $18,000.
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Island man convicted of sex crimes to stay in N.S. prison while waiting on appeals, upcoming trial
An Island man who used to live in Cornwall but is now serving six years in a federal penitentiary for sex crimes against a minor will have to stay in prison as he waits for his case to proceed before the P.E.I. Court of Appeal.
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Charlottetown man facing 13 sex charges against minors to have case heard in P.E.I. Supreme Court
The case against an Island man accused of using the social media app TikTok to lure underage girls and commit sexual offences against them will have his case heard in front of a judge alone.
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Kings County man charged with attempted murder to be released from jail
Owen Daniel MacDonald appeared in provincial court in Georgetown by video link Thursday afternoon from the Provincial Correctional Centre, where he has been since his arrest December.
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Charlottetown man pleads guilty after attempting jailbreak, taking hostage
A Charlottetown man has pleaded guilty to several charges stemming from a series of events that began with him not showing up to a court date, and ended with him taking a hostage at the provincial jail in a breakout attempt.
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Island man pleads guilty to sharing intimate image with undercover cop posing as child
Henry Donald Crabbe pleaded guilty Tuesday in provincial court in Charlottetown to both child luring and making sexually explicit material available to a child.
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$10,000 in copper piping stolen from Stratford school building site
Police say it was reported to them Thursday and the piping was taken sometime between Monday and Wednesday. Now they're looking for the person who took it and where it went.
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