Another plea adjournment has been granted for three Yarmouth County men accused of mistreating a seal aboard a fishing boat. Mark Allen MacKenzie, Jay Alexander Jenkins and Brendon Douglas James Porter were charged in February after a video was posted on Facebook. It showed a seal being poked, teased and kicked.
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$1 million total payout in class-action over hospital privacy breach
The settlement in a class-action suit against the South West Nova District Health Authority will see a $1 million total payout to victims. The authority had sent letters to about 700 people in 2012 saying their information had been inappropriately accessed by an employee. Roseway Hospital in Shelburne now has 40 days to pay.