Bridgewater trial

The Police Chief in Bridgewater has chosen to be tried by judge alone on a sexual assault charge.

The preliminary hearing for John Collyer has been set for April to determine if there’s enough evidence to go to trial.

SIRT laid one charge of sexual assault and two of sexual exploitation involving a 17 year old girl after investigating the complaint.

Bailout for Acadia

Acadia University needed a $10.5 bailout from the provincial taxpayers.

Newly-released numbers in the government’s financial report show it gave Acadia a $3.5 million increase in its grant last year and foregave a $7 million loan.

New Acadia president Peter Ricketts said the school has been receiving the additional $3.5 million for a number of years because it found itself in a dire financial situation including significant budget cuts while enrollment was declining.