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A man convicted of murdering his girlfriend four years ago in Timberlea and then burning her body has been granted a new trial by the Court of Appeal.
The justices ruled the Crown did not prove that Paul Trevor Calnen intended to murder Reita Louise Jordan in their Timberlea home in 2013.
Calnen denied he killed Jordan, telling police they had been fighting the day she died. She took a swing at him missed and fell down the basement stairs. He remains in prison for now.
A longtime justice of the provincial Supreme Court has been named as Nova Scotia’s next lieutenant-governor.
Arthur Joseph LeBlanc will replace John James Grant who was appointed in 2012.
LeBlanc is from West Arichat and a graduate of St. F-X. He earned his degree in law from Dalhousie and practised for more than 30 years. He was appointed to the provincial Supreme Court in 1998. He remains on the bench until he is sworn-in at a date yet to be announced.