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Nova Scotia Legal Aid will not pay for the appeal of a former Valley paramedic convicted of two sexual assaults while on the job. James Duncan Keats was found guilty in December 2015 of groping two patients. In his appeal, Keats said his lawyer didn’t follow his instructions, but Nova Scotia Legal Aid refused to handle the appeal, saying it lacked merit. Keats said he was too broke to pay for his own appeal because his 18-year career as a paramedic ended when he was fired in 2013 as a result of the sexual assault allegations

Queen Annapolisa may have a new look at this year’s Apple Blossom Festival. On Friday the board of the Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival issued a press release announcing the traditional leadership competition will be open to all genders and not just females. The winner has, up until now, been crowned Queen Annapolisa but in the event a male entry were to win the competition the winner would be titled just Annapolisa. The 85th Apple Blossom Festival will take place May 24th to May 29th.