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TRANSIT IN THE CITY SPECIAL FEATURE COMPARES SYSTEMS ACROSS CANADA {page 5} OUT OF THE LOOP INFRASTRUCTURE ANNOUNCEMENT A MYSTERY TO KELLY {page 2}

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Monday, August 15, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.

Shooting death ruled a homicide

Sandcastle. Contest

Forensic officers were on scene yesterday House surrounded by trees in subdivision

RYAN TAPLIN/METRO

Grant MacKenzie and his team — not pictured — sculpt a dragonfly at the 33rd annual Clam Harbour Beach Sandcastle Competition yesterday. Thousands of people flocked to the beach for the sand and sunshine. Story, page 4. RYAN TAPLIN/METRO

Imaginations run wild at the beach

A 58-year-old man is the victim of HRM’s latest homicide — the 13th of the year. Police received a call just after midnight on Saturday morning that a man was found dead at his house on 945 Montague Rd. in Montague Gold Mines, just outside of Dartmouth. The caller was someone who also lived in the residence. Police confirmed last evening the suspicious death was a homicide. “The man was shot in his residence on Montague Road,” said Cpl. Scott MacRae with the RCMP. The victim was identified as Paul Livingstone. A neighbour, who didn’t wish to be identified, said Livingstone lived in the house with his son. “Police said not to worry about it. It’s just a one-off type thing,” said the neighbour. “It’s a terrible thing that happened.” MacRae said it’s too early to

An RCMP officer attends the scene of a homicide in Montague Gold Mines yesterday.

determine what led to the death. When asked how long the man had been dead before his body was discovered, MacRae would only say it’s part of the investigation. “An autopsy was conducted (yesterday) morning and that information will go forward to the major crime investigators,” he said. RCMP don’t believe it was a random act and are asking anyone with information to call the integrated major crime unit at 4905333. JENNIFER TAPLIN


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