SaltWire | Halifax

Mounties had to use a Taser to bring down a man who was threatening them with a knife during a disturbance in Elmsdale. On Thursday night, East Hants RCMP were a told there was a man with a knife at an apartment complex. When they tried to arrest ...

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Jeffrey Buttle’s program to MacMaster’s rendition of Pretty Mary — complete with bagpipes — brought the crowd to its feet. Clearly a crowd favourite — wolf whistles and shouts of ""we love you"" greeted the 2008 world champion’s every appearance on the beautifully lit ice — Buttle raised his arms above the head in a traditional Irish dancing pose, while urging the enthusiastic crowd to clap along to a program full of jumps, split leaps and cossack jumps as well as his trademark unique spins.