April 21, 2021 – A former Halifax resident who ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the last provincial election has been handed a conditional discharge with three years’ probation for using a forged cheque for more than $91,000 at a Bedford bank in 2016.

Paul Edward Beasant, 52, pleaded guilty in Halifax provincial court last October to a charge of uttering a forged document. Journal Pioneer reports. | READ MORE