{"id":12549,"date":"2026-05-07T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=12549"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:49:45","slug":"new-glasgow-police-investigate-arson-on-pioneer-trail-foot-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/new-glasgow-police-investigate-arson-on-pioneer-trail-foot-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"New Glasgow Police Investigate Arson on Pioneer Trail Foot Bridge."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Glasgow Police ask for the public\u2019s assistance to help solve an act of Arson on the Pioneer Trail Foot Bridge, New Glasgow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 7, 2026<br>New Glasgow, Nova Scotia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News Release-Photo Included of bridge arson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Glasgow Police is requesting the public\u2019s assistance in an ongoing investigation involving an act of arson at the Pioneer Trail Foot Bridge in New Glasgow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police responded to a report of a fire alarm activation at the Pioneer Trail Foot Bridge on early Wednesday May 6 at 1:30 am. Upon preliminary investigation, it was determined that the fire had been deliberately set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident is believed to have occurred between Tuesday night May 5 at 11:00 p.m. and early Wednesday morning May 6 at 1:30 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire caused extensive damage to the walking surface of the bridge, resulting in the closure of the bridge to pedestrian traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FB_IMG_1778168694163-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FB_IMG_1778168694163-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FB_IMG_1778168694163-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FB_IMG_1778168694163-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FB_IMG_1778168694163.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FB_IMG_1778168691316-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FB_IMG_1778168691316-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FB_IMG_1778168691316-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FB_IMG_1778168691316-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FB_IMG_1778168691316.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Glasgow Fire Department and New Glasgow Police continue to investigate the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If anyone has any information or the person(s) responsible for this act of arson is asked to contact New Glasgow Police by calling 902-752-1941. Should you wish to remain anonymous call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use the P3 Tips App. Crime Stoppers will also accept photos or video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: NGRP Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Glasgow Police ask for the public\u2019s assistance to help solve an act of Arson on the Pioneer Trail Foot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12552,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12549\/revisions\/12552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}