{"id":12750,"date":"2026-06-12T18:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=12750"},"modified":"2026-06-12T18:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:01:32","slug":"rcmp-in-antigonish-investigate-use-of-bear-spray-in-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/rcmp-in-antigonish-investigate-use-of-bear-spray-in-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"RCMP in Antigonish Investigate Use of Bear Spray During Incident."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antigonish County District RCMP is investigating an assault involving the use of bear spray and seeking information from the public to help identify three persons of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three people are reported to be in their late teens or early 20s.<br>Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Antigonish County District RCMP at 902-863-6500. To remain anonymous, contact 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 6 at approximately 9:20 p.m., officers responded to a report that a man had sprayed bear spray at a group of people outside of a business on Main St. near College St., Antigonish. The man then got into a red SUV with two other people and left the area<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1781297852692.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1781297852692.jpg 287w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1781297852692-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1781297855183.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1781297855183.jpg 478w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1781297855183-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: RCMP Release <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antigonish County District RCMP is investigating an assault involving the use of bear spray and seeking information from the public<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12752,"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-12750","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\/12750","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=12750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12754,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12750\/revisions\/12754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}