Two youths formally charged with sexual assault in Nova Scotia after hockey hazing

By Canadian Press on February 24, 2026.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP have released court documents that reveal details about two of four young hockey players facing sexual assault charges after police investigated a complaint about a hazing ritual last fall.

The police documents confirm that two of the accused, whose identities are protected from publication, were formally charged today.

The first accused has been charged with three criminal offences involving alleged attacks on three victims on Oct. 3, somewhere in Colchester County, north of Halifax.

The charges include two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual assault with a weapon, which police described as a mini hockey stick.

The second accused has been charged with the same offences related to the incident on Oct. 3.

As well, the second youth has been charged with assault with a weapon — described as urine — following an alleged attack on one of the three victims between Oct. 1, 2025, and Dec. 30, 2025, in the Truro, N.S., area.

The court documents indicate that both youths were 14 at the time of the alleged offences in October and have since turned 15.

Both are scheduled to appear in provincial youth court in Truro on April 14.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 24, 2026.

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