{"id":619406,"date":"2026-04-21T19:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619406\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:02:12","slug":"disappointing-and-disturbing-more-than-60-metal-vases-stolen-from-nova-scotia-cemetery-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619406\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Disappointing and disturbing\u2019: More than 60 metal vases stolen from Nova Scotia cemetery &#8211; Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Owen Starling<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted April 21, 2026 11:20 am\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Pictou County District RCMP are investigating the theft of dozens of metal vases from a cemetery on Alma Road near Sylvester, N.S.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After receiving a report of multiple vases missing from their headstone mountings at Heatherdale Memorial Cemetery, investigators went to the cemetery. The RCMP estimates more than 60 vases were stolen between March 21 and April 4.<\/p>\n<p>Staff at the cemetery, which is currently under the care of the province of Nova Scotia, have confirmed the vases were not removed by employees during maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won&#8217;t miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the province said it is \u201cdisappointing and disturbing that final resting places have been violated or tampered with by unknown individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They added that security measures are in place at the cemetery, including cameras and an alarm system.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time vases have been stolen from this cemetery: in 2023, 48 vases were stolen and later recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The RCMP said the investigation into the new string of thefts is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police said they don\u2019t know what type of metal the vases are made of and can\u2019t speculate on the motive for the theft.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Nova Scotia Power heightening security measures as copper thefts increase'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SU_AFF_MAR_COPPER.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:04<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNova Scotia Power heightening security measures as copper thefts increase\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Owen Starling Global News Posted April 21, 2026 11:20 am 1 min read Descrease article font size&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,232584,2169,66],"class_list":["post-619406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cemetery-theft","tag-crime","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}