{"id":62392,"date":"2026-02-14T17:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T21:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=62392"},"modified":"2026-02-14T17:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T21:22:19","slug":"public-prosecution-service-director-appointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=62392","title":{"rendered":"Public prosecution service director appointed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56509&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COLCHESTER COUNTY:<\/strong> The acting Director of the Public Prosecution Service, Rick Woodburn, KC, (King\u2019s counsel), has been named the service\u2019s new director.<br><br>\u201cThe Public Prosecution Service plays an integral role in our justice system,&#8221; said Attorney General and Justice Minister Scott Armstrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Woodburn brings 26 years of prosecutorial experience to the role and has been a strong leader in his position as acting director.&#8221;<br><br>Under the Public Prosecutions Act, the director is appointed for one, non-renewable seven-year term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56511&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56526&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodburn\u2019s term will include his time as acting director and will continue until 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is graduate of Dalhousie Law School (now the Schulich School of Law), and has spent his legal career with the Public Prosecution Service.<br><br><strong>Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; the Public Prosecution Service is an independent body with a staff of more than 100 Crown attorneys who prosecute Criminal Code charges and provincial regulatory offences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Crown attorneys report to the director of the Public Prosecution Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLCHESTER COUNTY: The acting Director of the Public Prosecution Service, Rick Woodburn, KC, (King\u2019s counsel), has been named the service\u2019s new director. \u201cThe Public Prosecution Service plays an integral role in our justice system,&#8221; said Attorney General and Justice Minister Scott Armstrong. &#8220;Mr. Woodburn brings 26 years of prosecutorial experience to the role and has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965],"tags":[9546,10346,5772,10347,7550],"class_list":["post-62392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","tag-attorney-general-and-justice-minister-scott-armstrong","tag-kings-councel","tag-public-prosecution-service","tag-rick-woodburn","tag-scott-armstrong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}