A teenaged boy pleaded guilty to sexual assault with a weapon in a Nova Scotia youth court Tuesday after a violent hockey hazing incident last fall.

Inside an oyster hatchery on the western shore of PEI, an array of plastic vessels pumps algae-rich water to millions of tiny black dots – some as small as poppy seeds. They’re teeny, tiny baby oysters, specifically bred from the few that have survived multinucleate sphere unknown, or MSX, a deadly oyster disease caused by microscopic parasites.