Charges pushed to next month against man featured in Halifax Costco video
Posted Sep 14, 2026 02:41:13 PM.
Last Updated Sep 14, 2026 02:44:18 PM.
A man accused of a racist tirade inside a Halifax box store will be back in court next month to answer to a slate of separate charges, including resisting arrest.
Halifax Regional Police arrested 37-year-old Randall Publicover in July, days after the National Council of Canadian Muslims posted a video online that appeared to show him involved in an altercation inside a Costco.
He’s facing eight charges in relation to the Costco incident, including inciting hatred against an identifiable group and two counts of assault.
Publicover was scheduled for arraignment on five separate charges in Dartmouth, N.S., on Monday, but his lawyer asked for more time to review the Crown’s case.
Those charges stem from the day he was arrested and include resisting a peace officer, possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace and three counts of uttering threats.
Publicover is scheduled back in court to face those charges on Oct. 14.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 14, 2026.
We are deeply disturbed by the racist and Islamophobic attack targeting hijabi Muslim women, as well as the physical assault and hateful slurs directed at a Muslim man at Halifax Costco this past weekend.
— NCCM (@nccm) July 6, 2026
We are in contact with those affected and with Halifax Regional Police.… pic.twitter.com/1wYzJhh5XG
