Harassment charge against newspaper columnist Barb McKenna stayed

A criminal harassment charge against a columnist with a P.E.I. newspaper has been stayed.

Barb McKenna was charged in connection with repeatedly communicating with a person between Jan. 1, 2015 and June 27, 2016.

McKenna has agreed to have no contact with three people two women and a man and to stay away from an address in Covehead, P.E.I.

McKenna is a columnist with the Charlottetown Guardian, and worked with CBC P.E.I. from 1998 2008. She is also editor of The Advance inLiverpool,Nova Scotia.

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