Sentencing for a man accused of starting the largest wildfire in Nova Scotia’s history has been delayed.
23-year-old Dalton Clark Stewart of Villagedale is now scheduled for a sentencing hearing on June 12 in Barrington.
The hearing was originally scheduled for last week.
He pleaded guilty last year to leaving a fire unattended, a charge under the Forests Act.
Stewart pleaded not guilty to two other charges, including lighting a fire on privately owned land without permission.
The Barrington Lake fire in 2023 burned dozens of homes and structures.
