Ryan Sawyer
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Ryan Sawyer was a 31-year-old man whose life was cut short after he was put in a chokehold by a bouncer outside a bar in Halifax on December 24, 2022, sparking a renewed push for the enforcement of a long-passed but unproclaimed bar bouncer law in Nova Scotia.
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Ryan Sawyer was killed by Alexander Pishori Levy during an altercation outside a bar.
Halifax bouncer found guilty of manslaughter in 2022 death of bar patronThe Globe and Mail·
Canada· 2025-11-27
Canada· 2025-11-27
Mr. Sawyer was taken off life support later that day.
Closing arguments heard in trial of Nova Scotia bouncer charged with killing patronThe Globe and Mail·Canada· 2025-10-21
Canada· 2025-10-21
Ryan Sawyer was a patron who died outside a Halifax bar on Christmas Eve of 2022.
Trial begins for Nova Scotia ex-bouncer charged in patron’s death on Christmas Eve 2022The Globe and Mail·Canada· 2025-10-07
Canada· 2025-10-07
Ryan Sawyer died in hospital on Christmas Eve, 2022, after police found him unconscious outside a bar.
Nova Scotia mandates background checks for bouncers after 2022 death of bar patronThe Globe and Mail·Canada· 2025-09-25
Canada· 2025-09-25
Ryan Sawyer died by homicide in 2022 after an altercation with a bouncer.
Families of Nova Scotia men who died outside bars push to save bouncer law facing repealThe Globe and Mail·Canada· 2025-03-21
Canada· 2025-03-21
