Raymond Taavel, a former Sault resident who attended high school locally during the 1980s, has been killed in Halifax.
His body was found early this morning outside a gay bar.
The deceased, 49, was an activist in the gay community there.
His death resulted from an apparent beating and Halifax police are treating the investigation as a homicide.
A suspect is in police custody.
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