CANADA Canada- Michael Leo Resk, 37, grocery store owner, fatally shot, body found in the back of his delivery van, Halifax, NS, 9 December, 1955, *REWARD*.

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Shaina Luck · CBC News · Dec 09, 2025 rbbm. Snippets from lengthy article.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-police-cold-case-michael-resk-murder-9.7005041

Composite photo illustration by CBC News. (Halifax Municipal Archives/Shutterstock/Resk Family)

Detail from the Resk family scrapbook collection of newspaper clippings and information about Michael Resk’s case. The storefront shown is Resk’s grocery on Gottingen Street, in an article from the Canadian Magazine. (Shaina Luck/CBC)

''The family at the heart of one of the oldest cold cases in Canada is looking for more information from Halifax police, 70 years after grocer Michael Resk was killed in Halifax. ''

''Michael Leo Resk owned a grocery store on Gottingen Street when he was found shot in the back of his own delivery van in the early hours of Dec. 9, 1955.
As a small business owner, Resk kept his store open for long hours but he reserved two evenings a week to spend at home with his wife and five children. ''

''He spent the evening watching television at his house in the city’s west end before leaving to lock up the store. He never arrived, and his body was found in the van parked at Acadia and Roome streets around 2 a.m.

Resk served for a time in the navy and was a businessman who was well known among the merchants in the area and within the Lebanese community.''

''Curtis says while he’s heard about cold cases being solved with genetic analysis, an HRP member told him that hasn’t been done for the clothing and shoes of Michael Resk. ''

However, Arntfield says after so many years there is value in releasing new information.

“If the police have been routinely conducting anniversary stories for this case and it’s gotten nowhere — we’re now seven decades and there's no new leads, at least that they're prepared to publicly discuss — OK, that hasn't been working,” he said. ''

''The case remains in the province’s major unsolved crimes program.''

 

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Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes | novascotia.ca

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Michael Leo RESK​

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Homicide DOB: 1918-08-14 The Government of the Province of Nova Scotia is offering rewards of up to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the murder of Michael Leo RESK. On December 9, 1955, at approximately 2 a.m., police responded to a report from a taxi driver, who reported spotting a delivery van parked on Acadia Street, near Roome Street, in an unusual manner. Upon police arrival, the victim, Michael Leo Resk, was found murdered in the back of the delivery van, being the victim of gun shot wounds. The investigation revealed the victim and his brother owned and operated a store on Gottingen Street, Halifax. The victim usually left his house on Poplar Street late in the evening to go to his store to assist his brother in locking up for the night. On this particular evening, Mr. Resk never made it to the store. Police believe there are persons who have information that could result in an arrest and possible charges. Any person with information regarding the person(s) responsible for the murder of Michael Leo RESK should call the Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program at 1-888-710-9090. The reward is payable in Canadian funds and will be apportioned as deemed just by the Minister of Justice for the Province of Nova Scotia. Employees of law enforcement and correctional agencies are not eligible to collect this reward.

 

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Dec 9, 2025 #truecrime #unsolvedmysteries #coldcase
The family at the heart of one of the oldest unsolved cold cases in Canada is looking for more information from Halifax police, 70 years after grocer Michael Resk was killed. Shaina Luck reports.