From a whale slapping a woman in the face, to fireballs in the sky, there have been a few bizarre stories out of Nova Scotia this year.

The following is a list of some to the most read stories that made news in the province in 2014.

10. Whale tales

After Foggy was freed, Grommet, another whale, breached in apparent celebration. (Facebook)

Whale stories are often a favourite here in Nova Scotia and 2014 didn’t disappoint.

One of the most popular involved a Nova Scotia woman who was slapped in the face with a humpback’s 'bony' tail off the coast of Mexico — and yes, it was caught on video.

In another, it was a happy ending for Foggy the humpback whale who was thought to have been fatally injured after getting caught in fishing gear the previous year. A local whale watching crew was elated when the whale was spotted “plump and healthy looking” in the Bay of Fundy this summer.

9. Accidental voice mail catches RCMP mocking assault complainant

A Nova Scotia woman filed a complaint after an RCMP officer inadvertently left a voicemail message in which several people can be heard making disparaging remarks about a domestic assault complaint she filed. (CBC)

A Nova Scotia woman who called police to report a domestic assault was shocked when officers inadvertently left a voice mail on her home phone in which they could be heard cursing and making light of the domestic assault she had reported.

The assault trial for the woman’s partner is scheduled to begin early in January in Amherst.

8. Fireballs light up Nova Scotia skies

A Nova Scotia Webcams' image captured a bright light in the sky near the Masstown Market. The group said the image isn't as bright as it would have been to the human eye. (Nova Scotia Webcams)

Two days in a row, earlier this year, Maritimers spotted large fireballs plummeting to Earth.

Reports came in from witnesses across New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, P.E.I. and near the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec about a burning, colourful flame that appeared in the sky early in the morning of Mar. 18.

The next morning, another fireball was spotted over Nova Scotia.

7. #LoveAtFirstFlight makes headlines around the world

Jamie Kelly and Katie Moreau reunite for their so-called dream date. (Submitted by the Ray D'Arcy Show on Today FM)

A social media campaign to find Katie from Nova Scotia captured the hearts of people around the world.

Katie Moreau of Riverport says she was shocked to learn Jamie Kelly, the Galway man she sat next to on a Ryanair flight from Barcelona to Dublin, was so infatuated with her that he took to national Irish radio to find her.

The pair were reunited and went on a date before she returned home to Canada.

6. Stolen Enterprise rental car leaves woman on the hook for $47K

This Mustang convertible was stolen from the parking lot of a Dartmouth, N.S., Enterprise rental shop in October 2013. (Courtesy of Kristen Cockerill)

Kristen Cockerill decided to treat herself to a convertible car rental in October 2013. Imagine her surprise when, after she returned the vehicle, she was sent a bill for $47,000.

When Cockerill brought her story to CBC in January, Enterprise initially took the position that she or her insurance would have to pay for the missing Mustang. But within days, the company reached an accommodation with Cockerill.

She hasn’t rented a car since this incident. But she says if she ever does, she’ll take the rental company’s insurance and never drop off the vehicle after hours.

5. 2 detained after 'sexual act' on Air Canada flight

Sgt. Alain LeBlanc of the RCMP said officers received a call that the pair were "involved in a sexual act" on the flight. Police spoke to the pair in the Halifax terminal after flight crews pointed them out.

2014 was the year Nova Scotians learned how much trouble you can get in for getting it on in the air.

One of CBC Nova Scotia’s most read stories involved a 24-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man who were arrested after allegedly having sex on a Toronto to Halifax Air Canada flight.

4. The year of wicked weather

Visitors get a little too close for comfort as powerful waves bashed Peggys Cove during post-tropical storm Arthur. (Cassie Williams/CBC)

It’s been a stormy year in the Maritimes. Earlier this year, the Atlantic provinces were hit by winter storm after winter storm.

Then in early July, the Maritimes were slammed by post-tropical storm Arthur, which at one point left 290,000 homes and businesses in the dark.

More recently, Nova Scotia received more than a month’s worth of rain in one day.

3. Violent police 'home invasion' leads to $66K bill for victims

These photos taken soon after the 2008 police “home invasion” show Tyson’s injuries from being struck twice and Tasered in the face. (Tyson Bishop) A brother and sister contacted CBC’s Go Public team about, what they say was an unprovoked attack.

Tyson and Cirbie Bishop say Halifax police "invaded" one of their homes in the middle of the night, then assaulted him as he tried to protect his sister from getting seriously hurt.

The story sparked outrage from across the country.

2. Loretta Saunders's murder

The body of Loretta Saunders, 26, was found on the median of Route 2 of the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Salisbury, N.B. She had been last seen Feb. 13. (Facebook)

The killing of 26-year-old Loretta Saunders earlier this year sent shock waves across the country.

The body of the 26-year-old Saint Mary’s student was found in the median of the Trans-Canada Highway west of Salisbury, N.B., on Feb. 26. She was last seen on Feb. 13.

Victoria Henneberry, 28, and Blake Leggette, 25, are both charged with first-degree murder in Saunders’s death. Police believe she was killed in the Halifax apartment she shared with the pair and that they then disposed of her body in New Brunswick.

Four days have been set aside, beginning Jan. 19, to discuss the admissibility of evidence in the case.

1. Dalhousie University probes misogynistic student 'Gentlemen's Club'

Dalhousie University in Halifax postponed some exams and launched an investigation into disturbing, sexually explicit Facebook posts attributed to male students in the faculty of dentistry. (CBC)

The most read story of 2014 was a recent one. The dentistry faculty at Dalhousie came under fire after CBC News received screenshots of sexually explicit posts on the so-called Class of DDS 2015 Gentlemen Facebook page.

In one of the posts, male students in the group voted on which woman they'd like to have "hate sex" with and joked about using chloroform on women.

The story was shared nearly 10,000 times.