The man responsible for the Nova Scotia massacre on April 18/19, left a will directing that his “unembalmed” and “non cremated” (emphasis in original) remains be placed in a “Hudson Bay blanket” and placed in a concrete vault in the Portapique Cemetery. The mass murderer, who the Halifax Examiner is describing as GW, killed 13 […]
Introducing the Uncover: Dead Wrong podcast
Morning File, Friday, June 12, 2020
News 1. Dead Wrong I’m excited to announce that the Dead Wrong podcast is imminent — yesterday, we released the trailer for the series. The first two (of eight) episodes will go live next Wednesday, June 17, with the next six released once a week after. I started the Examiner in 2014, with the aim […]
Putting body cameras on cops won’t solve the problem of police violence
Morning File, Monday, June 8, 2020
News 1. Police violence Stephen Kimber speaks to white people: Still, we — white people again — are at least in a more honest place today than where we were before May 25 when a Minneapolis cop named Derek Chauvin pressed his knee against George Floyd’s neck and squeezed the life out of him. The […]
Halifax cops and Black people: the Rodney Small case
Morning File, Thursday, June 4, 2020
News 1. Police and Black people in Halifax The police murder of George Floyd is highlighting what Black people have known forever: there is too much policing. On Tuesday, Sarah Dobson drew our attention to the Halifax case of Rodney Small, then a 15-year-old living in Uniacke Square. An appellant court ruling explained the (alleged) […]
How to succeed in business by killing a bunch of people
Morning File, Tuesday, June 2, 2020
News 1. Mass shooting “The class action lawsuit brought against the estate of the man who killed 22 people and injured seven others during a fiery rampage across northern Nova Scotia has been updated through an amended statement of claim,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The lawsuit includes three groups of plaintiffs: those whose loved ones were […]
For the first time since the outbreak started, Nova Scotia announces no new known cases of COVID-19
Gathering limits are increased from 5 people to 10 people.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The first three known cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia were announced on March 15, for testing conducted the previous day. Every day since then, there have been announcements of more cases, with a one-day high of 55 new known cases on April 22. The […]
Economists totally did not expect the global pandemic
Morning File, Friday, May 29, 2020
News 1. RCMP and rural policing “The RCMP’s rural policing strategy has been for many years an ongoing disaster and a danger to the public in Colchester County, say two municipal councillors with law enforcement backgrounds,” reports Paul Palango: Most of the victims killed in the Nova Scotia massacre of April 18-19 lived in Colchester […]
COVID-19 update: Most businesses in Nova Scotia can reopen June 5
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Today, the Department of Health and Wellness announced one newly discovered case of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia. Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said the new case is a resident of the Northwood retirement home, which now has 16 active cases […]
The Torstar sale leaves a gaping hole in the Canadian news scene, but journalism can still thrive
Morning File, Wednesday, May 27, 2020
News 1. COVID-19 updates “A woman in her 80s who had an underlying medical condition has died after contracting the COVID-19 virus. She was a resident of the HRM but not a resident of Northwood or any other long-term care home,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The news came at today’s daily briefing by Dr. Robert Strang, […]
Here’s what the RCMP doesn’t want you to know about the mass murder investigation
Documents newly obtained by the Halifax Examiner related to the April 18/19 mass murder in Nova Scotia are so redacted by the Crown that they provide no new information. But they do provide some insight into the police investigation. The Examiner joined with eight other media organizations to ask a judge to unseal search warrants […]