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New details emerge on what happened just prior to the mass murderer’s rampage

Morning File, Friday, February 12, 2021

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News 1. April 18 This item includes accounts of domestic violence. Newly released court documents detail Lisa Banfield’s account of the beginning of the violence that ultimately led to the murder of 22 people last April 18 and 19. Banfield was the commonlaw spouse of the murderer, who the Halifax Examiner identifies as GW. Her […]

1 new case of COVID-19 is announced on Tuesday, Feb. 9

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The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. One new case of COVID-19 is announced in Nova Scotia today (Tuesday, Feb. 9). The case is in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone; it is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada. There are now nine known active […]

The province is giving $5 million to a venture capitalist organization controlled by a group of connected women, and that’s a huge problem

Morning File, Monday, February 8, 2021

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News 1. Weather There’s weather. Everything’s closed or will open late. 2. Premier Iain Rankin “Iain Rankin is the new Liberal leader and will be sworn in as Nova Scotia’s 29th Premier,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The 37-year-old former minister of the Environment won on the second ballot with 52.4% of the total weighted vote. Halifax MLA […]

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