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Tim Houston wants to ‘move forward’ from his very bad week. Our columnist has a suggestion

by Stephen Kimber April 10, 2023April 19, 2023
Two men in police uniforms sit in front of flags.
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Interim RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme: read the report, tell the truth, and apologize

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 3, 2023April 4, 2023
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The Mass Casualty Commission report meets the ‘somewhat surprised’

by Stephen Kimber April 2, 2023April 2, 2023
Posted inBusiness and Development, Commentary, Province House

Stephen McNeil, rocket man

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 31, 2023April 7, 2023
A bright blue sign in front of Charles P. Allen High School and the adjoining Bedford Hammonds Plains Community Centre welcomes visitors.
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Bedford school stabbings: the talking points memo

by Stephen Kimber March 27, 2023March 27, 2023
A rainbow appears to come out of the roof of a two-storey brick building.
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What Michelin wants, Michelin gets… always

by Stephen Kimber March 20, 2023March 20, 2023
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The CBC continues to push an anti-Cuban line while downplaying the U.S. embargo

by Stephen Kimber March 12, 2023March 12, 2023
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Beware CSIS ‘whistleblowers’ bearing scoops

by Stephen Kimber March 5, 2023March 5, 2023
A white woman with light hair, glasses, a red blouse and a orange scarf sits before a microphone and water bottle.
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Are Nova Scotia’s de-carbonization programs working?

by Tim Bousquet February 28, 2023March 7, 2023
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Coach Brandon, his players and their parents versus mindless zero-tolerance policies

by Stephen Kimber February 26, 2023February 26, 2023

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.


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2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.


UNCOVER: DEAD WRONG

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

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