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The Halifax police department is going to great lengths to prevent you from knowing how Glen Assoun was wrongfully convicted

by Tim Bousquet October 17, 2019October 20, 2022

Great Northern Timber’s chipping facility in Sheet Harbour, in the winter. Large metal funnels are hanging over huge piles of chipped wood.

Environment, Investigation

Tomorrow, a ship carrying wood chips from Sheet Harbour will arrive in Rizhao, China. That’s terrible news for Nova Scotia’s forests

by Linda Pannozzo October 15, 2019October 20, 2022

Gold fever is coming to Halifax

by Joan Baxter October 13, 2019November 15, 2022

Town Clock

Neither the Town Clock nor the Citadel Hill fortress have working sprinkler systems or fire hydrants

by Jennifer Henderson September 30, 2019October 20, 2022

Cheques for mining propaganda, but not for corporate registry

by Joan Baxter September 27, 2019November 15, 2022

Investigation, Province House

What is going on at the East Coast Forensic Hospital?

by El Jones August 29, 2019October 20, 2022

Electric doohickeys

by Philip Moscovitch August 27, 2019January 3, 2023

Action Against Canso Spaceport sign in Canso. White sign with words "WE SAY NO!" in red letters over "to the CANSO SPACEPORT" in green and black lettering.

Opposition to Canso spaceport grows

by Joan Baxter August 5, 2019November 15, 2022

Dave Moore, a man in his fifties, posing for a professional photo.

Investigation, Province House

“No one cares about Assoun, tsk, tsk, tsk”

by Tim Bousquet August 1, 2019October 20, 2022

The wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun

by Tim Bousquet July 23, 2019October 20, 2022

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

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.

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

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.