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SIRT’s first director of African descent welcomes questions from Black community

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 29, 2022January 3, 2023

A close up of the HRP crest on the sign for the Halifax Regional Police headquarters on Gottingen Street in June 2021.

Dartmouth woman alleges Halifax cops knocked her unconscious with batons

by Zane Woodford December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

Before the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal, Michael McNutt sexually abused dozens of boys, including those involved in Minor Hockey

by Tim Bousquet December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

Crime and Courts, Sports

Halifax Hawks Minor Hockey Association sued over alleged sexual assault of a boy by coach Michael McNutt

by Tim Bousquet December 8, 2022December 16, 2022

Crime and Courts

Taylor Samson’s mother, brother suing William Sandeson

by Zane Woodford December 8, 2022December 13, 2022

Trunk of a large old tree, circled with burlap and surrounded by a metal barricade

Crime and Courts

‘How could someone do this sort of thing?’ Trying to make sense of the Public Gardens attack

by Philip Moscovitch December 7, 2022February 1, 2023

An old house is seen on a sunny day. It's forest green, with white trim and cedar shingles. There's a complicated roof line, with a dormer, and a stepped peak over turret.

Dalhousie takes Halifax to court over heritage registration

by Zane Woodford November 24, 2022November 24, 2022

A man with a shaved head, wearing a Halifax police uniform, looks over his shoulder to his left.

Complainant in police review board case also suing Halifax

by Zane Woodford November 17, 2022November 18, 2022

Mass Murders 2020

Lisa Banfield suing federal, provincial governments alleging ‘trumped up charge’ was designed to cover RCMP failure

by Zane Woodford November 3, 2022November 9, 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.