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

Lawsuit alleges Halifax cops broke a man’s shoulder arresting him over false tip

by Zane Woodford August 30, 2022January 3, 2023

A older white man with glasses standing in his office

Commentary, Crime and Courts

Unfinished business: Donald Sobey, Derek Power, and the ‘pardoned’ sexual assault

by Stephen Kimber August 28, 2022January 9, 2023

A city scene on a sunny day. People cross the street near the Queen's Marque development, a 10-storey tall sandstone and metal-panelled building.

Crime and Courts

Queen’s Marque, contractor battle over millions in Nova Scotia Supreme Court

by Zane Woodford August 15, 2022January 3, 2023

Halifax denies former Const. Brian Johnston sexually assaulted girl, but admits she complained to police in 2009

by Zane Woodford July 29, 2022January 3, 2023

Former IWK CEO Tracy Kitch appealing fraud conviction

by Zane Woodford July 21, 2022January 3, 2023

The green Portapique roadsign with a tartan sash tied on the post

The mass murderer was a thief, a drug runner, and a corrupt tax cheat

by Tim Bousquet July 19, 2022January 3, 2023

A white woman with dark blonde hair and a white jacket

Commentary, Crime and Courts, Mass Casualty Commission, Policing

Lisa Banfield and the search for ‘truth’

by Stephen Kimber July 17, 2022January 9, 2023

Crime and Courts, Journalism, Mass Casualty Commission, Policing

An RCMP officer’s evolving recollection of Brenda Forbes’ complaint about the mass murderer

by Joan Baxter July 14, 2022January 9, 2023

‘Just complementary and just sweet’: Lisa Banfield’s 19 years of abuse

by Tim Bousquet July 13, 2022January 3, 2023

The front of a house is shown with foliage overhanging. It's an old building, with two columns at the entrance and a green door. Above the door, the words 'VEITH HOUSE.'

Former residents of Halifax Protestant Orphans’ Home suing, alleging physical, sexual, and emotional assault

by Zane Woodford July 11, 2022January 3, 2023

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.