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Former Halifax police special constables acquitted in Corey Rogers’ death

by Zane Woodford June 2, 2022January 3, 2023

A photo of the front of the courthouse in Halifax with flags flying out front

Crime and Courts

Nova Scotia Crowns push ahead with 2023 jury trial for Randy Riley

by Zane Woodford May 24, 2022January 3, 2023

a sign that reads "Redneck Hangout" bearing the image of a noose

Black Nova Scotia

Dartmouth man charged with wilful promotion of hatred

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter May 19, 2022January 3, 2023

The Supreme Court of Canada building

Crime and Courts

Supreme Court of Canada dismisses Nova Scotia’s bid to appeal systemic discrimination ruling

by Zane Woodford April 14, 2022December 29, 2022

Judge with short hair and glasses and judges robe

Black Nova Scotia

Victim’s mother disappointed as court delays appeal hearing of sentence for man convicted in nail-gun shooting

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 24, 2022November 8, 2022

A young Black man lies in a hospital with a bandage and drainage tube inserted into his right ribcage

Black Nova Scotia

Prosecutors appealing the sentence for man convicted in nail-gun shooting

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 24, 2022November 8, 2022

A white man in an attic, possibly in a house. The ceiling is lined with plastic. Behind him are wobbly plastic or metal shelves, sparsely stocked with small packages of stuff. You can see a few boxes of stuff on the floor behind him.

Crime and Courts

Controversial Cape Breton land seller Frank Eckhardt to appear in court in April on weapons charges, pleads not guilty to extortion charge

by Joan Baxter March 1, 2022November 22, 2022

Crime and Courts

William Sandeson reported ‘homicidal thoughts’ in jail

by Zane Woodford January 14, 2022January 2, 2023

young white man and woman in front of a 3 tier Roman aqueduct over a small river

A year after Andrew Gnazdowsky’s workplace death, his family has served the government notice of intent to sue

by Zane Woodford October 19, 2021January 2, 2023

Supreme Court of Canada to hear developer’s Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes expropriation case

by Zane Woodford June 25, 2021January 2, 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.