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Civilian Review & Complaints Commission to investigate how the RCMP handled sexual assault complaints from Susie Butlin

by Joan Baxter July 19, 2022January 3, 2023

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

by Tim Bousquet July 19, 2022January 3, 2023

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The witchification of Lisa Banfield

by Tim Bousquet July 17, 2022January 3, 2023

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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

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Mass Casualty Commission, Morning File

Lisa Banfield is the target of innuendo, misinformation, and lies, much of it couched in misogyny

by Tim Bousquet July 4, 2022January 9, 2023

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Justice, Mass Casualty Commission, Policing

Letter to RCMP Commissioner Lucki rebuked her for trying to influence messaging after mass murders

by Jennifer Henderson June 28, 2022January 9, 2023

Commentary, Government, Mass Casualty Commission, Policing, Province House

What the Mounties don’t want you to know? Everything

by Stephen Kimber June 26, 2022January 9, 2023

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Mass Casualty Commission, Policing

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki tried to ‘jeopardize’ mass murder investigation to advance Trudeau’s gun control efforts

by Jennifer Henderson June 21, 2022January 9, 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.

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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.