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Category: Mass Murders 2020

A man with a chain saw spewing dollars, standing in front of logs.
Posted inMorning File

‘Deforestation Inc.’: the Halifax Examiner goes international

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Tim Bousquet and Yvette d'Entremont March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

And Bousquet explains how reporting on the mass murders of April 2020 has affected him. It’s not how you think.

A woman with dark blonde hair looking to her left
Posted inMass Murders 2020

Federal government defends Lisa Banfield lawsuit, denying ‘baseless investigation’

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 9, 2023February 16, 2023
A man speaks to microphones
Posted inMass Casualty Commission

Nick Beaton sues the RCMP for breach of privacy

by Tim Bousquet January 5, 2023January 6, 2023
Const. Terry Brown from video cam at Onslow Fire Hall. He's wearing dark clothing, a dark cap, and carrying a gun.Const.
Posted inCommentary

Internal RCMP report raises questions about officers’ actions — but about SIRT too

by Stephen Kimber November 20, 2022November 21, 2022
Memorial in Portapique, NS, for the 22 victims of the April 2020 mass shooting.
Posted inMass Casualty Commission

Was the mass murderer a drug smuggler?

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 18, 2022November 19, 2022
A woman and a man stand in an open field area.
Posted inCommentary

Did the Mounties charge Lisa Banfield to distract from their own failures? Probably

by Stephen Kimber November 6, 2022November 16, 2022
the green roadsign to Portapique with a tartan sash tied around the post
Posted inMorning File

Grief and survivor’s guilt do not simply go away with time

by Tim Bousquet November 4, 2022November 9, 2022
A man in a yellow vest walking past some vehicles.
Posted inMass Casualty Commission

Survivor’s guilt and the frustrations of living after a mass murder

by Tim Bousquet November 3, 2022November 9, 2022
A white woman with dark blonde hair and a white jacket
Posted inMass Murders 2020

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

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford November 3, 2022November 9, 2022
Large ballpark video screen showing the Toronto Blue Jays logo. Beside it are video banners reading Toronto Blue Jays and Next Level
Posted inMorning File

A long season: How baseball fosters intimacy and community

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch November 1, 2022February 1, 2023

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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.

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