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fake police car driving past two pedestrians

How the mass murderer leisurely drove through the main streets of Truro without being stopped by police

by Tim Bousquet June 6, 2022January 3, 2023

A white woman smiles happily in a selfie with her partner and daughter behind her

Bodies of five murder victims weren’t discovered by the RCMP for more than 18 hours after they were killed

by Tim Bousquet May 29, 2022January 3, 2023

Mass Casualty Commission, Mass Murders 2020, Morning File

‘Frantic panic’: it was the RCMP, and not the public, who panicked during the mass murders

by Tim Bousquet May 9, 2022January 9, 2023

A group of nine photos, including maps, memorials, and locations in the mass shooting

Here’s all the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020

by Tim Bousquet, Jennifer Henderson, Joan Baxter, Yvette d'Entremont, Suzanne Rent, Zane Woodford, Philip Moscovitch, Stephen Kimber, El Jones, Erica Butler, Paul Palango and Chris Murphy April 26, 2022May 11, 2023

Gina Goulet, a smiling white woman with long blonde hair and a sunny yellow top

As and after Gina Goulet was murdered, RCMP made repeated mistakes pursuing the killer

by Jennifer Henderson and Tim Bousquet April 13, 2022December 9, 2022

A large mass of flowers, cards, handwritten notes, stuffed toys, and Canadian flags, in front of some evergreen trees

Missteps, Mistakes, and Miscommunications

by Philip Moscovitch April 4, 2022January 30, 2023

a woman and a man

Mass Casualty Commission

“I’m going to blow his fucking head off”: A Glenholme couple’s close call with a mass murderer

by Jennifer Henderson March 31, 2022December 9, 2022

Cheating and beating: the tragic lead-up to the Portapique massacre

by Jennifer Henderson March 22, 2022December 9, 2022

the green roadsign to Portapique with a tartan sash tied around the post

Mass Casualty Commission

“If he had come to my house that night in a police car, I would have opened my door and welcomed him in, and I would probably have been dead”

by Jennifer Henderson March 14, 2022December 9, 2022

Replica police car

Mass Casualty Commission

‘A couple of glasses of wine,’ poor communications, and indecision about alerting the public were factors in RCMP command decisions after Portapique shootings

by Jennifer Henderson March 8, 2022December 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.