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A white woman in a grey jacket, beige scarf, and jeans stands speaking at a microphone while people sit in chairs in an audience next to her. There are three cops in uniforms sitting at a separate table upfront.

City Hall

Dozens speak against Halifax police budget increase request at public meeting

by Suzanne Rent November 23, 2023November 23, 2023

Halifax Regional Police are asking for a $4 million increase for 24 more officers, body-worn cameras.

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City Hall

RCMP want more cops, intimate partner violence investigators for Halifax

by Suzanne Rent November 16, 2023November 27, 2023

A man in plain clothes stands between two police vehicles. In the background, there's police tape around a parking lot, and another police vehicle.

Policing

‘Cops get money they don’t deserve’: some residents push back against call for more police in Downtown Dartmouth

by Suzanne Rent October 26, 2023November 20, 2023

A white man with short hair and dark clothing stands in the snow, his arm on a fence, with a yellow "police line do not cross" tape running across it.

Morning File

How did Halifax cops get so pervy?

by Tim Bousquet October 25, 2023October 25, 2023

Policing

Court documents reveal a hyper-sexualized culture of harassment and unsolicited dick pics among Halifax cops

by Suzanne Rent October 24, 2023November 7, 2023

City Hall, Policing

Halifax police ask for more officers, body worn cameras in 2024/25 budget

by Suzanne Rent October 19, 2023November 7, 2023

A group of RCMP officers dressed in the red surge, with red coats, pants with yellow stripes, and brown stetson hats, marching in a parade.

Morning File

How the RCMP shields itself from critical reporting by dragging a tiny news outlet through costly legal processes

by Tim Bousquet October 11, 2023October 11, 2023

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

Policing

Halifax police delaying advocate case review for sexual assault files

by Zane Woodford October 5, 2023October 20, 2023

A white man with dark hair and a beard wearing a black suit, striped shirt, pink and black striped tie and glasses speaks into a microphone at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.

Mass Casualty Commission, Policing, Province House

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

by Zane Woodford September 29, 2023October 20, 2023

Morning File

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

by Tim Bousquet September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc 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.

Category: Policing

Dozens speak against Halifax police budget increase request at public meeting

RCMP want more cops, intimate partner violence investigators for Halifax

‘Cops get money they don’t deserve’: some residents push back against call for more police in Downtown Dartmouth

How did Halifax cops get so pervy?

Court documents reveal a hyper-sexualized culture of harassment and unsolicited dick pics among Halifax cops

Halifax police ask for more officers, body worn cameras in 2024/25 budget

How the RCMP shields itself from critical reporting by dragging a tiny news outlet through costly legal processes

Halifax police delaying advocate case review for sexual assault files

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

The cultural imperialism of the American smile

Proposed 9.7% tax increase dropped as Halifax regional council starts budget process

‘Routine’ forgery? Alleged woodlot theft raises suspicions about forestry industry practices

Nova Scotians urged to participate in national survey to help better understand grief

Eastern Shore residents want more services, funding from Halifax Regional Municipality