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Project Ploughshares fails to critically interrogate proposed Nova Scotia spaceport

by Tim Bousquet May 2, 2022October 20, 2022

News 1. Housing Trust “The Housing Trust of Nova Scotia is changing up its strategy, moving to sell its property on Maitland Street and buy hundreds of existing affordable rental units,” reports Zane Woodford: The trust, a nonprofit founded by developer and consultant Ross Cantwell in 2009, used to own two nearby properties between Gottingen […]

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Record numbers of people are dying of COVID in the ‘So What?’ wave of the pandemic

by Tim Bousquet April 29, 2022October 20, 2022

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The RCMP didn’t tell the public about the mass murderer’s fake police car because they didn’t want to create a ‘frantic panic’

by Tim Bousquet April 27, 2022October 20, 2022

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Lisa McCully was ‘creeped out’ by a neighbour in Portapique; then he killed her

by Tim Bousquet April 27, 2022October 20, 2022

Ethan's living room in the midst of moving. There are boxes of stuff and his laptop sits on a chair.

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Zen and the art of moving out of Halifax

by Ethan Lycan-Lang April 26, 2022October 20, 2022

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“I didn’t know he was the devil”: women recall their experiences with the mass murderer

by Tim Bousquet April 25, 2022October 20, 2022

Peter Kelly at a Charlottetown city council meeting, sitting at a large desk with a small sign reading "CAO" in front of him. Photo: Halifax Examiner

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Peter Kelly, the mendacious grifter, Chapter 27

by Tim Bousquet April 25, 2022November 30, 2022

A memorial on the church steps, for victims of the mass shooter, with red paper hearts and tulips

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It’s been 2 years since the mass murders, and we still haven’t collectively mourned

by Tim Bousquet April 19, 2022October 20, 2022

RCMP Cst. Heidi Stevenson, in full red serge, surrounded by children and smiling.

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Cst. Heidi Stevenson wanted the public to be warned about the killer driving a fake police car; RCMP higher-ups said no

by Tim Bousquet April 11, 2022October 20, 2022

a man in green police gear and green toque with a German Shepherd dog

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Here’s how Cst. Craig Hubley killed the mass murderer

by Tim Bousquet April 5, 2022October 20, 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.

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Project Ploughshares fails to critically interrogate proposed Nova Scotia spaceport

Record numbers of people are dying of COVID in the ‘So What?’ wave of the pandemic

The RCMP didn’t tell the public about the mass murderer’s fake police car because they didn’t want to create a ‘frantic panic’

Lisa McCully was ‘creeped out’ by a neighbour in Portapique; then he killed her

Zen and the art of moving out of Halifax

“I didn’t know he was the devil”: women recall their experiences with the mass murderer

Peter Kelly, the mendacious grifter, Chapter 27

It’s been 2 years since the mass murders, and we still haven’t collectively mourned

Cst. Heidi Stevenson wanted the public to be warned about the killer driving a fake police car; RCMP higher-ups said no

Here’s how Cst. Craig Hubley killed the mass murderer

Teachers, high school students, people who got parking tickets, even babies: MOVEit hackers stole their personal data

3 years after Portapique, the Emergency Alert system is still broken

Community outreach workers say their work is integral to students, families in Nova Scotia

CUPE Local 5047 heading back to bargaining table Friday

Most of 4,100 evacuated residents may return home Friday; Halifax setting up community hub for evacuees