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A white man in a black ballcap and sunglasses talks to a crowd of reporters

Nick Beaton has every right to be angry, but…

by Stephen Kimber April 4, 2022October 20, 2022

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

A Tragedy of Errors: how RCMP mistakes, missteps, and miscommunications failed to contain a mass murderer

by Tim Bousquet April 3, 2022October 20, 2022

a memorial on the side of the road

The RCMP didn’t warn the public a mass murderer was on the loose, but people on Hunter Road figured it out themselves

by Tim Bousquet March 30, 2022October 20, 2022

Three men being questioned

First 3 cops at Portapique testify at public inquiry

by Tim Bousquet March 28, 2022October 20, 2022

Province moves to speed up development approvals for 22,600 housing units in Halifax, but none of them are guaranteed affordable

by Tim Bousquet March 25, 2022October 20, 2022

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

by Jennifer Henderson March 22, 2022December 9, 2022

Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, at the COVID briefing, Nov. 24, 2021. He's wearing a brown suit and brown patterned tie, speaking worriedly to the crowd, and gesticulating with his hands.

Nova Scotia has abandoned meaningful COVID reporting

by Tim Bousquet March 10, 2022October 20, 2022

Memorial in Portapique, NS, for the 22 victims of the April 2020 mass shooting.

Lisa Banfield and cops who responded to Portapique will testify under oath at the mass murder inquiry

by Tim Bousquet March 10, 2022October 20, 2022

a satellite photo of Debert, annotated

Two kids were hanging out, listening to music, when they saw the man who had just killed 13 people in Portapique

by Tim Bousquet March 9, 2022October 20, 2022

Nova Scotia has the highest weekly COVID death count of the entire pandemic

by Tim Bousquet March 4, 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.