News 1. The Glen Assoun case: a primer I've been doing a lot of reporting on the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun, and there's more coming. So this is a good time to pause and provide an overview, a primer, if you will, so people not familiar with the case can get up to speed. Glen Assoun convicted of murder Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind an apartment … [Read More...]
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People in space are looking at us
News 1. The McNeil government and secrecy "Is Nova Scotia Canada’s most secretive jurisdiction? Or does it just act that way?" asks Stephen Kimber. "Consider a … [Read More...]
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Dave Moore’s work could have cleared Glen Assoun of murder; here’s how and why the RCMP destroyed it
The RCMP's spin on the Glen Assoun wrongful conviction makes no sense. That is the view of two former RCMP officers who are familiar with the case. It is now … [Read More...]
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“Hands off our protected areas, and lay off our Crown land”
In the past month or so, an awful lot of people — especially people with nothing to gain from a new airport that would serve a couple of luxury golf resorts in Inverness — have put forward more than enough good reasons for both the federal and … [Read More...]
The McNeil government is going for the secrecy gold medal
Is Nova Scotia Canada’s most secretive jurisdiction? Or does it just act that way? Consider a few especially egregious, not-at-all-transparent episodes from just the last week. Let’s start with the latest on plans to build a new 126,000-sq. ft. … [Read More...]
“Prison was hell”: Glen Assoun tells his story
"Prison was hell." We're sitting for the first full interview Glen Assoun has granted since his conviction for the murder of Brenda Way in 1999. Assoun spent nearly 17 years in prison, and another four-and-a-half years under strict release … [Read More...]
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“Prison was hell”: Glen Assoun tells his story
"Prison was hell." We're sitting for the first full interview Glen Assoun has granted since his conviction for the murder … [Read More...]
Court documents detail repeated police raids on the same cannabis dispensary
News 1. Glen Assoun "Elizabeth May is calling for a federal inquiry zeroing in on the RCMP’s role in both wrongfully … [Read More...]
Alex Cameron’s “conquered people” brief is odious, but he’s got a good case against the McNeil government
News 1. "Conquered people" secrecy "The Nova Scotia government has won another temporary victory in its attempts to … [Read More...]
The shameful and cowardly political non-response to the Assoun case
News 1. The shameful and cowardly political non-response to the Assoun case "No one in authority wants to talk about … [Read More...]
Politicians are doubling down on the injustice done to Glen Assoun
News 1. Glen Assoun deserves immediate compensation From the court documents released Friday related to the Assoun … [Read More...]
Misconduct, prejudice, laments and lies
News 1. Halifax police, RCMP, and Crown misconduct Tim dives into the court documents released Friday regarding the … [Read More...]
The Assoun wrongful conviction: How Halifax police, RCMP, and prosecutorial misconduct sent an innocent man to prison and kept him there for nearly 17 years
For background on this story, see my 2016 series, "Dead Wrong." In the late 1990s, Halifax police were dealing with a … [Read More...]
Who’s not telling the truth? Bay Ferries? The Nova Scotia government? US Border Services? All of the above?
No! Really? Couldn’t be. But there it was. In virtual black and white. “If Yarmouth ferry sailed even once this year, it … [Read More...]
The Assoun wrongful conviction: How Halifax police, RCMP, and prosecutorial misconduct sent an innocent man to prison and kept him there for nearly 17 years
For background on this story, see my 2016 series, "Dead Wrong." Court documents released on Friday reveal how Glen Assoun … [Read More...]
A victory for open courts: Justice James Chipman finds in favour of the media and unseals the Assoun file
Justice James Chipman today ruled for the Halifax Examiner, the CBC, and the Canadian Press in our application to unseal … [Read More...]
BREAKING: RCMP destroyed information that would have suggested serial killer Michael McGray murdered Brenda Way; that destroyed information likely would have cleared Glen Assoun in the murder
This is a breaking news story. More information will be published later today. Newly unsealed court documents in the Glen … [Read More...]
Changing the racist names of Nova Scotia’s geographic locations
News 1. Report in Assoun case to be released today Tim is over at the courthouse this morning where a report from the … [Read More...]
The Cabot Links airport uses a “social enterprise” designation created for farmers’ markets
News 1. Halifax Transit turns down electric buses "City staff are 'mothballing' an electric bus pilot project for which … [Read More...]
Janet Knox: helping people develop a healthy lifestyle would be a better investment of health care dollars
About 150 people turned up for the annual general meeting of the Nova Scotia Health Authority in Truro yesterday. The NSHA … [Read More...]
Who killed the electric bus? Halifax Transit turns down electric bus funding, opts to stick with diesel instead
City staff are “mothballing” an electric bus pilot project for which council had already approved $1 million in funding, in … [Read More...]
Was Trevor O’Neil’s death preventable?
The Herald’s shipping columnist Peter Ziobrowski writes movingly this morning of a workplace fatality at Irving Shipyard last … [Read More...]
New top cop Dan Kinsella: no racial profiling, just “some inequalities, some negative experiences”
News 1. New police chief won't say "racial bias" Dan Kinsella, the new Halifax police chief was a guest on CBC Radio's … [Read More...]
Is executive fraud behind the bankruptcy of VistaCare Communications?
News 1. Power rates "Nova Scotia Power has filed an application that would see power rates rise 1.5% a year for … [Read More...]
Nova Scotia Power seeks three annual rate increases of 1.5% for residential customers
Nova Scotia Power has filed an application that would see power rates rise 1.5% a year for residential customers in each of … [Read More...]
The Assoun wrongful conviction: the McNeil connection
News 1. Northern Pulp Mill's missing environmental data "If Premier Stephen McNeil is wavering on the Northern Pulp / … [Read More...]