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Amendments to Emergency “911” Act would require telcos to submit emergency plans, rebate customers for lost service

by Jennifer Henderson October 13, 2022January 5, 2023

The Nova Scotia government is taking on the telecommunications companies in the wake of prolonged communications failures following tropical storm Fiona. John Lohr, the minister responsible for the Emergency Management Office, introduced amendments to the Emergency “911” Act on Thursday that he said “will compel local telecommunications companies to provide reliable service and better […]

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Policing

Two years after Portapique, call-takers and dispatchers are still struggling

by Jennifer Henderson June 14, 2022January 3, 2023

A woman sits at a table during testimony.

Policing

27 minutes: the RCMP’s communications division hesitated when the public most needed to be warned about the mass murderer

by Tim Bousquet June 9, 2022January 3, 2023

Policing

Missed communications among Communications personnel led to failure to alert public to the killer’s fake police car

by Jennifer Henderson June 7, 2022January 3, 2023

a white woman with shoulder length dark hair talks into microphones at a podium

Policing

RCMP officers privately warned their loved ones that a killer was on the loose, but didn’t warn the broader public

by Tim Bousquet May 12, 2022January 3, 2023

Policing

Years before the mass murders of April 2020, police were offered access to the province’s emergency alert system but turned it down

by Jennifer Henderson May 10, 2022January 3, 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.

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Amendments to Emergency “911” Act would require telcos to submit emergency plans, rebate customers for lost service

Two years after Portapique, call-takers and dispatchers are still struggling

27 minutes: the RCMP’s communications division hesitated when the public most needed to be warned about the mass murderer

Missed communications among Communications personnel led to failure to alert public to the killer’s fake police car

RCMP officers privately warned their loved ones that a killer was on the loose, but didn’t warn the broader public

Years before the mass murders of April 2020, police were offered access to the province’s emergency alert system but turned it down

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

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty