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Home » alternatives to policing

Tag: alternatives to policing

Posted inCity Hall, Policing

Halifax police board votes to appoint El Jones to develop committee defining defunding

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 21, 2020October 20, 2022

Halifax’s board of police commissioners voted Monday to appoint El Jones to propose a committee to define defunding the police, and Jones hopes to turn that into an opportunity for more public input at the board. It’s the culmination of months of debate at the board over how to approach the issue of defunding the […]

Posted inMorning File

Cheerios and lard

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch July 22, 2020January 12, 2023
Posted inPolicing

Halifax councillor seeking ‘broad review’ exploring ‘alternatives to policing’

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford July 22, 2020January 2, 2023
Posted inCommentary

Policing the Radical Imagination

by Alex Khasnabish July 1, 2019October 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.


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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.

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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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