• City Hall
  • Province House
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Commentary
  • @Tim_Bousquet
  • Log In

Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

  • Home
  • About
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Commenting policy
  • Archives
  • Contact us
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Manage your account
  • Swag

Why we need a full public inquiry into the Nova Scotia massacre

Is it a crazy idea that the Nova Scotian mass murderer was a police informant? Consider the historic context: while he was an RCMP informant, Dany Kane killed 11 people.

July 13, 2020 By Paul Palango 19 Comments

We are now about to enter our fourth month since that horrendous weekend of April 18-19, when 22 people were murdered in an unprecedented rampage in Nova Scotia by the madman denturist the Halifax Examiner is identifying as “GW.” From the outset we’ve known two things: 1) GW was a psychopathic, revenge-seeking maniac and 2) […]

Filed Under: Featured, Investigation, News Tagged With: bikers, Brink's, CIBC Intria, confidential informants, Const. Chad Morrison, Const. Heidi Stevenson, COVID-19, Dany Kane, Elizabeth McMillan, fake RCMP car, Hell's Angels, lockdown, mass shooting murder Portapique, Michael John Lawrence, pandemic, Peter Alan Griffon, Portapique Beach Road, Public Inquiry, Randy Mersereau, RCMP, RCMP Supt Darren Campbell, shooting rampage Nova Scotia, social distancing, Stephen Maher, Sylvain Boulanger

Court document provides new info on mass murder

May 19, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

A court document obtained by the Halifax Examiner provides new information about the mass murder spree across Nova Scotia on April 18 and 19. The document is an “Information to Obtain” (ITO), which was delivered to a justice of the peace as an application for a search warrant related to the police investigation into the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Investigation, News Tagged With: Clint Ellison, Const. Chad Morrison, Const. Heidi Stevenson, Cory Ellison, fake RCMP car, Gina Goulet, Greg Blair, Hunter Road, Information to Obtain (ITO), Jamie Blair, Joey Webber, Lisa McCully, mass killing spree Nova Scotia, murder shooting spree timeline, Portapique, Sgt. Larry Peyton, Shubenacadie

The killer was on Hunter Road for nearly three hours

April 25, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner continues to learn more details about last weekend’s murder spree. We now know that the killer was on Hunter Road hours earlier than previously reported. There is evidence that the killer’s mock police cruiser was seen driving along Hunter Road at 6:29am. A resident on the road heard gunshots at about 7am. Those […]

Filed Under: Featured, Investigation, News Tagged With: Const. Chad Morrison, Const. Heidi Stevenson, Darren Campbell, Enfield, gun, Hunter Road, mass killing, mass shooting, mock police cruiser, murder spree, Nova Scotia, Portapique, rampage, RCMP, timeline, Wentworth

13 hours of terror: tracking a mass murderer’s rampage through Nova Scotia

April 25, 2020 By Erica Butler, Tim Bousquet, Jennifer Henderson, Joan Baxter and Yvette d'Entremont 11 Comments

People have a right to be angry with the RCMP for not activating Nova Scotia’s emergency alert system during last weekend’s mass murder spree, said RCMP Support Services Officer Darren Campbell at a news briefing Friday. “I can certainly understand and I empathize and I hear the families of those victims,” said Campbell in response […]

Filed Under: Featured, Investigation, News Tagged With: Const. Chad Morrison, Const. Heidi Stevenson, Darren Campbell, Enfield, Hunter Road, mass shooting, mock police cruiser, murder spree, Nova Scotia, Portapique, rampage, RCMP, timeline, Wentworth

Saint Mary’s University’s problematic relationship with the Confucius Institute

Morning File, Tuesday, December 18, 2018

December 18, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and Lewis Rendell 2 Comments

News 1. Weather There’s weather. 2. Reasonable grounds “Police officers who lawfully pull over a driver no longer need reasonable grounds to demand a sample of their breath,” reports Kaitlyn Swan for the CBC: New changes in the Criminal Code that take effect Tuesday give officers more authority when screening drivers for alcohol in hopes of reducing impaired […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Quon, Ashley Taylor, Bay Ferries Limited, Benjamin Perryman, Bill Priestap, Catherine Tully, Chinese Communist Party, Confucius Institute, Const. Chad Morrison, Cory Taylor, Fred Sanford, Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia, impaired driving, Justice Joshua Arnold, Kaitlyn Swan, Lewis Rendell, Margaret Murphy, Marshall Sahlins, Paradigm Investments, People’s Republic of China, Rinzin Ngodup, Sergeant Greg Robertson, Steve Doane, Tim White, Willard Comeau, Yarmouth ferry costs

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

Please subscribe to The Tideline.

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. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

Sign up for email notification

Sign up to receive email notification of new posts on the Halifax Examiner. Note: signing up for email notification of new posts is NOT subscribing to the Halifax Examiner. To subscribe, click here.

Recent posts

  • Nova Scotia’s vaccination registration website overwhelmed, taken off line March 1, 2021
  • 1 new case of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Monday, March 1 March 1, 2021
  • The casino is failing. Let’s blow it up March 1, 2021
  • Body of work: pandemic coverage February 28, 2021
  • The Halifax Examiner’s mass murder coverage February 28, 2021

Commenting policy

All comments on the Halifax Examiner are subject to our commenting policy. You can view our commenting policy here.

Copyright © 2021