News 1. Dead Wrong on Uncover Tim Bousquet’s podcast Dead Wrong, on CBC’s Uncover, is now live and you can listen to the first couple of episodes here. Everyone at the Examiner knows how hard he’s worked on this podcast for the past several months, but, of course, his work on the Dead Wrong series […]
Introducing the Uncover: Dead Wrong podcast
Morning File, Friday, June 12, 2020
News 1. Dead Wrong I’m excited to announce that the Dead Wrong podcast is imminent — yesterday, we released the trailer for the series. The first two (of eight) episodes will go live next Wednesday, June 17, with the next six released once a week after. I started the Examiner in 2014, with the aim […]
Horsing around with taxpayers’ money for some connected guy’s get-rich-quick scheme
Morning File, Monday, March 4, 2019
News 1. Glen Assoun In 1999, Glen Assoun was convicted of the murder of his former girlfriend, Brenda Way. He spent 16-and-a- half years in prison and four-and-a-half years under strict conditions of parole. Throughout, he maintained his innocence. The murder of Way and conviction of Assoun is the subject of the first three parts […]
The politics of failure have failed; new NDP leader promises a change in direction: Examineradio, episode #51
We’re pleased to welcome newly-elected provincial NDP leader Gary Burrill to the Examineradio studios. He speaks about how his years as an ordained minister helped to inform his political platform, what the provincial Liberal government’s policies are doing to its most vulnerable citizens, and what the previous NDP regime got right — and where they missed the […]
DEAD WRONG: an update
Readers, I’m still working on the DEAD WRONG series, and am making good progress on Part 5. To recap, let me summarize the series. Part 1: The War of the Roses looks at the murder of Brenda Way, and the relationship between Brenda, Glen Assoun, and Robin Hartrick. Towards the end of Part 1, I discuss how Glen […]
DEAD WRONG
A BOTCHED POLICE INVESTIGATION AND A PROBABLE WRONGFUL CONVICTION SHED LIGHT ON THE MURDERS OF DOZENS OF WOMEN IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Editor’s note: the DEAD WRONG homepage has links to previous articles, the cast of characters, extras, and commentary. Part 4: Channelling Kimberly McAndrew This article contains graphic accounts of violence and sexual violence that will disturb some readers. In the next few months Glen Assoun will likely be fully exonerated in the murder of Brenda Way. Brenda will then join […]
DEAD WRONG
A BOTCHED POLICE INVESTIGATION AND A PROBABLE WRONGFUL CONVICTION SHED LIGHT ON THE MURDERS OF DOZENS OF WOMEN IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Editor’s note: the DEAD WRONG homepage has links to previous articles, the cast of characters, extras, and commentary. Part 3: If Glen Assoun Didn’t Kill Brenda Way, Who Did? This article contains graphic accounts of violence and sexual violence that will disturb some readers. Three months after the jury convicted Glen Assoun of the murder of Brenda Way, […]
DEAD WRONG
A BOTCHED POLICE INVESTIGATION AND A PROBABLE WRONGFUL CONVICTION SHED LIGHT ON THE MURDERS OF DOZENS OF WOMEN IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Editor’s note: the DEAD WRONG homepage has links to previous articles, the cast of characters, extras, and commentary. Part 2: Trial and Error This article contains graphic accounts of violence and sexual violence that will disturb some readers. Robin Hartrick was found by a group of young schoolchildren walking along a path through the woods behind […]
DEAD WRONG: The cast of characters
Brenda Way: a 28-year-old woman found murdered behind an apartment building on November 12, 1995. Brenda was a sex worker who lived in North Dartmouth, although she mostly worked the Halifax stroll. Glen Assoun: Brenda’s former boyfriend was in 1999 convicted of murdering Brenda. He has always maintained his innocence. Glen was a drifter with...
Who was Brenda Way? Examineradio, episode #46
Today we take a deep look into the story behind the death of Brenda Way and the likely wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun, who spent 16 years in prison for her murder. Why were the Halifax police so eager to close this case? Why did the murder get so little media attention at the time? If Assoun is […]