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A man in a yellow vest walking past some vehicles.
Posted inMass Casualty Commission

Survivor’s guilt and the frustrations of living after a mass murder

by Tim Bousquet November 3, 2022November 9, 2022

Carole and Adam Fisher relate their experiences with survivor’s guilt after the mass murders of 2020. And Nick Beaton expresses his frustrations with the Mass Casualty Commission.

A white woman wearing a black RCMP uniform, with mounties in red serge behind her
Posted inMass Casualty Commission, Policing

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki tried to ‘jeopardize’ mass murder investigation to advance Trudeau’s gun control efforts

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson June 21, 2022January 9, 2023
Memorial in Portapique, NS, for the 22 victims of the April 2020 mass shooting.
Posted inInvestigation

“A political act of opportunism”: Conservatives go hard right on gun laws

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter June 17, 2020November 16, 2022
Posted inRacism

Pro-gun doctors’ group disbands amid accusations of racism

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter June 14, 2020November 16, 2022
Posted inLabour

Bad bosses and cranky customers

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent June 9, 2020November 6, 2022
Roadside memorial for Lillian Hyslop on Hwy 4 in Wentworth, who was one of 22 victims of the mass shooting of April 18 and 19, 2020.
Posted inMass Murders 2020

Gunning for change: doctors in the gun control debate in Canada 

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter June 8, 2020November 16, 2022
Posted inMass Murders 2020

Opposition critics on the Advisory Council on the Status of Women call for an inquiry into mass murder, but McNeil government demurs

Avatar photoA smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Joan Baxter and Jennifer Henderson May 27, 2020November 16, 2022
A memorial at the Portapique church hall.
Posted inMass Murders 2020

“He was a psychopath”

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter May 12, 2020November 15, 2022
Posted inCommentary

Welcome back, Peter

by Stephen Kimber May 10, 2020October 20, 2022
Roadside memorial in Portapique to the 22 victims of the mass shooting that began there.
Posted inMass Murders 2020

Trigger Warning

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter May 8, 2020November 15, 2022
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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.


Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
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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.


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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.

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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