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Mass Murders 2020

Federal government defends Lisa Banfield lawsuit, denying ‘baseless investigation’

by Zane Woodford February 9, 2023February 16, 2023

Lawyers argue it was ‘lawful, reasonable and just’ to investigate how the Nova Scotia mass shooter acquired his guns and ammunition.

A duplex. The apartment on the left has vinyl siding, and the apartment on the right has a faux brick siding.

Morning File

The housing economy: people with money prey on people struggling to simply stay alive

by Tim Bousquet and Yvette d'Entremont January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

COVID, Morning File

Here are the people who protested outside Dr. Strang’s house

by Tim Bousquet March 25, 2022October 20, 2022

Uncategorized

Misconduct, prejudice, laments and lies

by Erica Butler July 15, 2019October 20, 2022

Uncategorized

Llamas and guns: Morning File, Tuesday, September 6, 2016

by Lewis Rendell September 6, 2016October 20, 2022

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.

Tag: guns

Federal government defends Lisa Banfield lawsuit, denying ‘baseless investigation’

The housing economy: people with money prey on people struggling to simply stay alive

Here are the people who protested outside Dr. Strang’s house

Misconduct, prejudice, laments and lies

Llamas and guns: Morning File, Tuesday, September 6, 2016

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