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City Hall, Policing

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

by Zane Woodford September 21, 2020October 20, 2022

Glen Assoun, a white man in his sixties with thick glasses and short hair, looks calmly into the camera.

Morning File, Policing

The criminal destruction of evidence in the Assoun case by cops should scare the hell out of all of us

by Tim Bousquet September 18, 2020October 20, 2022

City Hall, Policing

Halifax refuses to reveal source of mysterious motion defining defunding police

by Zane Woodford September 17, 2020October 20, 2022

Not satire: Halifax police board to consider appointing committee to define defunding

by Zane Woodford July 9, 2020January 2, 2023

Halifax police board to discuss defunding, body cameras, making policies public

by Zane Woodford July 2, 2020January 2, 2023

Halifax to measure ‘citizen satisfaction and public confidence’ in police

by Zane Woodford July 2, 2020January 2, 2023

We need to keep talking about racism

by Philip Moscovitch June 16, 2020January 11, 2023

City Hall, Commentary

In the midst of a crisis over policing, Halifax’s police commission has cancelled its scheduled meetings and is declining to accept public input

by El Jones June 15, 2020October 20, 2022

Street check apology misses the point: Black people continue to be profiled and surveilled

by El Jones November 28, 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.

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.