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A man speaks to microphones
Posted inMass Casualty Commission

Nick Beaton sues the RCMP for breach of privacy

by Tim Bousquet January 5, 2023January 6, 2023

Nick Beaton, the widower of Kristen Beaton, one of those killed during the mass murders of April 2022, is suing the RCMP for breach of privacy. Kristen Beaton was the mother of a toddler and pregnant; she was a VON worker with clients in the Masstown and Debert areas. On Sunday morning, Apr. 19, 2020, […]

A close up of the HRP crest on the sign for the Halifax Regional Police headquarters on Gottingen Street in June 2021.
Posted inPolicing

Dartmouth woman alleges Halifax cops knocked her unconscious with batons

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford December 15, 2022December 15, 2022
Posted inCrime and Courts

Taylor Samson’s mother, brother suing William Sandeson

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford December 8, 2022December 13, 2022
A man with a shaved head, wearing a Halifax police uniform, looks over his shoulder to his left.
Posted inPolicing

Complainant in police review board case also suing Halifax

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford November 17, 2022November 18, 2022
This black and white photo by Gerry Farrell shows the massive amount of air emissions that look like white clouds billowing from smokestacks at the Northern Pulp mill a few years ago, before the mill was closed and went into hibernation.
Posted inCommentary

Northern Pulp wants another six month delay in B.C. court and forced mediation with Nova Scotia

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter October 31, 2022November 9, 2022
Posted inBusiness and Development, Commentary

A quietly negotiated trade agreement with Indonesia is a bad deal for Canada

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter July 25, 2022January 9, 2023
Sign at entrance to Northern Pulp mill saying Welcome to Our Mill.
Posted inCommentary, Environment, Province House

Northern Pulp says it is ‘insolvent’ and can’t pay its pension obligations, but it’s got plenty of cash to bankroll legal assaults on Nova Scotia’s government and laws

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter April 20, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary

Northern Pulp and its wealthy owners seem intent on taking Nova Scotians to the cleaners

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter April 4, 2022October 20, 2022
A two and a half storey house, green with white trim and a front porch, on a city street with a for sale sign in front of it. In the background are new apartment buildings and beside it a parking lot.
Posted inMorning File

Housing: party for a few, crisis for the rest

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch January 5, 2022January 25, 2023
Posted inUncategorized

Transcontinental says SaltWire still owes it $10 million

by Tim Bousquet October 8, 2021October 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.

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