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Testimony details ‘dysfunction at the management level’ of the Nova Scotia RCMP

by Tim Bousquet September 12, 2022October 21, 2022

News 1. Power rate hearing “A 19-day hearing begins today before the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) that will decide how much more Nova Scotians will pay on their power bills,” reports Jennifer Henderson: Nova Scotia Power is requesting an average increase of 11.6% over three years that is being driven by higher […]

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Economy, Government, Province House

Nova Scotia posts record surplus of $351 million for last fiscal year

by Jennifer Henderson September 9, 2022January 9, 2023

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Mass Casualty Commission, Policing

Cst. Greg Wiley’s selective memory

by Tim Bousquet September 7, 2022January 9, 2023

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Commentary

The view from 10,000 feet: RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki must go

by Tim Bousquet August 25, 2022January 3, 2023

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Arts and Culture, Business and Development, Labour, Morning File

Those darn kids today. And yesterday. And decades ago

by Philip Moscovitch August 23, 2022January 9, 2023

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Government, Mass Casualty Commission, Morning File, Policing

What’s the point of the Mass Casualty Commission?

by Tim Bousquet July 21, 2022January 9, 2023

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Policing

The mass murderer was a thief, a drug runner, and a corrupt tax cheat

by Tim Bousquet July 19, 2022January 3, 2023

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Morning File

The Uber Files: The inside story of how “ride share” took over the world

by Philip Moscovitch July 12, 2022January 30, 2023

Justice, Morning File, Policing

Are ‘psychological autopsies’ junk science?

by Tim Bousquet July 8, 2022January 9, 2023

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Justice, Mass Casualty Commission, Policing

Letter to RCMP Commissioner Lucki rebuked her for trying to influence messaging after mass murders

by Jennifer Henderson June 28, 2022January 9, 2023

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: Mass Casualty Commission (MCC)

Testimony details ‘dysfunction at the management level’ of the Nova Scotia RCMP

Nova Scotia posts record surplus of $351 million for last fiscal year

Cst. Greg Wiley’s selective memory

The view from 10,000 feet: RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki must go

Those darn kids today. And yesterday. And decades ago

What’s the point of the Mass Casualty Commission?

The mass murderer was a thief, a drug runner, and a corrupt tax cheat

The Uber Files: The inside story of how “ride share” took over the world

Are ‘psychological autopsies’ junk science?

Letter to RCMP Commissioner Lucki rebuked her for trying to influence messaging after mass murders

Brad Johns won’t ban NDAs, won’t say why. Why? We thought you’d never ask

The prosecution of Randy Riley rests on racist tropes of violent and animalistic Black men and a vulnerable, unquestionable white woman

Riley trial: the Crown’s own expert witness undermines Crown’s case

Halifax council will consider minister’s housing demands, but height will be a sticking point

Nova Scotia expands nominee program to include paramedics, pharmacy technicians