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A white woman wearing a black RCMP uniform, with mounties in red serge behind her

Mass Casualty Commission, Policing

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

by Jennifer Henderson June 21, 2022January 9, 2023

A middle aged white man with short hair wearing a suit in front of a grey-green background.

Mass Casualty Commission, Morning File, Policing

‘We really don’t need any more police officers; we really don’t need any more money’

by Tim Bousquet June 10, 2022January 9, 2023

Missed communications among Communications personnel led to failure to alert public to the killer’s fake police car

by Jennifer Henderson June 7, 2022January 3, 2023

The open wrought iron entrance gate to the courtyard of Province House in June 2021. On the stone wall is a bronze plaque reading 1726 Hollis St, and above that a copper plaque, completely green with patina, designating the building a provincial heritage property.

Cabinet ministers on climate change, COVID, the Mass Casualty Commission, and Nova Scotia Power execs’ salaries

by Jennifer Henderson June 2, 2022January 3, 2023

a woman and a man

The parallels between the Norwegian and Nova Scotian mass murders: how commanders responded to unfolding events

by Jennifer Henderson June 2, 2022January 3, 2023

Mass Casualty Commission, Morning File

How RCMP commanders’ bumbling response to Portapique allowed the killer to continue his murder spree

by Tim Bousquet May 27, 2022January 9, 2023

a white woman with shoulder length dark hair talks into microphones at a podium

RCMP officers privately warned their loved ones that a killer was on the loose, but didn’t warn the broader public

by Tim Bousquet May 12, 2022January 3, 2023

The RCMP didn’t tell the public about the mass murderer’s fake police car because they didn’t want to create a ‘frantic panic’

by Tim Bousquet April 27, 2022October 20, 2022

A group of nine photos, including maps, memorials, and locations in the mass shooting

Here’s all the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020

by Tim Bousquet, Jennifer Henderson, Joan Baxter, Yvette d'Entremont, Suzanne Rent, Zane Woodford, Philip Moscovitch, Stephen Kimber, El Jones, Erica Butler, Paul Palango and Chris Murphy April 26, 2022May 11, 2023

Four black and white photos from a free photo service. They are all of people with their faces buried in their hands in misery. One is a young teenaged boy on a bridge. Apparently this illustrates the feelings of poor troubled landlords.

Renovictions spike, but let’s not forget the plight of landlords

by Philip Moscovitch April 12, 2022January 30, 2023

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.