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A white woman in a pink blouse, sitting, raising her index finger
Posted inPolicing

Two years after Portapique, call-takers and dispatchers are still struggling

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson June 14, 2022January 3, 2023

Organized chaos. The worst day of my life. Beyond the scope of anything I’ve dealt with. It seemed unreal. No time to feel. Those are a few phrases two shift supervisors used to describe the working conditions on Sunday morning, April 19 2020 at the RCMP Operations Communications Centre (OCC), where 911 operators answered call […]

A middle aged white man with short hair wearing a suit in front of a grey-green background.
Posted inMass 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
A woman sits at a table during testimony.
Posted inPolicing

27 minutes: the RCMP’s communications division hesitated when the public most needed to be warned about the mass murderer

by Tim Bousquet June 9, 2022January 3, 2023
A white woman smiles happily in a selfie with her partner and daughter behind her
Posted inPolicing

Bodies of five murder victims weren’t discovered by the RCMP for more than 18 hours after they were killed

by Tim Bousquet May 29, 2022January 3, 2023
a memorial on the side of the road
Posted inUncategorized

The killer was on Hunter Road for nearly three hours

by Tim Bousquet April 25, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inMass Murders 2020

The anatomy of failure: How and why the emergency alert system was not activated when a mass murderer was roaming around Nova Scotia

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer.Avatar photoA smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Tim Bousquet, Jennifer Henderson, Joan Baxter and Yvette d'Entremont April 22, 2020November 15, 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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by Tim Bousquet February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

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Shannon Park development agreement approved, Canada Lands commits to 20% affordability

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Still more power rate increases likely

by Jennifer Henderson February 3, 2023February 3, 2023
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