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The green Portapique roadsign with a tartan sash tied on the post
Posted inPolicing

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

by Tim Bousquet July 19, 2022January 3, 2023

The mass murderer was a thief, a drug runner, and a corrupt tax cheat. The financial “misdealings” of the man who murdered 22 people in Nova Scotia on April 18 and 19, 2022, who the Halifax Examiner refers to as GW, are detailed in the latest document published by the Mass Casualty Commission. The findings […]

Posted inInvestigation

We “drove the back roads”

by Tim Bousquet September 23, 2020October 20, 2022
Replica police car
Posted inUncategorized

“Body parts still in the automobile” of mass murder victim when RCMP released the car to the victim’s family, claims lawsuit

by Tim Bousquet June 17, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

The racist (and dumb) iconography of the anti-gun control zealots

by Tim Bousquet June 15, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Mass murderer left a will directing that his remains be placed in the Portapique Cemetery

by Tim Bousquet June 12, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inMass Murders 2020

Portapique Cemetery: we won’t accept the body of the mass murderer

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson June 12, 2020December 12, 2022
The Onslow Belmont Fire Hall.
Posted inPolicing

Bill Casey: the shooting of the Onslow fire hall reflects a broader RCMP communications failure

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson June 9, 2020December 12, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Nova Scotia massacre: Did the RCMP “risk it out” one time too many?

by Paul Palango May 30, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Lots of people knew about the mass murderer’s destructive behaviour, and did nothing

by Tim Bousquet May 19, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inMorning File

Mundane and extraordinary mysteries

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch May 14, 2020January 11, 2023

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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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