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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

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki “made a promise” to Public Safety Minister Bill Blair and the Prime Minister’s Office to leverage the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020 to get a gun control law passed. A week after the murders, Lucki pressured RCMP in Nova Scotia to release details of the weapons used by the killer. […]

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Policing

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

by Jennifer Henderson June 14, 2022January 3, 2023

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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

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Policing

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

Policing

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

by Jennifer Henderson June 2, 2022January 3, 2023

Commentary

The Mass Casualty Commission and the Catch-22 of witness ‘accommodation’

by Stephen Kimber May 29, 2022January 3, 2023

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Policing

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

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

Memorial in Portapique, NS, for the 22 victims of the April 2020 mass shooting.

Investigation

“A political act of opportunism”: Conservatives go hard right on gun laws

by Joan Baxter June 17, 2020November 16, 2022

Memorial cross by the side of a highway. Roadside memorial to Heidi Betts.

Morning File

Grieving alone, together

by Philip Moscovitch April 21, 2020January 11, 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.

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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 shooting

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

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

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

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

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

The Mass Casualty Commission and the Catch-22 of witness ‘accommodation’

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

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

“A political act of opportunism”: Conservatives go hard right on gun laws

Grieving alone, together

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