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Justice Minister Mark Furey: an apology to Glen Assoun is “premature”

July 26, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

It’s two weeks today since a Nova Scotia court unsealed documents that help explain why Glen Assoun spent 17 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit. The documents pertain to both the Halifax Regional Police’s initial Halifax police investigation into the 1995 murder of Brenda Way, and to a later RCMP re-investigation […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Dave Moore, Glen Assoun, Justice Minister Mark Furey, miscarriage of justice, NDP leader Gary Burrill, Nova Scotia Police Review Board, PC leader Tim Houston, Retired Chief Justice Joe Kennedy, Sean MacDonald, Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System (ViCLAS)

Chris Mosher says the Halifax Examiner writing about his rehab is stressful

December 31, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

In an affidavit filed with the court earlier this month, former Halifax cop Chris Mosher says that he has suffered “negative treatment at my new job” due in part to a Halifax Examiner article about his current employment with the Halifax Regional Municipality. On October 6, the Examiner published an article detailing Mosher’s firing by […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 108, Chris Mosher, Colleen Kelly, Crosbie House Society, David Coles, Justice Michael Wood, Michael Murphy, Molly MacLean, Nova Scotia Police Review Board

Former cop Chris Mosher is asking for a publication ban

Morning File, Thursday, December 20, 2018

December 20, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Chris Mosher In October, I reported that the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) had asked the Nova Scotia Supreme Court for a judicial review of the city’s agreement with former cop Chris Mosher. The background: After he was charged with sexual assault and then for repeatedly violating the conditions of his release, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Cape Breton Spectator, Chris Mosher, Demetri Kachafanas, Jason Edwards, Kendra Coombes, Nova Scotia Police Review Board, Tom Ayers

Former Halifax cop Chris Mosher has received a cash payout and a new job from the city

October 6, 2018 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

After he was charged with sexual assault and then for repeatedly violating the conditions of his release, Halifax cop Chris Mosher was fired last year by the Halifax police department. But Mosher has successfully appealed his firing, and has received a cash payout from the city and a new job working with either the city’s […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Brendan Elliott, Chris Mosher, Colleen Kelly, cop disciplined, CUPE, Dan Arsenault, Halifax Regional Police Association, Jason Edwards, Jean-Michel Blais, Judge Flora Buchan, Nova Scotia Police Review Board, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), sexual assault

Just OK beer and crappy food: Morning File, Wednesday, September 27, 2017

September 27, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News 1. Here’s what we need for a great new Mumford Terminal “It’s finally happening,” writes Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler. “The city has started planning its redo of the ghastly, despised Mumford Terminal.” First, Butler explains, the city must make big decisions on commuter rail and transit lanes in order to get the bus terminal […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Constable Derek Fish, Downeast Beer Company owes creditors, Halifax Regional Police, Harold MacKay, Heather Bruce, Henry M. Bradford, Jeremy Durno, Judge Warren Zimmer, Marieke Walsh, Michele MacKay, Nova Scotia Police Review Board, O.H. Armstrong Ltd., Paul Harris, provincial budget, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), Steve Bruce, Wendy Martin

The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

Click here to go to the DEAD WRONG home page.

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