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Documenting police “malfeasance” in Glen Assoun’s wrongful conviction

Morning File, Tuesday, June 11, 2019

June 11, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

Yesterday, Glen Assoun’s lawyer Phil Campbell filed a brief with the Supreme Court in response to a media application to unseal court documents related to his wrongful conviction. The media coalition consists of the Halifax Examiner, the CBC, and the Canadian Press. Campbell’s brief wants a partial publication ban to be placed on three people […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Constable Chris Friis, Criminal Conviction Review Group, Detective Constable Justin Sheppard, Fred Fitzsimmons, Glen Assoun, Halifax Police, James Lockyer, Jane Downey, Jerome Kennedy, Justice James Chipman, Phillip Campbell, police investigator Dave MacDonald, police malfeasance, Sean MacDonald, Stephen Angle, Tina Cameron

The redemption of Frank Anderson

Morning File, Monday, May 13, 2019

May 13, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Transit passes “Soon, more people will get access to low income transit passes,” writes Erica Butler. “But the cap on this important program remains a needless obstacle.” Click here to read “Transit Pass Bingo.”  This article is for subscribers. Click here to subscribe. 2. This is North Preston Stephen Kimber introduces us to This […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: abortion, Andrew Alkenbrack, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atlantic journalism Awards (AJA), bullshit, Cabot Links Golf Resort, corruption, Dan Leger, David Deveau, Economic Development, El Jones, Frank Anderson, grifters, Holly Conners, Immigration, Joan Baxter, Mary Campbell, North Preston’s Finest, Parker Donham, Pierre Simard, police investigator Dave MacDonald, Rebecca Thomas, Riverside Lobster, South West Shore Development Authority (SWSDA), Stephen Archibald and wire fences, Stephen Kimber, Timothy Gillespie

PRICED OUT

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.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

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. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 80 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Singer-songwriter Willie Stratton has wandered a number of genre paths, starting with raw acoustic folk as a teen phenom, moving through surf rock as Beach Bait, and landing in a Roy Orbison-style classic country on his new album Drugstore Dreamin’. Ahead of his release show at the Marquee on Friday, he stops in to explain why mixing influences makes the best art, how he approaches the guitar, and what he likes about his day job as a barber.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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