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Three people sit at a long table in a conference room. There's a blue curtain behind them and a video screen to their right.
Posted inCommentary, Province House

‘Twas the late afternoon before a long weekend, and…

by Stephen Kimber September 6, 2022January 9, 2023

I hadn’t planned to write this. It was a long weekend. We had family visiting. In fact, on Friday, I’d written to my editors, Tim Bousquet and Suzanne Rent, to tell them not to expect me to be my usual shocked and appalled this weekend. “Good plan,” Tim replied. “Enjoy the weekend.” I should have […]

three people sitting at a long table
Posted inCommentary, Mass Casualty Commission, Province House

Will the mass casualty commission report even matter?

by Stephen Kimber July 25, 2022January 9, 2023
A smiling white woman with chin length blonde hair and blue eyes
Posted inPolicing

Civilian Review & Complaints Commission to investigate how the RCMP handled sexual assault complaints from Susie Butlin

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter July 19, 2022January 3, 2023
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
A white woman with dark blonde hair and a white jacket
Posted inCommentary

The witchification of Lisa Banfield

by Tim Bousquet July 17, 2022January 3, 2023
A white woman with dark blonde hair and a white jacket
Posted inCommentary, Crime and Courts, Mass Casualty Commission, Policing

Lisa Banfield and the search for ‘truth’

by Stephen Kimber July 17, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inCrime and Courts, Journalism, Mass Casualty Commission, Policing

An RCMP officer’s evolving recollection of Brenda Forbes’ complaint about the mass murderer

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter July 14, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inPolicing

‘Just complementary and just sweet’: Lisa Banfield’s 19 years of abuse

by Tim Bousquet July 13, 2022January 3, 2023
Posted inMass Murders 2020

Brenda Forbes tried to warn neighbours and the RCMP about the “psychopath” in Portapique years before he went on his murderous rampage. No one listened.

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter July 12, 2022November 6, 2022
The green Portapique roadsign with a tartan sash tied on the post
Posted inJustice, Morning File, Policing

Are ‘psychological autopsies’ junk science?

by Tim Bousquet July 8, 2022January 9, 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.


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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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