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The red Halifax Hawks logo in front of a sign that reads "Minor Hockey."
Posted inMorning File

Before the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal, Michael McNutt sexually abused dozens of boys, including those involved in Minor Hockey

by Tim Bousquet December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

Outside the circle of direct criminal assault, there was a much larger culture of complicity — adults who surely must have known about McNutt’s assaults of children, and yet took no concrete action beyond covering their own asses.

Posted inCrime and Courts, Sports

Halifax Hawks Minor Hockey Association sued over alleged sexual assault of a boy by coach Michael McNutt

by Tim Bousquet December 8, 2022December 16, 2022
Posted inMorning File

It’s great that Hockey Nova Scotia is taking concrete action on sexual assault. Now, can we discuss Michael McNutt?

by Tim Bousquet October 7, 2022January 5, 2023
A graphic that says we do not live in a culture of consent. In the background is a photo of a dictionary definition of consent.
Posted inCommentary, Crime and Courts, Women

Legislation, education, everyday actions can foster a culture of consent

by Ann de Ste Croix September 20, 2022January 9, 2023
A older white man with glasses standing in his office
Posted inCommentary, Crime and Courts

Unfinished business: Donald Sobey, Derek Power, and the ‘pardoned’ sexual assault

by Stephen Kimber August 28, 2022January 9, 2023
A white woman reads a map in her car, near a beach, with her feet out the driver's side window
Posted inArts and Culture, Morning File, Women

The perks of not waiting around for anyone

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent July 28, 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
Three white teenaged students and their teacher on a bench, wearing matching black t-shirts
Posted inEducation, Women

Dartmouth junior high students create project to raise awareness about sexual violence

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent May 2, 2022October 20, 2022
Two photos: Elly Danica, an elderly white woman smiling happily in a comfy chair; beside that, the cover of her book, which has the word "Don't" in orange text on a brown rectangle, and "a woman's word, Elly Danica" in pale blue lettering on an abstract photo of blue rippling water
Posted inMorning File

Remembering Elly Danica

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch March 15, 2022January 25, 2023
Halifax Regional Police cruisers lined up behind headquarters on Gottingen Street in June 2021. They're so shiny and white.
Posted inPolicing

Halifax police officer charged with sexual assault

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 15, 2022January 2, 2023

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