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Cpl. Rodney Peterson is “not tactically sound” and “puts us at risk” says fellow cop Nick Dorrington

Morning File, Monday, May 30, 2022

May 30, 2022 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. Bodies not discovered for 18 hours   “The bodies of five victims on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020 — Joy and Peter Bond, Aaron and Emily Tuck, and Jolene Oliver — were not discovered by the RCMP until 4:45pm on Sunday, April 19, more than 18 hours after they were shot […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: Aaron Tuck, Bryan Gibson, Cpl. Rodney Peterson, Cst. Nick Dorrington, Cst. Pierre Bourdages, Emergency Response Team, Emily Tuck, Halifax Regional Police, Jaimie Peerless, Jolene Oliver, Joy Bond, Kentville, Lillian Campbell, Lisa Banfield, Mass Casualty Commission, Matthew Byard, MCC Lead Investigator Will Crews, Peter Bond, Portapique, RCMP, Sgt. Andy O'Brien, Staff Sgt. Al Carroll, Stephen Kimber, Tim Bousquet

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

Allowing two RCMP officers to testify in pre-recorded sessions without the direct involvement of lawyers for the families undermines the credibility of the commission. And that's unfortunate for all of us.

May 29, 2022 By Stephen Kimber 2 Comments

I have not watched every minute of every witnesses’ testimony at the Mass Casualty Commission. As I have with the commission’s 18-and-counting foundational documents and 1,400 itemized source materials, I’ve sampled, closely watching the testimony of witnesses I expected to offer important information, dipping in and out of others as time allowed. Among my many […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Adam Rogers, Cpl. Rodney Peterson, Cst. Ian Fahie, Joshua Bryson, mass shooting, National Police Federation, Nick Beaton, Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission (MCC), Portapique, RCMP, Sandra McCulloch, Sgt. Andy O'Brien, Staff Sgt. Al Carroll, Staff Sgt. Brian Rehill, Staff Sgt. Bruce Briers, trauma-informed

PRICED OUT

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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.

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

Episode 89 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.
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To sleep, perchance to dream — in this humidity?! Shakespeare By The Sea’s production of Hamlet — its first staged tragedy since 2019 — opens on August 5, and director Drew Douris-O’Hara and the man himself, Deivan Steele, stop by the show before rehearsal to chat. Topics include: climate change’s effect on outdoor theatre, the timelessness of Shakespeare’s most popular work, the failure of funding models in all times (not just during COVID), and the resilience of squirrels.

Listen to the episode here.

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