The Canadian Journalism Foundation just announced the finalists of its 2015 Excellence in Journalism Award, and the news has Coast headquarters reeling. In a good way. As well as naming the short-listed outlets in the “large media” category—the Globe and Mail, Global TV, L’actualité, the Toronto Star and Winnipeg’s Free Press—the CJF announced the winner […]
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Halifax police conclude bungled stalker case review
The police review of a revenge porn and harassment investigation The Coast first wrote about on October 2 is finally complete. The “Always-on stalker” told the story of a Halifax woman, known as Nicole, who went to police in early 2013 alleging an ex-boyfriend in Florida was spreading explicit photos and video of her online […]
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Police, province respond to Nicole and Kim
Readers are calling for change and the government is promising it following last week’s cover story investigation by The Coast into how public systems failed to respond to two women who are being relentlessly harassed online and off. The Coast has kept in touch with the two women, known in the story as Nicole and […]
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The always-on stalker
In the middle of the night on a quiet, residential street in Halifax, a 28-year-old man climbed the steps of a white house with a red door. In the apartment upstairs lived a 30-something woman he found on Craigslist a couple hours earlier. The ad said, “I need it.” He replied by email. He was […]