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By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 1, 2024 11:51 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An independent committee released today its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia …
Read More »Nova Scotia mass shooting: Government commits more money to mental health programs – Halifax
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 18, 2023 11:22 am Updated May 18, 2023 11:26 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Nova Scotia government has announced more mental health resources for people who live in the three counties most affected by the mass shooting in …
Read More »N.S. mass shooting: how gun smuggling happened, and the inquiry’s call for reforms
A decade before a Nova Scotia man used smuggled guns to murder 22 people in the province in 2020, police information systems had labelled him as a firearms risk. Yet those records never found their way to the Canada Border Services Agency, and they didn’t prevent the mass shooter from …
Read More »New community hall in Portapique, N.S. to offer a chance at healing after mass shooting – Halifax
Nearly three years after a deadly rampage started in the small Nova Scotia community of Portapique, the community is finding ways to heal with the construction of a new community hall. Residents of Portapique are still dealing with the impacts of the April 2020 mass shooting — an event that …
Read More »A look at the 22 Nova Scotians killed in Canada’s worst mass shooting
The victims in Canada’s worst mass shooting included an RCMP officer, a teacher, health-care workers, retirees, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their home. Read more: ‘There were failures’: N.S. shooting inquiry report slams RCMP response to 2020 tragedy Here is a look at the 22 …
Read More »Senior Mounties involved in N.S. mass shooting response either retired or in new jobs
As a public inquiry prepares for the release of its final report into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting, its findings are sure to refocus the spotlight on the RCMP’s problem-plagued response to the 13-hour rampage that claimed 22 lives. Almost three years after a man disguised as a Mountie …
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