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Relatives of the people killed in the mass shootings across Nova Scotia in April 2020 waited hours — sometimes days — for information about their loved ones, often driving to crime scenes or scouring social media to get their own answers. Some victims’ homes weren’t investigated until calls began mounting from family …
Read More »Paramedics say N.S. mass shooting left lasting trauma but few changes at work
It is the children’s frankness that has stayed with paramedics Melanie Lowe and Jeff Aucoin. The pair picked up kids whose parents had been killed in Portapique, N.S., the night of April 18, 2020. The children were likely in shock and could not yet fully understand what had just happened to them …
Read More »Why RCMP managers defend using Twitter — and not an alert — during the N.S. mass shooting
Senior RCMP members have defended controversial communication decisions during Nova Scotia’s mass shooting, including the use of Twitter instead of an emergency alert — which one manager said would have caused more deaths. Lia Scanlan, the director of strategic communications for the RCMP during the rampage that left 22 people dead, also …
Read More »Mountie in charge of early N.S. mass shooting response hopes testimony offers families some peace
The RCMP officer who was in charge of the police response during the first hours after 911 calls came in from Portapique, N.S., hopes his testimony provides some answers for families even as some people who lost loved ones took to the streets again in protest. Staff Sgt. Brian Rehill offered …
Read More »An inside account of what 911 call takers experienced during N.S. mass shooting
One of the people operating the 911 call centre the night of April 18, 2020 has provided a glimpse into what it was like when people from Portapique, N.S., began calling to report gunshots, murders and fires. Jennifer MacCallum was one of the civilian supervisors at the RCMP’s operational command centre that was …
Read More »Inquiry records shed light on why RCMP didn’t inform the public about N.S. mass shooting
Public inquiry documents are shedding light on the internal discussions RCMP officers had about what information they should share with the public about the unfolding active shooter situation in Nova Scotia in 2020. They also show that on April 19, amid the realization the gunman was at large and on …
Read More »Conservatives condemn racist conspiracy theory, attack each other over Buffalo shooting
Leadership candidates and the interim leader of the Conservative Party are condemning the racist “white replacement theory” that allegedly inspired Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. But there is still discord in the party about how that condemnation came about — with Pierre Poilievre accusing leadership rival Patrick Brown of a “sleazy” use …
Read More »1 killed, 5 injured in mass shooting at California church
A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five senior citizens before being stopped and hog-tied by parishioners in what a sheriff’s official called an act of “exceptional heroism and bravery.” Four of the five people wounded suffered …
Read More »Families in Ontario grieve with Buffalo, N.Y., after ‘heartbreaking’ mass shooting
Sherri Darlene says her father Robert Ford visits Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., nearly every day, just to pickup “little things.” It happens so often that it’s become a bit of a family joke. The 74-year-old was on his way there Saturday when he stopped to see if his friend Larry wanted to join him, …
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