Lisa Banfield

• Spouse of Nova Scotia mass shooter to publish memoir about domestic violence

  "The First Survivor: Life with Canada’s Deadliest Mass Shooter" is due to be published in January by Sutherland House.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2025
  
• Inquiry into N.S. mass shooting says spouse of killer was revictimized by RCMP probe

  The final report on the Nova Scotia mass shooting says the gunman's partner, who survived his violent domestic abuse, was revictimized by the RCMP investigation.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2023
  
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• ‘There were failures’: N.S. shooting inquiry report slams RCMP response to 2020 tragedy

  The Mass Casualty Commission’s final report into the 2020 Nova Scotia shooting is calling for systemic changes to the RCMP, beginning with an external, independent review.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2023
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• Charges against spouse of Nova Scotia mass killer were ‘lawful,’ Crown says

  Federal lawyers say it was lawful and reasonable to charge the spouse of the man responsible for the Nova Scotia mass shooting for supplying him with ammunition.

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2023
• Spouse of N.S. mass shooter accuses RCMP, others of conspiring to stage malicious prosecution

  In a lawsuit, Lisa Banfield accuses RCMP and Public Prosecution Service in N.S. of conspiring to stage a malicious prosecution that led to a ``baseless and trumped-up charge.''

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2022
• Spouse of gunman who killed 22 Nova Scotians calls for policing reforms at inquiry

  The lawyer representing Lisa Banfield told the N.S. shooting inquiry that police failed to protect Nova Scotians by not following up on previous accusations of violence.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2022
• Criminal charge withdrawn against spouse of Nova Scotia mass killer

  The criminal charge against Lisa Banfield for providing ammunition to the gunman who killed 22 Nova Scotians in April 2020 has been withdrawn.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2022
• The Nova Scotia shooting inquiry and the ‘frustrating’ lack of answers so far

  The public inquiry examining the Nova Scotia shooting spree has offered little context explaining why the gunman killed 22 people, experts say.

  Crime

  Jul 16, 2022
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• Cross examination of N.S. killer’s spouse could promote conspiracy theories: lawyer

  James Lockyer says Lisa Banfield should not be retraumatized by lawyers who he says seem determined to explore conspiracy theories about what happened on April 18-19, 2020.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2022
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• Spouse of N.S. mass shooter reveals grim new details about their life together

  Lisa Banfield told Nova Scotia shooting inquiry investigators about the physical abuse she endured as the killer's common-law wife.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2022