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A survivor of the Nova Scotia mass shooting has taken his own life — prompting calls for better mental health supports. Family and friend Clinton Ellison say he suffered with PTSD, anxiety, and depression for the last six years after finding his brother dead on that tragic night in April 2020. Ella MacDonald reports.

The gun buyback program has seen a shortfall since its implementation in 2020, following the Nova Scotia mass-shooting that spurred the banning of over 2500 different firearms. As Touria Izri reports, legal gun owners say they’re being unfairly targeted. Editor’s note: We have removed a portion of this video in which the reporter incorrectly classifies...

Despite being more than 5,000 kilometres away, Nova Scotians are mourning the lives lost in British Columbia. As Ella Macdonald reports, school districts and emergency services share messages of solidarity, from a province that knows the devastating impact of gun violence far too well.

After the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. this week, Nova Scotia’s Education Minister says he is making sure students and staff feel safe at schools. Ella MacDonald reports.

Tumbler Ridge, B.C, will forever be affected by one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canadian history. Heidi Petracek speaks with Jenny Kierstead, the sister of Lisa McCully, who was killed in the 2020 Nova Scotia massacre, on how the people of Tumbler Ridge can cope with the trauma.

Tumbler Ridge, B.C. grieves after a mass shooting leaves eight innocent people dead. What’s known about some of the victims and the suspect. How politicians of all stripes are united in grief by the tragedy. Plus, the sister of one of the victims from the 2020 Nova Scotia massacre shares guidance on coping with the...

: Only a fraction of the recommended changes following the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting have been implemented by the RCMP and the provincial government. While an independent committee highlights in its latest report that only two of the 14 groups of recommendations are complete, it says things are moving in the right direction. Angela...

Asked about whether there was interference in the investigation of the 2020 mass shooting massacre in Nova Scotia, from either himself or his office, former Public Safety Minister Bill Blair denied any such interference when speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday.

The RCMP member who pulled over the gunman during a traffic stop before the Nova Scotia mass shooting says he didn’t find it strange that he was a collector of police paraphernalia. Const. Nick Dorrington testified before the Mass Casualty Commission on Monday. As Graeme Benjamin reports, he’s raising serious concerns about how the response...

Family members of the Nova Scotia mass shooting victims continue to express frustration with the inquiry into the 2020 killings. For the second day in a row, they are refusing to attend the proceedings, and instead, they are staging a protest outside in Truro. Graeme Benjamin was there and has the details.

Nearly two years ago, 22 people died in Portapique, N.S., when a gunman went on a shooting rampage. The public inquiry examining that tragedy will resume at the end of the month and will hear from three RCMP officers who responded. As Ross Lord reports, commissioners also plan to call the person who knew the...

The Mass Casualty Commission has concluded its detailed timeline of the sequence of events during the April 2020 mass shooting. As Graeme Benjamin reports, they say the gunman died after a chance encounter with police.

The second day of the Mass Casualty Commission’s probe into the Nova Scotia mass shooting got underway today, but so far the commission has not yet started discussions about the events of April 18 and 19. As Graeme Benjamin reports, today’s focus was on life in rural Nova Scotia and the structure of policing in...

Nearly two years after one of Canada’s worst mass shootings transpired in Nova Scotia, a public inquiry into the rampage has begun. As Ross Lord reports, Premier Tim Houston has joined survivors and victims’ families in expressing concerns about how the inquiry will be conducted.

As allegations swirl that Bill Blair may have interfered politically with the RCMP in the wake of the Nova Scotia mass shooting, the emergency preparedness minister issued an emphatic denial while speaking to reporters on Wednesday in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. “I, and my government, did not give any operational direction or interfere in any way...

A regimental memorial service was held Wednesday to honour Const. Heidi Stevenson, who was killed by a gunman during the Nova Scotia mass shooting in April 2020. Her family held a private service after her death, but a regimental funeral was put off due to COVID-19. As Callum Smith reports, she’s being remembered as someone...

RCMP Chief Supt. Darren Campbell made a tearful apology at the Mass Casualty Commission looking in to the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia. He said he was “truly sorry that we failed you” to the families of the victims.

RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki said Tuesday, during her testimony in front of the inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting, that it was not important to her whether the weapons seized by RCMP were released to the media but that she was frustrated by “miscommunication.”

Speaking Tuesday, Canadian Conservative Shadow Minister for Public Safety Raquel Dancho blasted the Liberal government for its alleged interference into the investigation of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting. Dancho said Conservatives believe RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki “acted against the public interest” when she was allegedly pressured to share information with the government about the...

A family member of a Nova Scotia mass shooting victim says the Mass Casualty Commission should be calling more witnesses to the stand. Scott McLeod says questions are left unanswered around what police knew about Alert Ready during the shooting – and about alleged police interference. Graeme Benjamin reports.