Provincial Justice Minister Mark Furey confirmed Thursday that work is underway to find a larger venue to ensure the hearings can comply with physical distancing protocols, but he could not say how long that will take.

The hearing into the death of Lionel Desmond, his mother, wife and daughter will resume in Guysborough, N.S., on Monday.

Lionel Desmond shot and killed his mother, wife and daughter before taking his own life earlier this year in a rural community near Antigonish, N.S.