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• Nova Scotia to replace judge presiding over Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry

  The attorney general has asked the chief judge of the provincial court to assign a new judge to finish the work started by the man who was presiding over the fatality inquiry.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2023
  
• Desmond inquiry: N.S. judge says his final report won’t be released until next year

  The Nova Scotia judge leading an inquiry into the death of a former soldier who killed his family and himself in 2017 says a final report will be released sometime next year.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2022
  
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• Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry to resume next week after nearly a year of delays

  There will be restrictions on in-person access to the inquiry as a result of the pandemic. However, the court has now confirmed that proceedings will be livestreamed online.

  Health

  Feb 10, 2021
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• Lionel Desmond not thought to pose imminent threat, health official tells inquiry

  A psychotherapist who was aware Desmond had been diagnosed with PTSD, told an inquiry Thursday she was concerned the former sniper had experienced a "single trauma."

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2020
• Inquiry into deaths of former soldier Lionel Desmond and his family resume Monday

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

  Crime

  Jan 26, 2020
• Inquiry into deaths of former soldier and his Nova Scotia family delayed

  Lawyers, government officials and relatives had gathered in a Guysborough, N.S., municipal building for the inquiry that also aims to determine what can be done to prevent similar tragedy.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2019
• Inquiry begins Monday into deaths of former soldier Lionel Desmond and his family

  On Monday a fatality inquiry that will try to determine what happened to Lionel Desmond and what can be done to prevent similar tragedies

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2019