Lionel Desmond Inquiry

• Seven years after triple murder-suicide, Nova Scotia inquiry to release final report

  More than seven years later, a provincial fatality inquiry is set to release its final report into what happened and how a similar tragedy can be prevented.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2024
  
• Long delayed report from Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry to be released Jan. 31

  The long-delayed inquiry report into an Afghanistan war veteran's decision to kill his family and himself in Nova Scotia will be released Jan. 31.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2024
  
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• Lionel Desmond inquiry: Judge calls for another round of final submissions next week

  The Nova Scotia inquiry that investigated why a former Canadian soldier fatally shot three family members and himself in 2017 is set to resume for at least one day of hearings.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2023
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• Desmond inquiry: relative says decision to dismiss judge was the wrong move

  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said his government gave the judge leading the Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry several extensions to finish the final report prior to his dismissal.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2023
• Nova Scotia government says judge dismissed from inquiry had rejected offer for help

  The province says a judge dismissed from leading a high-profile inquiry had rejected an offer for help, even though he had asked for four extensions.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2023
• Judge who led Desmond inquiry accuses N.S. government of spreading misinformation

  Judge Warren Zimmer was appointed to lead the fatality inquiry that investigated why Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself in 2017.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2023
• Lionel Desmond inquiry: Premier explains why his government dismissed head of inquiry

  The provincial fatality inquiry investigated why the Afghanistan war veteran killed three members of his family and himself in their rural Nova Scotia home in January 2017.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2023
• 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
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• 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: federal lawyer defends role of Veterans Affairs

  The inquiry has heard Lionel Desmond was a desperately ill man whose marriage was in trouble when he was released from a residential treatment program in August 2016.

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2022