Mass Shooting Inquiry

• Group monitoring RCMP response to mass shooting inquiry needs public’s help: chair

  The chair of the independent Progress Monitoring Committee said the 16-member group doesn't have a "stick" to force the Mounties and government officials to do the right thing.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2023
  
• 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
  
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• Shooting victims’ families want to ensure inquiry recommendations followed

  Families of victims of Nova Scotia's mass shooting are calling for an oversight committee to ensure the recommendations coming out of the public inquiry won't be ignored.

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2022
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• Chair of N.S. shooting inquiry worries budget constraints could tether RCMP watchdog

  The chairman of Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry has raised concerns that budget constraints could end up tethering investigations by the police watchdog agency.

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2022
• Indigenous residents question RCMP failure to issue warnings about N.S. mass shooter

  An inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting heard from Indigenous residents who said the RCMP failed to issue timely warnings as the killer passed near two First Nations.

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2022
• Mass shooting inquiry: Former Mountie says he quit over quashed alert system proposal

  Mark Furey, who later served as Nova Scotia's justice minister, says that in 2012, he recommended the RCMP start using the National Public Alerting System.

  Canada

  Sep 12, 2022
• Nova Scotia’s mass shooting inquiry receives warning about its recommendations

  The inquiry into the mass shooting in Nova Scotia heard from experts who warned governments have a poor track record when it comes to implementing recommendations from inquiries.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2022
• N.S. mass shooting inquiry deadline for final report extended into 2023

  The deadline for the final report of the public inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting has been extended five months and is now expected by March 31, 2023.

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2022
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• Mountie has ‘impression’ Liberal government interfered with N.S. mass shooting probe

  A senior Mountie says he believes political inference was behind the RCMP commissioner's determination to have police release details on the guns used in the Nova Scotia shooting.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2022
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• 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