Nova Scotia Inquiry

• 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
  
• 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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• Mountie who got to know killer before N.S. mass shooting says they weren’t friends

  Const. Greg Wiley will be the first witness before the inquiry whose video or audio testimony will not be available on the livestream that has been used throughout the proceedings.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2022
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• N.S. shooting inquiry bans sharing video, audio in testimony of RCMP officer

  Cst. Greg Wiley was a former friend of the Nova Scotia killer, and was assigned to investigated him in years leading up to the 2020 mass shooting

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2022
• N.S. mass shooting probe told cultural shift needed to address gender-based violence

  The Mass Casualty Commission heard that the situation won't change unless more funding, education, support and political will is applied to the problem.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2022
• Nova Scotia mass killer accumulated cash through ‘illegitimate or suspicious’ means

  A newly released summary of evidence examines the schemes Nova Scotia killer Gabriel Wortman used to enrich himself and his tendency to hide large sums of cash.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2022
• Wife of N.S. mass killer explains why she didn’t report earlier violence to police

  Lisa Banfield was beaten and badly injured by the killer right before he began his 2020 shooting rampage, but lawyer James Lockyer says she doesn't see herself as a victim.

  Crime

  Jul 15, 2022
• Cross examination of N.S. killer’s spouse could promote conspiracy theories: lawyer

  James Lockyer says Lisa Banfield should not be retraumatized by lawyers who he says seem determined to explore conspiracy theories about what happened on April 18-19, 2020.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2022
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• Spouse of N.S. mass shooter reveals grim new details about their life together

  Lisa Banfield told Nova Scotia shooting inquiry investigators about the physical abuse she endured as the killer's common-law wife.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2022
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• Nova Scotia mass shooting: Public inquiry issues RCMP new subpoena for information

  Senior commission counsel says the subpoena issued July 4 is one of several follow-up subpoenas sent to the RCMP for files relevant to the inquiry into the 2020 rampage.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2022