NS Mass Casualty Commission

• ‘Change takes time’: Committee monitoring response to N.S. shooting releases report

  An independent committee says the RCMP and governments have completed only a fraction of the changes recommended by an inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.

  Canada

  Oct 9, 2025
  
• After N.S. mass shooting, American family member of victims lost faith in Mounties

  Zahl Bruland told the public inquiry into the killings that the RCMP ``appears to be broken,'' citing serious shortcomings in its response to the rampage.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2022
  
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• N.S. mass shooting inquiry hears that killer exchanged denture work for sex

  A report submitted to the inquiry says the killer was also known to make sexually suggestive comments to marginalized patients who visited his clinic.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 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
• Public hearings set to resume in Nova Scotia mass shooting probe

  A former RCMP divisional commander and the commissioner of the federal police force are scheduled to testify this week at the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2022
• N.S. shooting inquiry: MPs continue hearings into alleged political meddling

  RCMP Chief Supt. Darren Campbell and Lia Scanlan, a strategic communications director, will appear before a House of Commons committee Tuesday.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2022
• Chronic RCMP officer shortages in rural areas evident in N.S. mass shooting: Mountie

  A senior Mountie testified that he would have liked to have seen a quicker warning to the public in 2020 that an active shooter in Nova Scotia was driving a replica RCMP cruiser.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2022
• MPs look into alleged political interference in N.S. shooting probe

  MPs on the House of Commons public safety committee meet Monday to explore whether there was political meddling with the RCMP as it investigated the shootings in Nova Scotia.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2022
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• Criminalize tactics of ‘coercive control’ of women used by N.S. mass killer: expert

  A sociology professor told the inquiry's three commissioners she favours a federal law prohibiting coercive control, as currently exists in the United Kingdom.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2022
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• Mountie’s account of probe of domestic abuse by N.S. mass killer facing questions

  The facts of the spousal assault are central to the commission's mandate to examine gender-based violence.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2022