NS Shooting

• Mental health funding tied to 2020 mass shooting part of Nova Scotia budget cuts

  The cuts are part of a $130-million reduction in government grants to non-profits and community groups in the provincial budget tabled Monday with a $1.2-billion deficit.

  Canada

  Feb 25
  
• RCMP approve 32 awards for officers, staff involved in Nova Scotia mass shooting case

  Four years after a mass shooting claimed 22 lives, the RCMP have presented 32 awards to officers and staff for their roles in the manhunt and the public inquiry that followed.

  Canada

  Jan 28
  
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• ‘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
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• N.S. mass shooting: committee member flags lack of action on gender-based violence

  A member of the committee monitoring how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry is raising concerns from survivors of gender-based violence about a lack of action.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2024
• ‘Serious commitment’ toward N.S. mass shooting recommendations, says committee

  The head of a committee monitoring how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting says she is encouraged by their "serious commitment."

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2024
• Head of committee monitoring response to N.S. mass shooting satisfied with progress

  The head of a committee monitoring the government's response to the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass killing says she’s pleased with progress made so far.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2024
• Nova Scotia adopts bill declaring domestic violence in the province an epidemic

  The lightning fast passage of the bill introduced by the opposition NDP came less than an hour after the premier told reporters he didn’t think the legislation was necessary.

  Canada

  Sep 12, 2024
• Committee monitoring responses to mass shooting inquiry getting new chairwoman

  The Nova Scotia and federal governments confirmed Tuesday that Myra Freeman will replace chairwoman Linda Lee Oland, whose one-year term ends May 31.

  Canada

  May 28, 2024
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• Report on RCMP, government responses to mass shooting inquiry offers no evaluation

  The federal-provincial inquiry submitted a final report last year that included 130 non-binding recommendations for change, half of which focus on policing.

  Canada

  May 1, 2024
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• No complaints with RCMP, government response to N.S. mass shooting recommendations

  The head of the independent committee overseeing how governments and the RCMP are responding to recommendations from the mass shooting inquiry says she has no complaints so far.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2023