NS shooting inquiry

• 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
  
• Early details of N.S. mass shooting not ‘consistent’ with reality: senior Mountie

  Chief Supt. Chris Leather is the second senior officer to provide evidence before the public inquiry into the April 18-19, 2020 murders of 22 people.

  Canada

  Jul 27
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• N.S. mass shooting inquiry warns this week will cover ‘difficult’ material

  The Mass Casualty Commission will release documents including details about the sexual and physical violence committed by the gunman who killed 22 people on April 18-19, 2020.

  Canada

  Jul 10
• Families of N.S. shooting victims ‘extremely upset,’ reconsidering role in inquiry

  Families of victims are pondering whether to continue participating in the public inquiry into the tragedy because key witnesses are being shielded from cross-examination.

  Canada

  Jul 6
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• RCMP leadership reform would minimize political interference, criminologists say

  A parliamentary committee calls RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki and former public safety minister Bill Blair to explain what happened during the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting.

  Politics

  Jun 25
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• Public inquiry in Nova Scotia seeking explanation from Ottawa about withheld notes

  The inquiry investigating the Nova Scotia mass shooting wants to know why the federal Justice Department withheld for several months four pages of notes from a senior Mountie.

  Canada

  Jun 24