NS Shooting Inquiry

• Senior Mounties involved in N.S. mass shooting response either retired or in new jobs

  Almost three years after the Nova Scotia shooting, the senior RCMP officers and staff involved in the tragic case have all either retired or moved into new jobs.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2023
  
• Inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting to release final report on March 30

  The Mass Casualty Commission says the report will provide a detailed account of what happened as well as recommendations to improve community safety across Canada.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2023
  
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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
• Division between RCMP, municipal police grows since the N.S. mass shooting

  The inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting has heard during recent testimony about a 'turf battle' between the RCMP and Halifax Regional Police.

  Politics

  Sep 7, 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
• 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, 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
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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, 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