Portapique Shootings

• ‘Almost unbelievable:’ How disbelief may have shaped RCMP response to N.S. shooting spree

  Four Nova Scotia RCMP officers who responded to calls of a shooting in Portapique couldn't believe what they were hearing. Experts question if this doubt influenced their response.

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  Mar 9, 2022
  
• Families’ optimism in Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry ‘waning,’ lawyer says

  The Mass Casualty Commission hearings begin next week into the murder of 22 people in April 2020, when a gunman terrorized parts of rural Nova Scotia in a deadly killing spree.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2022
  
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• Fake RCMP decals made months before Nova Scotia shooting

  According to the parole board documents, the decals were made without permission of the owner of the business.

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  Aug 20, 2020
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• After backlash, governments agree to hold public inquiry into Nova Scotia shooting

  The inquiry will be equipped with the ability to summon witnesses or require them to provide evidence as well as the power to subpoena documents. 

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  Jul 28, 2020
• Trio of Canadian Senators call on justice ministers to launch inquiry into Nova Scotia shooting

  Senators Mary Coyle, Colin Deacon and Stan Kutcher, are calling for a "joint and equally-led public inquiry" into the shooting that left 22 people dead in April.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2020
• Nova Scotia shootings: The psychology of an ‘injustice collector’

  "Injustice collectors have a negative or adversarial interpretation of every encounter."

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  Jun 8, 2020
• Police had bulletin warning of Nova Scotia shooter’s intention to ‘kill a cop’ in 2011

  The RCMP are unable to share what, if anything, was done with a tip about the man, who shot and killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia in April.

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  May 29, 2020
• Dalhousie law professors ask premier to launch public inquiry into mass shooting

  Faculty at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law are calling on Premier Stephen McNeil to initiate a public inquiry into last month's mass shooting.

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  May 15, 2020
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• Premier’s stance on Nova Scotia’s ‘support’ role in shooting inquiry puzzles experts

  N.S. Premier McNeil says he is waiting for federal government to decide on public inquiry for the April 18-19 shooting rampage.

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  May 14, 2020
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• N.S. premier waiting on Ottawa before deciding on inquiry into mass shooting

  Nova Scotia Attorney General Mark Furey is "working with his partners at the federal level," but a possible inquiry hasn't been determined.

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  May 13, 2020