Nova Scotia Mass Shooting

• Liberals quietly extend ‘assault-style’ firearms amnesty to Oct. 2025

  Ottawa has once again extended the Criminal Code amnesty period for people who already own banned weapons by two more years to Oct. 30, 2025.

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  Oct 11, 2023
  
• N.S. announces comprehensive policing review following 2020 mass shooting

  The province says it will form a committee and may recommend changes on how policing is delivered in Nova Scotia, following a recommendation from the Mass Casualty Commission.

  Politics

  Sep 29, 2023
  
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• Group monitoring RCMP response to mass shooting inquiry needs public’s help: chair

  The chair of the independent Progress Monitoring Committee said the 16-member group doesn't have a "stick" to force the Mounties and government officials to do the right thing.

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  Sep 28, 2023
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• ‘You low life’s’: Supplies stolen from memorial park for N.S. mass shooting victims

  Two 700-pound steel beams, delivered to build a bridge to connect the memorial sites of two women killed in the Nova Scotia mass shooting, were reported stolen on Friday afternoon.

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  Apr 22, 2023
• Premier calls for silent reflection to mark anniversary of Nova Scotia mass shooting

  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is asking people to pause for a moment of silence to remember the 22 people killed three years ago in the worst mass shooting in Canadian history.

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  Apr 18, 2023
• Nova Scotia’s Cumberland County could replace RCMP with new service

  The municipal council voted unanimously to seek proposals for the community. It has agreed to issue a request for proposals for policing in the region.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2023
• Nova Scotia not ready to commit to mental health deadline in mass shooting final report

  With a commission-imposed deadline for support quickly approaching, the province says it's still not ready to commit.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2023
• RCMP ‘will be successful’ in laying more interference charges: interim chief

  Interim RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says multiple investigations remain underway that he's confident will lead to criminal charges, though he did not give specifics.

  Politics

  Apr 2, 2023
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• Chief of N.S. fire hall shot at by RCMP in mass shooting glad to see scathing report

  On the morning of April 19, 2020, two N.S. RCMP officers began shooting at a man in front of a fire hall in Onslow, thinking they had found the mass shooter.

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  Apr 1, 2023
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• A look at the 22 Nova Scotians killed in Canada’s worst mass shooting

  Victims in the N.S. mass shooting included an RCMP officer, a teacher, health-care workers, retirees, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their home.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2023