Category: Desmond Inquiry

Desmond Inquiry: Relative Says Decision to Dismiss Judge Was the Wrong Move

The Nova Scotia government should not have dismissed the judge leading the Lionel Desmond inquiry, a close relative of the former soldier at the centre of the high-profile probe said Thursday. Desmond’s sister Chantel said she and other family members wanted provincial court Judge Warren Zimmer to finish his work, which started more than five…


Judge Who Led Desmond Inquiry Accuses NS Government of Spreading Misinformation

The Nova Scotia government is facing accusations from a judge whosays misinformation and ignorance were behind the attorney general’s decision last week to dismiss him as the commissioner leading a high-profile inquiry. Provincial court Judge Warren Zimmer was appointed in July 2018 to lead the fatality inquiry that investigated why Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond…


Desmond Inquiry: Nova Scotia Firearms Official Testifies About Better Communication

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S.—Nova Scotia’s chief firearms officer told an inquiry today that communications with his colleagues in other provinces have improved since a former soldier fatally shot his family and himself in rural Nova Scotia in 2017. John Parkin was testifying at the provincial fatality inquiry investigating the death of former infantryman Lionel Desmond, who…