HALIFAX—High winds knocked out power in thousands of homes in Nova Scotia and P.E.I. Friday night as people in Atlantic Canada began feeling the wrath of Fiona. By 10 p.m., more than 14,000 homes and businesses in Nova Scotia had been plunged into darkness. Most of the outages were reported in the central part of…
Wind From ‘Very Powerful’ Fiona Knocks out Power to Homes in Nova Scotia, PEI
Mass Shooting Victim’s Family Calls for End to Sales of Decommissioned RCMP Vehicles
The family of the 22nd and final victim in the Nova Scotia mass shooting is calling for a permanent moratorium on the sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles to the general public. Jane Lenehan, who represents the family of Gina Goulet, today told the federal-provincial inquiry into the killings that the revenue from auctioning off the vehicles can’t…
Lawyers Cite Basic Mistake Made by the RCMP as Officers Responded to Mass Shooting
The RCMP must be held accountable for mistakes the police force made in April 2020 when it failed to stop a gunman in Nova Scotia from killing 22 people during a 13-hour rampage, an inquiry into the massacre heard Tuesday. Lawyers representing most of the victims presented their final oral submissions to the commission of…
Recorded Call of RCMP Commissioner’s Alleged ‘Promise’ to Feds on NS Tragedy Weapons Disclosure Deleted: Deputy Commissioner
The phone call at the heart of the allegations of political interference in the investigation of the Nova Scotia mass shootings had been recorded but has since been deleted, a top RCMP official testified on Sept. 9. Deputy Commissioner Brian Brennan told the Mass Casualty Commission (MCC) that Dan Brien, director of media relations with the…
Mass Shooting Inquiry: Former Mountie Says He Quit Over Quashed Alert System Proposal
The inquiry investigating the Nova Scotia mass shooting has heard from a former Mountie who says he became so frustrated trying to get the RCMP to adopt a new public alerting system that he quit the police force. Mark Furey, who later served as Nova Scotia’s justice minister, says that in 2012, he recommended the…
NS Inquiry: Senior RCMP Officer Pushed to Withhold Police Safety Bulletin on Killer
One of the RCMP’s highest-ranking officers has told a public inquiry that after a gunman killed 22 people in Nova Scotia in 2020, he opposed informing the public that a police bulletin had raised red flags about the killer nine years earlier. Deputy commissioner Brian Brennan told the inquiry Friday that other senior officers suggested during…
Atlantic Premiers Ask Ottawa for Short-Term Extension on Carbon Plan Deadline
The four Atlantic premiers have sent a letter to the federal government requesting a short–term extension past Friday’s deadline to submit a plan to address carbon emissions. Writing on behalf of the premiers, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is also requesting a meeting with federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault in order to identify “practical solutions to this…
Mountie Who Investigated N.S. Mass Shooter Linked to Murder Case Under Federal Review
An RCMP officer who investigated the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooter has been linked to the alleged mishandling of a 2017 murder case that is under federal review. Const. Greg Wiley is among three officers named in a 2018 police review of the gaps in the RCMP’s response to the murder case of Susie Butlin. The…
RCMP Commissioner Lucki Grilled at NS Inquiry About Failure to Implement Reforms
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is facing questions today at a public inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting on why the police force didn’t move more swiftly to implement recommendations for reform. Josh Bryson, a lawyer for family members of two people killed in the shootings, asked Lucki why the RCMP hadn’t implemented recommendations…
‘We Need to Be More Transparent’: RCMP Commissioner Lucki Says Police Must Modernize
Canada’s top Mountie has told a public inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting that the RCMP must become a more transparent organization. Commissioner Brenda Lucki is before the inquiry today to testify about how a gunman driving a replica police car carried out 22 murders over 13 hours on April 18-19, 2020. The…
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