Tag: Portapique

Federal Court Begins Hearing Challenge to Firearms Ban

The legal challenge to the Liberal government’s order to ban over a thousand models of firearms is being heard in federal court this week. Multiple suits were filed after the federal government designated in May 2020 a set of then-legal firearms as prohibited. A buyback program estimated to cost hundreds of millions of dollars is…


Children Called in Key Details Amid Mass Shooting

HALIFAX—When a gunman impersonating a Mountie started killing people in Portapique, N.S., on April 18, 2020, four children huddled in a home where they relayed key information about the killer as the tragedy unfolded around them. Portions of a transcript of that disturbing 911 call were released today by an independent commission of inquiry investigating…