Free counselling sessions offered a year after N.S. mass shooting
A team of psychologists is offering free counselling sessions to Nova Scotians around the anniversary of the mass shooting that left 22 people dead.
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People can take part in up to 3 sessions by phone or video from April 5-May 7
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Posted: Apr 01, 2021 4:51 PM AT | Last Updated: April 1
The anniversary of a traumatic event like the killings that began in Portapique can impact people in different ways, says Dr. Victor Day.(Robert Short/CBC)
A team of psychologists is offering free counselling to help Nova Scotians cope with the anniversary of the mass shooting last April that left 22 people dead.
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The remains of a cottage and the burnt shell of a decommissioned RCMP cruiser are seen at a property in Portapique, N.S., that belonged to the gunman who killed 22 people on April 18 and 19.(Steve Lawrence/CBC)
The man responsible for killing 22 people in rural Nova Scotia attacked his common-law partner when she was in bed and fired several shots in her direction before locking her in his replica RCMP cruiser, according to newly unsealed documents.
A Nova Scotia provincial court judge approved lifting redactions Thursday on much of the summary of a statement Lisa Banfield gave to police April 19, 2020, detailing the violence she endured in Portapique, N.S., on the night Gabriel Wortman killed 13 of their neighbours.
Posted: Feb 03, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 3
Nova Scotia RCMP Commanding Officer and Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman reads an statement at the start of a news conference on April 22, 2020. (Tim Krochak/The Canadian Press)
Seventy Mounties took sick leave in the wake of April s mass killings in Nova Scotia and the province s justice minister agreed to pay for out-of-province officers to backfill, but only until the end of August, newly released documents show.
Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman, commanding officer for Nova Scotia RCMP, first requested approval for the extra help on April 27, eight days after a gunman disguised as an RCMP officer killed 22 people, leaving 16 crime scenes in several rural communities.
HALIFAX Maritimers are normally generous and it seems this year that there are more acts of kindness than ever before perhaps a reflection of what s been a tough year for many. From giving trees in Pictou County, offering free essentials to those in need, to students at M. Gerald Teed School in Saint John, crafting giant Christmas cards for long-term care residents affected by COVID-19, holiday acts of kindness are flooding social media feeds and filling hearts. For Evan Phinney, there s been overwhelming support for the blood drive in her father s name. Bruce Phinney died of a rare blood cancer last year on Christmas Day.
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