Posted: May 29, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 29
Nova Scotia RCMP Commanding Officer and Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman at Nova Scotia RCMP headquarters in Dartmouth, N.S., on April 22, 2020. (Tim Krochak/The Canadian Press)
The Nova Scotia government twice refused to pay for a special RCMP team established to respond to the public inquiry into the mass shootings that killed 22 people in April 2020, newly released documents show.
CBC News obtained correspondence between Mark Furey, who was the province s justice minister at the time, and Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman, the commanding officer of the RCMP in Nova Scotia, through freedom of information laws.
Also in the digital category, reporter Taryn Grant won the breaking news award in a small/medium market for her coverage of the tensions surrounding the First Nations lobster harvest in southwest Nova Scotia.
In October 2020, weeks after the Sipekne katik band launched its moderate livelihood fishery outside of the federally mandated season, several hundred commercial fishermen and their supporters raided two facilities where Mi kmaw fishermen were storing their catch.
A woman wears a face mask honouring the Treaty of 1752 as members of the Sipekne katik First Nation and others attend a ceremony on the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S., to bless the fleet before it launches its own self-regulated fishery on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.(Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
Posted: Apr 18, 2021 5:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 18
The Nova Scotia Remembers Legacy Society, a volunteer group formed in the aftermath of the killings, has organized a memorial race and a private gathering for the families of the victims and special guests on Sunday.(Liam Hennessey/The Canadian Press)
Sister of N.S. shooting victim wants answers and action to ensure my family s death wasn t in vain
Sunday is the anniversary of the mass shooting that killed 22 people in Nova Scotia, marking a year of pain, perseverance, and lingering questions for bereaved loved ones.
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Posted: Apr 16, 2021 2:55 PM ET | Last Updated: April 16
From left, Emily Tuck, Jolene Oliver and Aaron Tuck. Investigators believe the family was killed in their home in Portapique, N.S. the night of April 18, 2020, but their bodies were not discovered until 19 hours later.(Tammy Oliver-McCurdie/The Canadian Press)
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