Members of the public inquiry into the deadly attack in Nova Scotia last year made their first visit to the community of Portapique on Friday. The trip was set up to help them better understand what happened the night 22 people were murdered.
PORTAPIQUE, N.S. Members of the Mass Casualty Commission visited the small Nova Scotia community where last year s April tragedy began as part of its fact-finding work. The Commission had issued a community notice on its website regarding its visit to Portapique at the end of May. The site visit began at 9 a.m. Friday. Today, the focus is on the work that Nova Scotians expect us to be doing, said Barbara McLean, investigations director with the commission. It s important for those most impacted, it s important to Nova Scotians to see we re in the community, advancing the work of the Commission, said McLean.
Families of those killed during Nova Scotia s mass shooting say hearing partial recordings of three 911 calls made that fatal night go online is devastating.