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The spouse of the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia told police that on the night he began his rampage she was beaten and shot at, and she begged for her life before she managed to escape.
Newly released court documents also say the assault of Lisa Banfield by her common law partner Gabriel Wortman on the night of April 18 wasn’t the first such incident, and that he was “abusive towards her in the past, but she never reported any of the abuse.”
The spouse of the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia told police that on the night he began his rampage she was beaten and shot at, and she begged for her life before she managed to escape.
HALIFAX — The spouse of the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia told police that on the night he began his rampage she was beaten and shot at, and she begged for her life before she managed to. . .
Posted: Feb 08, 2021 7:30 AM AT | Last Updated: February 8
There were 100 birth alerts issued in 2018-2019 and 95 in 2019-2020, according to the Department of Community Services.(CBC News)
Nova Scotia is one of the last provinces to still use a controversial practice known as birth alerts that has been widely condemned for targeting Indigenous and other racialized women.
A birth alert is when child welfare services notifies a hospital that they believe an expectant mother is high risk and that a newborn baby may need protection. It can lead to the baby being seized without the mother s consent. I have seen young families torn apart, and it has taken years and years and years to get back their children and sometimes they never do, Pam Glode-Desrochers, executive director of the Mi kmaw Native Friendship Centre, told CBC s