'A lot of hurt': N.S. moves ahead with grief services in areas affected by 2020 mass shooting cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The provincial government is looking for a group to handle grief services in northern Nova Scotia, months after millions in federal and provincial funds were promised for mental health resources in the area.
The final report into the Nova Scotia mass shooting has validated what friends, neighbours and family members of those killed in April 2020 have been saying for years: they were failed by the province and are still dealing with a "public health emergency" because of unmet mental-health needs.
Lack of mental health care is called a "public health emergency" in the N.S. mass shooting report : Ottawa Express ottawaxpress.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ottawaxpress.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Charlene Bagley holds a photo of her late father, Tom Bagley, in Halifax on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Tom Bagley was one of 22 victims in the rural Nova Scotia murder rampage of April 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan April 15, 2021 - 6:04 AM
HALIFAX - Tom Bagley s birthday was just two days away on April 19, 2020, when his daughter Charlene called his cottage in West Wentworth, N.S., and small talk ensued about the possibility of a socially distanced party in her driveway.
Like other final conversations and images, what at the time was a routine chat is now remembered in crisp detail â Tom s cheery desire for ice-cream cake and the playful, back-and-forth banter with Patsy, his wife of over four decades.