On December 4, Nova Scotia RCMP released an out-of-the-blue update on what they are still calling Operation H-Strong, more commonly known as the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, which began in Portapique on April 18, 2020. In the release, RCMP say they have charged three people with supplying ammunition to the gunman in advance […]
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The public inquiry announcement is only a first step
W hat if, dear Nova Scotians, we’ve been played? Bamboozled. That the whole review-not-an-inquiry announcement was a hot ploy? The government knew that no matter what it said about its plan to investigate the largest mass shooting in Canada’s history, folks would criticize and demand more. Families of murder victims bring an unquenchable moral outrage to […]
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Activists won’t rest until official public inquiry into shootings is called
On Monday July 27, over a hundred people gathered at Victoria Park in downtown Halifax to protest the lack of an official public inquiry into the Nova Scotia shootings that took place on April 18 and 19. Just four days before the protest, on July 23, the federal and provincial governments had announced a joint […]
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Nova Scotia RCMP give update on mass killings
A briefing from Nova Scotia RCMP on Monday afternoon confirmed that the death toll in the Nova Scotia shootings now totals at least 19. “We continue to gather information and seek out answers, but we can confirm now that there are in excess of 19 victims,” said Nova Scotia RCMP’s Criminal Operations Officer Chief Superintendent […]
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What we know about Nova Scotia’s mass killings
Late in the evening on Saturday, April 18, RCMP first got word of an armed gunman in Portapique near East River Nova Scotia. Within 12 hours, the rampage would end with at least 19 dead, including an RCMP officer. The rural cottage community of Portapique on the Bay of Fundy is about an hour-and-a-half from […]
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Quebec shooting has some Halifax Muslims afraid to attend mosques
[Image-1] For the sake of his faith, Dylan is trying to overcome his anxiety about going to the mosque. If he didn’t, says the Muslim revert, then “that terrorist would win.” “But now, when people are late for prayers, you hear the door open and someone is coming in fast and it is extremely nerve-wracking,” […]
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Halifax vigils held following Quebec mosque attack
[Image-1] After hearing news of the mosque shooting in Quebec City, Masuma Khan felt it was important for members of the Dalhousie Muslim Student Association to “take matters into our own hands” by organizing a vigil. “The Muslim students here at Dal are sort of in a sense of panic and sorrow,” says Khan, the […]
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Shooting on Parliament Hill
[Image-1] Canada is on high alert after a man or several men opened fire today on Parliament Hill. At least one soldier who was standing guard at the National War Memorial was shot in the chest. CBC reports his condition is not known at present. The shooting has caused a lockdown in areas around downtown […]