May 1, 2020:
Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of 'assault-style' firearms — effective immediately | CBC
Apr 24, 2020:
According to police, the suspect knew and targeted some of his victims and shot randomly at others.
The April 19 shooting rampage lasted about 12 hours and occurred at 16 different locations.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said an investigation will determine, among other things, why a timely emergency police alert was not issued which might have saved lives.
Domestic assault may have triggered Canadian rampage that left 22 dead, police say | CNN
Some of N.S. gunman's weapons came from U.S., police say | CBC
Apr 21, 2020:
Police hunt for motive as Canada's worst mass shooting death toll rises to 23 | Reuters
Trudeau vows to push for stricter gun laws in wake of Nova Scotia shooting | The Hill
Apr 19, 2020:
A man disguised as a Canadian police officer shot and killed 16 people at various locations in Nova Scotia, Canada. Some of the shootings occurred in the rural town of Portapique.
At one point during the rampage the man also disguised his vehicle to make it look like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police cruiser.
One of the 16 killed was a police officer. One other police officer was injured.
The suspect is a 51-year-old man named Gabriel Wortman. The suspect is dead, but it's unclear whether he was shot by police, took his own life, or died by some other means.
Source:
Gillies, Rob. (April 19, 2020). "16 killed in shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history". Associated Press. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
According to Time:
Mass shootings are relatively rare in Canada. The country overhauled its gun-control laws after gunman Marc Lepine killed 14 women and himself at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique college in 1989. Before this weekend’s rampage, that had been the country's worst mass killing.
It is illegal to possess an unregistered handgun or any kind of rapid-fire weapon in Canada. The country also requires training, a personal risk assessment, two references, spousal notification and criminal record checks to purchase a weapon.
Source:
Gillies, Rob. (April 19, 2020). "18 Killed in Mass Shooting Rampage in Rural Nova Scotia Town". Time. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
Thanks for covering this sad affair. As you note this is a very rural area of Nova Scotia. Last I heard the count was 22 fatalities connected to this. Some occurred near Halifax. A further sad irony is we Americans are numbed to almost daily school shootings that have stopped with everyone homeschooling due to COVID19. Wonder if we will be able to assess the shooter’s mindset in an effort to curtail further mass murders? We learned the NZ killers motives but not Las Vegas or Newtown.