A former neighbour of the man who carried out the 2020 Nova Scotia mass killing stood by her story Tuesday that R-C-M-P did “nothing” when she reported a violent domestic assault years

before the rampage.

Brenda Forbes, a military veteran in her ’60s, testified at a public inquiry that she told two “young” constables about a violent assault by the killer against his spouse in the summer of 2013 and that she and her husband had seen weapons at the killer’s home.

According to evidence presented to the inquiry to date, the R-C-M-P did not seek a search warrant for weapons at the gunman’s home before the mass shooting.

 

 

Antigonish County District RCMP, with help from the Canada Border Services Agency, have charged a 40-year old man with smuggling and firearms offences.

On May 6, the Border Services Agency intercepted a package that was being shipped to a Paq’tnkek man. Contained within the package was a firearm suppressor, which is a prohibited device.

On May 19, Antigonish County District RCMP were advised of the interception and an investigation was started.

On June 27, the package was delivered to the man, who was immediately arrested.

Search warrants were then executed at two homes in Antigonish County.

During the searches, RCMP officers seized firearms, some of which were loaded and unsafely stored, and ammunition. A woman was also arrested at one of the homes.

 

 

The host of the premiers’ meeting in Victoria, BC, says the federal government needs to stop “quibbling” with provinces and territories about health care and sit down with them to work things out.

Premier Tim Houston and the other Premiers met Monday and Tuesday.

It’s been eight months since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to meet with the premiers to address their request for stable, long-term health-care funding, and host Premier John Horgan of BC says that meeting is overdue.

The Federal Health Minister said Tuesday that the federal government has been working with the provinces and it recognizes that health systems are in crisis.

He says many workers have left the profession because of the challenges of COVID-19.

 

 

The list of Nova Scotians looking for a family doctor continues to grow.

The province’s opposition New Democrats issued a statement Tuesday saying that as of this month, more than 100-thousand people were without primary care.

That’s more than double the number of people on the list in January 2018 when the list was first published.

N-D-P Health spokesperson Susan Leblanc says Progressive Conservative Premier Tim Houston has yet to make a dent in making

sure people have a primary care provider.

 

 

Nova Scotia is adding 200 new nursing seats at post-secondary schools across the province.

The 200 new seats will include 80 bachelor of science nursing seats across three universities and 120 practical nursing seats at Nova Scotia Community College.

Some seats will be in place this fall, with the rest expected to be ready by next May.

In order to create the new seats the province says it will spend 3.2-million dollars this year and then 6.8-million dollars annually when all seats are ready.