Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is asking individuals to pause for a second of silence right this moment at midday and once more on Wednesday to recollect the 22 individuals killed three years in the past in the course of the worst mass capturing in Canadian historical past.
Houston issued a press release saying the impression of the tragedy in northern and central Nova Scotia on April 18-19, 2020, remains to be being felt.
Flags on the provincial legislature and all provincial authorities buildings will fly at half-mast from right this moment at dawn till sundown on Wednesday.
As properly, the premier is encouraging all residents, companies and group organizations that fly flags to decrease them to half-mast throughout that point.
Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Zach Churchill additionally despatched out a tweet in remembrance of these misplaced three years in the past.
Last month, a public inquiry launched a 3,000-page remaining report that highlighted a litany of errors made by the Mounties throughout their response to the shootings, and it referred to as on Ottawa to rethink the RCMP’s central position in policing.
The inquiry heard that the killer was disguised as a Mountie and driving a duplicate RCMP cruiser when he fatally shot 13 individuals in Portapique, N.S., on the night time of April 18, 2020, after which killed one other 9 individuals the subsequent day earlier than he was shot useless by two Mounties.
“We must always remember and honour the lives of victims and survivors,” Houston stated in a press release. “We are inspired by the courage and strength shown each day by the families, survivors and communities.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed April 18, 2023.
