Nova Scotia shooting

Wortman's burned-out property at 200 Portapique Beach Road on May 8, 2020 (CP/Andrew Vaughan)

The Nova Scotia killer’s common-law spouse is charged with giving him ammunition

The RCMP charged the woman and two others, noting there is no indication they had prior knowledge of Wortman’s plan

A fire-destroyed property registered to Gabriel Wortman at 200 Portapique Beach Road is seen in Portapique, N.S. on May 8, 2020 (CP/Andrew Vaughan)

The Nova Scotia killer’s dark past, and a mysterious $300,000

Through a friendship with a disgraced New Brunswick lawyer and a possible real estate scam in 2010, Gabriel Wortman netted hundred of thousands of dollars

How the Nova Scotia shooting victims’ families won a public inquiry into the tragedy

Betrayed by politicians, the families forced an inquiry into the shooting. Here is how they convinced federal and provincial governments to stop dithering after months of inaction.

A fire-destroyed property registered to Gabriel Wortman at 200 Portapique Beach Road is seen in Portapique, N.S. on May 8, 2020 (CP/Andrew Vaughan)

The Nova Scotia killer’s million-dollar estate and who will get it

The killer’s former partner filed a claim against the estate, seeking damages for assault and false imprisonment, as lawyers for the families of the victims brace for a legal battle

Blair appears at a news conference on June 9, 2020 in Ottawa (CP/Adrian Wyld)

The Nova Scotia inquiry: Maybe next time, listen first

Paul Wells: An unprecedented avalanche of public contempt got the fake inquiry turned into a real one. The question remains, what was Ottawa thinking?

Blair attends a news conference on June 9, 2020 in Ottawa (CP/Adrian Wyld)

The Nova Scotia shooting ‘review’ and the deafness of government

Paul Wells: Everyone was demanding a public inquiry. What we got was something zero people asked for—a toothless, rickety review panel.

Dan Jenkins, left, holds a sign with his daughter and son-in-law’s names. While Amelia Butler, centre, carries a cross with her slain mother's name, Gina Goulet, as family members of victims gather for a march in Bible Hill, N.S. demanding a public inquiry into the RCMP's handling of Canada's deadliest rampage throughout rural Nova Scotia in April. (Photograph by Darren Calabrese)

In the Nova Scotia shooting case, families want answers. ‘The truth needs to come out.’

Hundreds of people, led by family members of the victims, marched on the local RCMP detachment demanding a public inquiry into the April mass shooting

Nova Scotia Justice Minister Mark Furey holds a briefing in Halifax on April 3, 2018 (CP/Andrew Vaughan)

The Nova Scotia shooting inquiry: Three months later, there isn’t one

Paul Wells: At first, it was ‘imminent’. Then it was ‘in the coming days’. Now it’s just ‘next steps.’ Are governments even capable of following through?

An RCMP police car in front of Parliament in Ottawa (Marc Bruxelle/Alamy)

The RCMP is broken

The iconic force is fraying under the strain of its rural policing model, tragic mistakes, an ugly past and a controversial present

A still from a video showing Gabriel Wortman in the Brinks yard on March 30, 2020.

Time for real answers on the Nova Scotia mass murder

Paul Wells: A full judicial inquiry into the April shooting is now essential. It must be robust, with real power to get to the truth.

A still from a video showing Gabriel Wortman in the Brinks yard on March 30, 2020.

The Nova Scotia shooter case has hallmarks of an undercover operation

Police sources say the killer’s withdrawal of $475,000 was highly irregular, and how an RCMP ‘agent’ would get money

Officers at the scene of the crash between Stevenson’s car and Wortman’s fake RCMP vehicle (John Morris/Reuters)

The Nova Scotia shooting encapsulates all that’s wrong with the RCMP

Paul Palango: What happened in Nova Scotia was an example of a cascading failure for the Mounties and there are horrible questions for which answers are needed now