The RCMP says a weekend shooting rampage in Nova Scotia has now claimed the lives of 23 people. That number includes the gunman, who died in a confrontation with police on Sunday morning.
Police continue to investigate murders committed at 16 crime scenes Saturday night and Sunday morning over a swath of northern and central Nova Scotia.
(The incident began in the small town of Portapique, Nova Scotia.)
The Liberals were on the verge of introducing an assault rifle ban before the COVID-19 pandemic and this morning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government is looking at the right way and the right time to bring it forward.
He says the tragedy in Nova Scotia reinforces and underlines how important it is for the government to move forward to strengthen gun control.
(Provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador flies its flags at half staff in tribute to those slain in the Nova Scotia shootings. Photo by Earl Noble.)
