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* AMAZING GRACE 
* HOW SWEET THE SOUND 
>> Adrienne: ONLINE AND ACROSS
CANADA SOLIDARITY AT A TIME WHEN
SO MANY FEEL ALONE.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: TODAY ALL CANADIANS
ARE NOVA SCOTIAN.
>> Adrienne: A COUNTRY
REMEMBERING THOSE WHO DIED AND
HOW THEY LIVED.
>> IT'S YOUR FRIEND, YOU KNOW,
IT'S HARD.
>> Adrienne: WHILE COMING TO
TERMS WITH AWFUL ACTS OF
VIOLENCE AND THE UNTHINKABLE
TOLL.
>> I BROUGHT SOME FLOWERS HERE
FOR MY NIECE JAMIE BLAIR AND HER 
HUSBAND GREG AND THEIR LITTLE
BOY.
>> Andrew: TONIGHT, THE LOSS,
THE QUESTIONS --
[Applause]
AND THE POWERFUL ACTS OF GRACE.
THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF
"THE NATIONAL."
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>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, I'M
ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
>> Andrew: AND I'M ANDREW
CHANG.
>>> IN NOVA SCOTIA TONIGHT THE
CRUELTY IS LAYERED.
THERE'S THE INCREDIBLE SCOPE OF
THE LOSS.
>> Adrienne: 18 PEOPLE NOW
CONFIRMED MURDERED AND POLICE
WARN THAT NUMBER WILL LIKELY
GROW.
ADD TO THAT THE BRUTALITY OF
WHAT HAPPENED AND WHEN, IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
MEANING RIGHT NOW MANY ARE
MOURNING ALONE.
TONIGHT WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH
THE INVESTIGATION, WHAT WE'RE
LEARNING ABOUT THE LIVES THAT
WERE LOST AND HOW COMMUNITIES
ARE COPING AND FINDING SMALL
WAYS TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
SO LET'S BEGIN WITH THE SEARCH
FOR EVIDENCE AND ANSWERS.
THE CBC'S TOM MURPHY BEGINS OUR
COVERAGE.
>> Tom: THEY ARE THE
FINGERPRINTS OF A MASS KILLER
-- THIS CHARRED AND LEVELED
HOME,
THE BURNED OUT CARS.
EVIDENCE OF A CRIME SPREE THAT
IS NOW BEING METICULOUSLY COMBED
THROUGH.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET
ALL OF THE LITTLE BITS FROM
EVERYBODY.
>> Tom: THESE PEOPLE FOUND
THEIR NEIGHBOUR FACE DOWN IN HIS
YARD IN WENTWORTH AND THEY
CALLED 911.
>> I HAD TO GO OVER AND LOOK AT
HIM AND TELL THEM -- VERIFY, YOU
KNOW, THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNS
OF LIFE.
IT WAS VERY HARD.
>> ESPECIALLY WITH SOMEBODY THAT
YOU KNOW.
>> IT'S YOUR FRIEND, YOU KNOW,
IT'S HARD.
>> Tom: ONE PIECE OF THE
TWISTED PUZZLE THAT SPREAD OVER
MORE THAN 90 KILOMETRES.
NO FEWER THAN 16 CRIME SCENES
ACCORDING TO THE RCMP.
>> WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO FULLY
EXAMINE THE CRIME SCENES
BECAUSE, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE
HAD FIVE STRUCTURE FIRES, MOST
OF THOSE BEING RESIDENCES.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE
VICTIMS STILL WITHIN THE REMAINS
OF THOSE HOMES.
>> Tom: SO THAT'S 18 VICTIMS
AND COUNTING.
THEIR CONNECTION OR THEIR
RANDOMNESS TO THE KILLER STILL
NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR.
>> THE SUBJECT DID KNOW SOME OF
HIS VICTIMS AND YET OTHERS HE
DID NOT KNOW.
>> Tom: AND THE QUESTIONS --
THEY KEEP COMING.
AMONG THEM, THE POLICE UNIFORM
OR THE FACSIMILE THEREOF THAT
THE KILLER WAS WEARING.
WHERE DID THE SHOOTER GET IT?
INVESTIGATORS DON'T KNOW.
>> HIS ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND
THE PROVINCE UNDETECTED WAS
SURELY GREATLY BENEFITED BY THE
FACT THAT HE HAD A POLICE OR A
VEHICLE THAT LOOKED IDENTICAL IN
EVERY WAY TO A MARKED POLICE
CAR.
AND BEYOND THAT, HE WAS WEARING
A POLICE UNIFORM.
>> Tom: WHAT IS SO PAINFULLY
CLEAR AND OUT IN THE OPEN NOW --
THE GRIEF.
FROM RCMP DETACHMENTS TO FLAG
POLES ACROSS THE PROVINCE WITH
MORE TO COME.
[Applause]
AMID ALL THE PAIN THIS -- A
WOUNDED POLICE OFFICER,
CONSTABLE CHAD MORRISON,
WELCOMED HOME BY PARADE.
RETURNING TO THE ARMS OF HIS
FAMILY.
A LITTLE GOOD NEWS ON A DARK
DAY.
>> Adrienne: SO, TOM, YOU'RE
IN ENFIELD, NOVA SCOTIA, TONIGHT
WHERE THIS RAMPAGE ENDED, ALSO A
PLACE OF TRIBUTE.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE THIS
EVENING?
>> Tom: IT'S TRUE.
THIS IS THE
HOME DETACHMENT OF CONSTABLE
HEIDI STEVENSON.
IT'S BEEN IMPRESSIVE TO WATCH
THE YOUNG CHILDREN COME ALL
NIGHT
WITH FLOWERS TO DROP THEM OFF
AND THERE WAS A SMUDGING
CEREMONY BY MEMBERS OF THE
MI'KMAQ COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND EVERYONE TRYING TO REACH OUT
AND TO BE HELPFUL AND TO BE
SUPPORTIVE.
AND TO THAT END THERE WILL BE A
VIRTUAL VIGIL HELD ON FACEBOOK
ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
>> Adrienne: TOM, DO YOU HAVE
ANY SENSE OF HOW THE FUNERALS
WILL PROCEED IN A MOMENT LIKE
THIS?
>> Tom: IT'S REALLY TOUGH IN
THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC,
THOSE RESTRICTIONS OF KEEPING
PEOPLE NO CLOSER THAN SIX FEET
FROM YOU REMAIN IN PLACE.
AND WE SAW PEOPLE TODAY IN NOVA
SCOTIA BEING VERY CLOSE
TOGETHER.
THE PREMIER REMINDING PEOPLE
THAT WE HAVE TO STAY APART, BUT
TO BE TOGETHER IN WHATEVER WAY
WE CAN, MAKING IT VERY
DIFFICULT, OF COURSE, FOR PEOPLE
TO PLAN FUNERALS WHEN THEY NEED
FAMILY CLOSE AS POSSIBLE.
ADRIENNE?
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, TOM,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Tom: OKAY.
>> Andrew: NOW POLICE HAVE NOT
RELEASED AN OFFICIAL LIST OF THE
DEAD, BUT IN THESE TIGHT KNIT
COMMUNITIES, NAMES AND FACES AND
STORIES ARE EMERGING AS PEOPLE
TRY TO HONOUR THOSE WHOSE LIVES
WERE CUT SHORT.
THESE AMONG THEM -- FOR EVERY
PERSON WHO DIED THERE ARE NOW
LOVED ONES NOW LEFT MOURNING.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS WITH HOW
THEY'RE REMEMBERING TODAY.
>> Reporter: IN AN EMPTY
SCHOOL, A HAUNTING LOOK INTO
LISA McCULLY'S CLASSROOM, HER
SWEATER IS THERE.
SO ARE THE SIGNS OF HOW MUCH HER
STUDENTS ADORED HER.
>> SHE'S GONE, BUT HER PERSONAL
EFFECTS ARE STILL HERE.
SO IT JUST MAKES IT MORE REAL
AND TRAGIC.
>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL SAYS
THAT McCULLY WAS A DEVOTED
MOTHER OF TWO WHO SHARED THAT
LOVE WITH HER STUDENTS.
ONE BRIGHT LIFE AMONG SO MANY
LOST, LEAVING FAMILIES AND
FRIENDS REELING AND RAGING.
ON FACEBOOK, DARCY DOBSON SAYS A
MONSTER MURDERED HER MOTHER,
HEATHER O'BRIEN.
A NURSE, O'BRIEN TEXTED HER
FAMILY JUST MOMENTS BEFORE SHE
WAS KILLED.
KRISTEN BEATON, ALSO IN THE CARE
INDUSTRY, BRAVED THE COVID
HEALTH CRISIS ONLY TO BE GUNNED
DOWN.
A NEW WIFE AND MOTHER, BEATON'S
DEVASTATED HUSBAND BUILT A
MAKESHIFT TRIBUTE.
>> HAVING A KITCHEN PARTY.
>> Reporter: SO MUCH JOY
SNUFFED OUT.
DURING THE PANDEMIC,
EMILY TUCK OFFERED SOLACE WITH A
SONG TO CHEER EVERYONE IN
ISOLATION.
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>> SHE WAS SO AMAZING.
>> Reporter: EMILY AND HER
FATHER AARON TUCK AND MOTHER
JOLENE OLIVER WERE ALL KILLED.
OLIVER'S SISTER TAMMY SAYS THAT
SHE WAS A HAPPY SPIRIT.
>> SHE LOVED POETRY, SHE LOVED
BOOKS, SHE LOVED PEOPLE.
SHE LOVED WAITRESSING.
SHE WAS AMAZING.
SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE SO MANY
SMALL HEARTBREAKING GLIMPSES.
A SHATTERED UNCLE LEAVES FLOWERS
FOR HIS NIECE AND HER HUSBAND.
>> MY NIECE JAMIE BLAIR AND HER
HUSBAND GREG AND THEIR LITTLE
BOY.
>> Reporter: HE CAN BARELY
SPEAK, SO MANY ARE BEYOND WORDS
TOO.
ALANNA JENKINS AND SEAN McLEOD
WERE KILLED, THEIR HOUSE SET ON
FIRE.
BOTH WORKED FOR CORRECTIONS
CANADA AND WERE CLOSE WITH THEIR
NEIGHBOURS LISA OWEN AND
DARIONER THISSIER.
>> THEY WERE BOTH THE LIFE OF
THE PARTY.
THEY WERE SO OUTGOING AND
EXUBERANT, FUNNY, JUST GENUINE
PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THEY KNEW ANOTHER
VICTIM TOO -- TOM BAGLEY WHO
LIVED NEARBY.
>> HE WAS THE KINDEST SOUL.
EVERYONE ON OUR ROAD RIGHT NOW
IS GRIEVING.
>> Reporter: BACK IN THE
SCHOOL, MISSING A TEACHER -- A
NOTE TO SOMEONE WHO WILL NEVER
SEE IT.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: NOW COMPOUNDING THE
TRAGEDY, ONE OF THE VICTIMS
LIVED TO PROTECT OTHERS FROM
SENSELESS VIOLENCE.
VETERAN RCMP OFFICER AND MOTHER
OF TWO, HEIDI STEVENSON.
SHE WAS BASED AT THE ENFIELD
DETACHMENT WHERE NOVA SCOTIANS
PAID RESPECTS TODAY.
>> YOU DON'T THINK THAT IN SMALL
COMMUNITIES IT CAN HAPPEN, BUT
IT DOES.
AND ENFIELD IS A COMMUNITY WHERE
EVERYONE PULLS STRONG.
>> WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS KEEPING
OUR LIVES SAFE AND KEEPING ALL
NOVA SCOTIANS SAFE.
>> Andrew: PEOPLE ALSO
HONOURED STEVENSON'S LIFE AND
SERVICE AT THE DARTMOUTH RCMP
DETACHMENT AND, OF COURSE, THEY
WERE CAREFUL TO MAINTAIN
PERSONAL SPACE IN LIGHT OF
COVID-19.
>> Adrienne: NOW AS FOR THE
GUNMAN, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED
THAT WE HAVEN'T YET NAMED OR
NAMED HIM OR SHOWN HIS PICTURE.
FOR THE MOST PART WE WON'T.
OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON THE LIVES
LOST AND THE FAMILIES LEFT
BEHIND.
BUT IN ORDER TO
UNDERSTAND THIS TRAGEDY, TO
LEARN ITS LESSONS, WE WILL ALSO
NEED TO EXPLORE THE GUNMAN'S
MOTIVATION, WHY AND HOW THIS
TOOK PLACE.
THOMAS DAIGLE EXPLAINS WHAT
WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR.
>> Reporter: IT'S HARD TO
CONCEIVE HOW SOMEONE DOES
SOMETHING SO HEINOUS, BUT THE
SEARCH FOR CLUES CONTINUES AT
THE SUSPECT'S DARTMOUTH DENTURE
CLINIC.
PARKED ON THE PROPERTY, ALMOST
OUT OF SIGHT, A CAR SIMILAR TO
THE ONE THAT THE GUNMAN USED TO
CARRY OUT HIS RAMPAGE.
EXCEPT THAT ONE HAD RCMP DECALS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SELLS
USED UNMARKED POLICE CRUISERS ON
ITS SURPLUS WEBSITE, THOUGH IT
SEEMS THAT THE GUNMAN'S CAR
WASN'T ONE OF THOSE.
>> IT WASN'T ACTUALLY AN RCMP
VEHICLE, BUT IT WAS MADE TO LOOK 
IDENTICAL TO ONE.
AND WE WILL TRACE BACK EVERY
PART OF THAT
VEHICLE TO FIND OUT HOW THAT
HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: EASIER SAID THAN
DONE.
THE FAKE POLICE CRUISER WENT UP
IN FLAMES AT ONE OF THE MANY
CRIME SCENES.
WHILE GABRIEL WORTMAN'S CLIENTS
SAW A MILD-MANNERED PERSONA AT
WORK, THERE WERE SIGNS THAT HE
WAS OBSESSED WITH POLICE.
HIS HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK
SUGGESTED THAT HIS FUTURE MAY
HAVE INCLUDED BEING AN RCMP
OFFICER.
HE CARRIED OUT HIS MURDER SPREE
WEARING A MOUNTIE UNIFORM,
THOUGH IT'S UNKNOWN WHETHER IT
WAS REAL.
ANYONE CAN BUY RCMP PATCHES
ONLINE.
HE HAD FEW KNOWN RUN-INS WITH
THE
LAW, EXCEPT IN 2002 HE PLEADED
GUILTY TO ASSAULTING A MAN IN
DARTMOUTH, NOTHING PREVENTING
HIM IT SEEMS FROM BUYING GUNS.
>> IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO GET
THESE WEAPONS.
IT DOES REQUIRE THAT SOMEONE
REGISTER -- APPLY FOR A LICENCE.
BUT UNLESS THERE'S A VERY STRONG
CRIMINAL RECORD IN THE PAST.
>> Reporter: THIS RETIRED
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATOR SEES
PARALLELS WITH OTHER KILLINGS,
BUT STILL NOTHING HINTING AT A
MOTIVE.
>> USUALLY WITH MASS KILLERS
THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF A
GRIEVANCE WITH SOMEBODY OR SOME
AUTHORITY THAT SETS THEM OFF.
>> Reporter: THE GUNMAN'S
FIXATION WITH POLICE LASTED
UNTIL THE END WHEN THEY SHOT HIM
OUTSIDE OF THIS TRUCK STOP.
AND WITH NO NOTE LEFT BEHIND,
ANY EXPLANATION FOR WHAT
HAPPENED MAY BE LOST AS WELL.
THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: POLICE ARE FACING
A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN THIS
CASE.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST IS THE SHEER
SIZE OF THE AREA THEY HAVE TO
INVESTIGATE.
IT'S OVER 90 KILOMETRES FROM
WHERE THIS ALL BEGAN IN
PORTAPIQUE TO ENFIELD WHERE IT
FINALLY ENDED WITH SEVERAL
AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN
BETWEEN -- WENTWORTH AND
SCHUBANACADIE, TO NAME A FEW.
THAT IS A WIDE SWATH OF CENTRAL
NOVA SCOTIA, AND A LOT OF GROUND
TO COVER WITH LIMITED RESOURCES.
KATIE NICHOLSON EXAMINES SOME OF
THE OTHER OBSTACLES THAT THE
INVESTIGATORS WILL HAVE TO
OVERCOME.
>> Reporter: MASS SHOOTINGS
ARE NEVER EASY TO INVESTIGATE.
BUT THE SHEER SCALE OF THIS ONE
PRESENTS UNIQUE CHALLENGES.
RETIRED POLICE OFFICER FRANK
STRAUB STUDIES MASS
SHOOTINGS IN THE U.S.
>> IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT HE WAS
PLANNING THIS EVENT FOR SOME
PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT HE BELIEVED
THAT THE UNIFORM WOULD GIVE HIM
EITHER ACCESS TO THE ORIGINAL
SCENE, THAT IT WOULD HELP HIM IN
HIS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM THE
SCENE.
>> Reporter: THE U.S. HAS A
LOT MORE MASS SHOOTINGS THAN
CANADA.
A RECENT STUDY OF 318 REVEALS A
PATTERN.
MOST ARE LIMITED TO A SMALL AREA
AND ARE OVER IN HALF AN HOUR.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS ONE STAND
OUT.
>> THEY'RE USUALLY VERY QUICK,
OVER IN FIVE, SIX, SEVEN
MINUTES.
AND THEY USUALLY ARE NOT MOBILE.
>> Reporter: STRAUB SAYS THAT
IT REMINDS HIM OF THE SHOOTING
IN KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, WHEN AN
UBER DRIVER KILLED SIX VICTIMS
ON A SPREE AROUND THE CITY.
EACH CRIME SCENE NEEDED TO BE
SEALED AND GUARDED, A DRAIN ON
POLICE RESOURCES.
IN NOVA SCOTIA THERE ARE 16
CRIME SCENES, FIVE OF THEM
DAMAGED BY FIRE.
>> I'VE BEEN TO FIRE SCENES
WHERE WE THOUGHT THAT WE HAD TWO
BODIES IN A VEHICLE AND THERE'S
ACTUALLY THREE BODIES IN THERE.
AND IT'S NOT UNTIL WE HAVE AN
ANTHROPOLOGIST ATTEND AT THE
SCENE THAT THEY CAN SEPARATE OUT
THE NUMBER OF BONES.
>> Reporter: POLICE DETECTIVE
KEVIN BRYAN SAYS
THAT A LARGER QUESTION LOOMS.
>> WHAT WOULD POSSESS SOMEBODY
TO GO OUT DRESSED AS A POLICE
OFFICER AND TO START KILLING
PEOPLE?
>> Reporter: THE ANSWERS MAY
LIE IN A DEEP DIVE OF THE
SHOOTER'S COMPUTER AND
SMARTPHONE.
POLICE HOPE THAT IT MAY REVEAL
HIS MOTIVATION OR AT LEAST IF
THERE WERE ANY WARNING SIGNS
THAT COULD HELP TO PREVENT A
SIMILAR TRAGEDY.
KATIE NICHOLSON, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: NOW TODAY THE PRIME
MINISTER EXPRESSED THE COUNTRY'S
GRIEF AND RESOLVE TO STAND
TOGETHER.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THIS DAY IS MADE ALL
THE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF
THE PRECIOUS LIVES LOST AND THE
SENSELESS ACT OF ONE PERSON.
JUST HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?
WE MAY NEVER KNOW WHY.
BUT WE DO KNOW THIS -- NO ONE
MAN'S ACTION CAN BUILD A WALL
BETWEEN US AND A BETTER DAY, NO
MATTER HOW EVIL, HOW THOUGHTLESS
OR HOW DESTRUCTIVE.
CANADIANS ARE KIND AND GENEROUS.
WE ARE THERE FOR EACH OTHER, AND
WE LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
AS FAMILIES GRIEVE THE LOSS OF A
LOVED ONE, ALL CANADIANS ARE
STANDING WITH THEM.
>> Andrew: LATER THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS OBSERVED A MOMENT OF
SILENCE.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU PAID TRIBUTE TO
CONSTABLE HEIDI STEVENSON, THAT
FALLEN RCMP OFFICER, AND SAID
TODAY THAT ALL CANADIANS ARE
NOVA SCOTIANS.
>>> SO JOINING ME NOW IS THE
PREMIER OF NOVA SCOTIA, STEPHEN
McNEIL AND, PREMIER, FIRST OF
ALL, OUR CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND
YOUR PROVINCE.
HOW HAS YOUR PERSPECTIVE EVOLVED
OVER THE LAST 24 TO 48 HOURS AS
WE CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHAT UNFOLDED?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS HAS
REALLY BEEN -- THE LAST 24 HOURS
IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE
FAMILIES.
I THINK THAT MANY NOVA SCOTIANS
WERE NUMB COMING INTO YESTERDAY
AND WAKING UP THIS MORNING TO
MORE NEWS OR BEGINNING TO
REALIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT'S
HAPPENED.
AND REALIZING THAT OUR JOB IS
REALLY TO TRY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
FOR THOSE FAMILIES AND TO THOSE
COMMUNITIES.
>> Andrew: I KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION
BEFORE BUT I'M STILL STRUGGLING
TO UNDERSTAND -- THAT THIS
HAPPENED OVER SUCH A PERIOD OF
TIME.
HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT WHY AN EMERGENCY ALERT
WASN'T ISSUED TO QUICKLY LET
PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE WAS THIS
ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION IN
PROGRESS?
>> SO WE AS A PROVINCE -- I HAVE
GONE THROUGH OUR GOVERNMENT TO A
NUMBER OF MINISTERS AND TO FIND
OUT IF WE WERE ASKED ABOUT THAT
AND WE WEREN'T.
WE'LL FIND OUT MORE DETAILS FROM
WHY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
IN REGARDS TO THIS.
BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, YOU
KNOW, THIS WAS AN ACTIVE
ENVIRONMENT -- MULTIPLE FIRES,
MULTIPLE DEATHS, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE TRYING TO PULL THIS
TOGETHER -- GUNFIRE.
YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT
PEOPLE NEED TO
ALLOW THIS TO UNFOLD.
MY JOB REALLY IS TO LET'S FOCUS
ON THAT AND LET THE RCMP DO
THEIR JOB.
AND THE MUNICIPAL FORCES WHO
SUPPORT THEM.
AND I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE
FAMILIES AND HOW BEST WE HEAL
OUR PROVINCE.
>> Andrew: YEAH AND DON'T GET
ME WRONG, I DON'T ASK THE
QUESTION TO BE INSENSITIVE OR TO
JUMP THE GUN IN ANY WAY.
BUT I GUESS THAT IT JUST STRIKES
ME THAT FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT PART OF
REGAINING CONTROL AND MOVING ON
IS UNDERSTANDING WHY THINGS
UNFOLDED.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T TAKE
YOUR QUESTION AS BEING
INSENSITIVE AT ALL.
I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE
ASKING THAT QUESTION.
I JUST KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE
ASKED
TO DO THAT, WE WERE READY TO DO
WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I
THINK THAT IN THE DAYS AND THE
WEEKS AHEAD IT WILL BECOME CLEAR
WHY PEOPLE MADE THE DECISIONS
THEY MADE.
YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER -- YOU
KNOW, I'M FROM A FAMILY IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN
IN THAT SITUATION.
AND PARTICULARLY NO ONE HAS
IN THIS COUNTRY, TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU.
SO IT WILL BECOME CLEARER FOR
ALL OF US WHY DECISIONS WERE
MADE THE WAY THEY WERE.
>> Andrew: PREMIER, I WISH YOU
AND YOUR PROVINCE ALL THE BEST.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
>> THANKS.
AND I WANT TO SAY TO YOU AND TO
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS THAT YOUR
WORDS MATTER TO THOSE
COMMUNITIES AND THOSE FAMILIES,
KEEP PASSING ON YOUR THOUGHTS
AND PRAYERS TO THEM.
BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A REAL PART
OF THE HEALING PROCESS.
>> Andrew: THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME, PREMIER.
>> Adrienne: MORE SPECIAL
COVERAGE AHEAD, BUT NEXT WE TURN
TO THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.
PROMISING NEWS IN ONE OF THE
WORST HIT PROVINCES.
AND WHY DOCTORS AT ONE HOSPITAL
WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING
INSIDE.
>> IT'S ALMOST AN INSULT TO WHAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING.
>> Andrew: AND WE WILL TAKE
YOU BACK TO NOVA SCOTIA TO HEAR
FROM A PROVINCE TOGETHER IN
GRIEF.
>> Adrienne: AND A MESSAGE OF
LOVE AND STRENGTH FROM ABOVE.
>> WE FELT THE PAIN BELOW US.
>> Adrienne: BUT AS WE GO TO
BREAK, WE WANT TO PAUSE FOR A
MOMENT TO BRING YOU SOME OF THE
STORIES OF THE LIVES LOST.
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>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK.
NOVA SCOTIA'S CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH ACKNOWLEDGED
TODAY HOW MUCH HARDER IT IS FOR
PEOPLE TO GRIEVE THE VICTIMS OF
A MASS SHOOTING DURING A
PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN.
>> I KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY
IS GOING TO BE HARD FOR PEOPLE
TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE
GOING THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN AT
THIS TIME.
AND WHILE WE WANT TO MOURN
VICTIMS AND COME TOGETHER AS
COMMUNITIES, WE NEED TO DO THAT
IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT CAUSE OUR
ENVIRONMENT FOR COVID-19 TO
FURTHER SPREAD.
>> Adrienne: DR. ROBERT STRANG
THEN URGED PEOPLE NOT TO GATHER
AS THEY NORMALLY WOULD, AND
ASKING THEM TO PAY TRIBUTE
VIRTUALLY FOR NOW.
SO NOVA SCOTIA REPORTED A FEW
DOZEN NEW COVID-19 CASES TODAY.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE ARE
MORE THAN 1,700 NEW CASES,
BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER WELL
PAST 36,000.
MORE THAN 1,700 PEOPLE HAVE NOW
DIED.
QUÉBEC IS STILL THE HARDEST HIT
PROVINCE OF MORE THAN 900 NEW
CASES TODAY ALONE, AND ONTARIO
SAW ITS LARGEST SINGLE DAY
INCREASE IN CASES.
SO HOW IS IT THAT ONTARIO
OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THAT THEY
CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE TUNNEL?
OUR HEALTH REPORTER VIK ADHOPIA
EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: THE OUTBREAK HAS
SHOWN NO MERCY TO THE ELDERLY.
THIS IS THE 18th
CORONAVIRUS-RELATED DEATH AT
THIS LONG-TERM CARE HOME.
FACILITIES LIKE THESE ARE BEING
PUSHED TO THE FRONT LINE OF THE
PANDEMIC AS COVID-19 NOW TAKES
TWO DIVERGING PATHS IN ONTARIO.
ONE IS GETTING WORSE.
BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE IT'S AT
ITS PEAK.
>> PEAKS ARE NOT THE SINGLE DAY,
AND PEAKS ARE NOT A NICE SINGLE
SORT OF SPIKE, THEY CAN BE A
LITTLE BIT BUMPY AND PROLONG FOR
A PERIOD OF TIME, PARTICULARLY
GIVEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH
INTERVENTIONS.
BUT WE'RE IN THAT PEAK PERIOD
RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH NEW
DAILY CASES OF COVID-19 ARE
CLIMBING, THAT RATE OF GROWTH
HAS SLOWED IN THE WIDER
COMMUNITY.
SUGGESTING THAT THE ISOLATION
MEASURES ARE WORKING.
AT FIRST THE PROVINCE HAD
PROJECTED 80,000 CASES BY THE
END OF THE OUTBREAK AND TODAY IT
REVISED THAT DOWN TO JUST
20,000.
IT ALSO INITIALLY ESTIMATED AT
LEAST 900 I.C.U. BEDS NEEDED BY
THE END OF APRIL.
NOW IT'S LESS THAN 400.
THAT DEMAND FOR CRITICAL CARE
HAS SHIFTED TO LONG-TERM CARE
HOMES WHERE THE PROVINCE ONLY
DAYS AGO INTRODUCED NEW
MEASURES, INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS
ON EMPLOYEES WORKING IN MULTIPLE
HOMES.
>> HINDSIGHT IS 20/20.
BUT I THINK WE'RE PAYING FOR
WHAT WAS IN LONG-TERM CARE
REALLY A FLAT-FOOTED RESPONSE.
>> Reporter: WITH THE
UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES, THE
PREMIER
SAYS THAT IT'S TOO SOON TO EVEN
TALK ABOUT GETTING BACK TO
NORMAL.
>> HANG IN THERE, CONTINUE
SOCIAL DISTANCING, CONTINUE
PRACTISING THE PROTOCOLS FROM
THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER.
WE'LL GET THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE
GETTING AS I SAID BEFORE CABIN
FEVER AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
GETTING A LITTLE ANTSY, BUT WE
CAN'T JUMP AHEAD.
>> Reporter: SO FAR ONTARIO IS
BEING SPARED THE EXPONENTIAL
EXPLOSION OF CASES SEEN IN NEW
YORK AND ITALY.
BUT OFFICIALS HERE STILL WORRY
ABOUT HOW
QUICKLY THINGS COULD CHANGE,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE.
VIK ADHOPIA, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew: THE MARKHAM
SCOFIELD HOSPITAL IN TORONTO
AREA WAS
HIT EARLY AND HARD BY COVID-19.
TONIGHT MEDICAL STAFF TAKE US
INSIDE THE I.C.U. SHARING A
STARK PICTURE OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING AS A WARNING TO
CANADIANS THAT THE VIRUS IS
STILL DEADLY SERIOUS.
WENDY MESLEY HAS THAT STORY.
>> Wendy: ON HIS MORNING
ROUNDS, MEDICAL CHIEF DR. AMMAN
DUBEI GETS YET ANOTHER PIECE OF
BAD NEWS -- ONE OF HIS COVID
PATIENTS IS FAILING FAST.
DR. DUBEI PSYCHS HIMSELF UP TO
CALL THE PATIENT'S WIFE AND
SAYING THAT A VENTILATOR COULD
BE THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP HER
HUSBAND ALIVE.
IT'S A HARD CALL.
>> HE'S REALLY WORKING A LOT
HARDER TO BREATHE AND THE OXYGEN
LEVELS ARE A BIT LOWER.
HE SEEMS TO THINK THAT HE'LL
PASS AWAY NO MATTER WHAT WE DO,
AND I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK
THAT'S TRUE.
>> Reporter: THE STAFF SUITS
UP FOR
AN INTUBATION PROCESS LIKE
THEY'RE GOING TO WAR AND THEY
NEVER KNOW IF THEY'LL WIN OR
THEY'LL LOSE.
>> WE TELL THEM THAT WE'LL DO
THE PROCEDURE IN A FEW MINUTES.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO
YOUR FAMILY YOU SHOULD SAY IT
NOW.
AND WE'RE THERE TO LISTEN TO
THAT AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
IT REALLY IS.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE
PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES AND A LIFE.
>> WHEN ARE YOU COMING HOME...
>> Wendy: AND, OF COURSE, THEY
HAVE THEIR OWN FAMILIES TO WORRY
ABOUT.
>> I'M LOSING MOST OF MY HAIR
BECAUSE I'M SHOWERING SO MUCH.
LOVE YOU GUYS, BYE.
>> BYE.
>> Wendy: BUT NO MATTER HOW
DEADLY THE VIRUS, THE DOCTORS
WORRY THAT SOME CANADIANS ARE
NOT TREATING THIS THREAT
SERIOUSLY ENOUGH.
>> IT'S ALMOST AN INSULT TO WHAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING BECAUSE WE ARE
WORKING SO HARD TO GET THESE
PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES.
>> Wendy: AND NOW THERE'S A
NEW SURGE OF PATIENTS POURING
INTO THEIR I.C.U. FROM COVID
OUTBREAKS IN NEARBY LONG-TERM
CARE HOMES AND GROUP HOMES AND
SHELTERS.
BUT THEN AFTER 17 DAYS, A COVID
PATIENT THEY HAVE COME TO KNOW
HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF HIS
VENTILATOR.
HE'S LEAVING I.C.U. AND THE
STAFF REMEMBERS WHY THEY KEEP
PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK.
[Applause]
>> WAS THAT FOR YOU OR FOR ME?
>> THAT WAS FOR YOU, SIR.
>> Wendy: WENDY MESLEY, CBC
NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew: NOW ALBERTA SAW
ANOTHER JUMP IN THE NUMBER OF
COVID CASES WITH MORE THAN 100
BEING REPORTED TODAY.
FOUR NEW DEATHS WERE ALSO
ATTRIBUTED TO THE VIRUS,
INCLUDING ONE LINKED TO A
MEATPACKING PLANT SOUTH OF
CALGARY.
THE CARVILLE PLANT IN HIGH RIVER
IS SHUTTING DOWN AS IT DEALS
WITH THE LARGEST COVID OUTBREAK
IN THE PROVINCE, NEARLY 500
CASES HAVE BEEN LINKED TO THE
FACILITY.
>> MANY OF THE NEW CASES THAT
ARE CURRENTLY BEING DIAGNOSED
WERE EXPOSED UP TO TWO WEEKS
AGO.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE NEW
CASES LINKED TO THIS OUTBREAK
OVER THE COMING DAYS.
>> Andrew: ALL CARGILL
EMPLOYEES ARE NOW BEING
ENCOURAGED TO GET TESTED.
IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW LONG THE
SHUTDOWN WILL LAST.
>> THE IMPLICATIONS OBVIOUSLY
FOR THIS INDUSTRY ARE VERY
SERIOUS, COULD NOT BE MORE
SERIOUS.
>> Andrew: JASON KENNEY IS
CALLING ON OTTAWA TO DO MORE FOR
THE COUNTRY'S BELEAGUERED ENERGY
SECTOR AS OIL PRICES TOOK A
PLUNGE TODAY.
WESTERN CANADIAN SELECT WAS
TRADING BELOW ZERO FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER, WHILE WEST TEXAS
INTERMEDIATE, A NORTH AMERICAN
BENCHMARK, CLOSED MINUS $38 A
BARREL.
THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE
EFFECTIVELY PAYING PEOPLE TO BUY
THEIR OIL BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
STORE IT ALL AND GLOBAL DEMAND
IS LOW.
>> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," WE RETURN TO NOVA
SCOTIA AND THE COMMUNITY AT THE
HEART OF THIS TRAGEDY.
BUT AS WE GO TO BREAK, A MOMENT
TO REMEMBER MORE OF THE LIVES
LOST.
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>> Adrienne: PURPLE AND PINK
PAINTED ACROSS THE SKY IN NOVA
SCOTIA.
ONLINE PEOPLE POSTING THIS
PICTURE OF A SUNSET TO END A
VERY DIFFICULT DAY.
THE SKY LIT UP LIKE A CANDLE IN
REMEMBRANCE.
MAKING SENSE OF A MASS SHOOTING
IS NEVER EASY, EVEN MORE
DIFFICULT WHEN THE PICTURE
REMAINS INCOMPLETE.
POLICE ARE HARD AT WORK SIFTING
THROUGH EVIDENCE FROM 16
DIFFERENT CRIME SCENES.
SO THERE ARE GAPS IN THE
TIMELINE WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU
AND TERRIBLE DETAILS TO COME,
BUT HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
HOW THIS EVIL UNFOLDED.
SATURDAY NIGHT NOVA SCOTIANS
WERE EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE SAFEST RIGHT
NOW -- STAYING AT HOME.
A SHIFT AT THE RCMP WAS ENDING
AROUND 9:00 p.m. WITH THE MOST
BENIGN OF TWEETS.
"WE GET TO RELAX FOR THE EVENING
AND SLEEP IN."
THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
10:32 p.m., THE FIRST PUBLIC
NOTICE OF TROUBLE.
ANOTHER RCMP TWEET ABOUT A
FIREARMS COMPLAINT IN THIS TINY
NEIGHBOURHOOD OF TINY
PORTAPIQUE, POPULATION AT THIS
TIME OF YEAR BETWEEN 100 TO 150.
THE GUNMAN OWNED TWO PROPERTIES
THERE.
THE WARNING FOR PEOPLE WAS TO
STAY INSIDE AND LOCK THEIR
DOORS.
NO EMERGENCY ALERT ISSUED.
HOW MANY MISSED THAT TWEET AND
WERE ALREADY ASLEEP.
HERE'S SOME OF THE AUDIO FROM
THE
POLICE SCANNER JUST AFTER 11:00
p.m..
>> SO THERE'S A STRUCTURE FIRE.
THERE'S A PERSON DOWN THERE WITH
A GUN.
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM.
IT'S VERY BAD WHAT'S GOING ON
DOWN THERE.
>> Adrienne: WITNESSES
REPORTED AT LEAST THREE
STRUCTURE FIRES IN PORTAPIQUE.
WE KNOW THE TUCKS WERE KILLED
HERE TOGETHER, EMILY, AARON AND
JOLENE OLIVER.
SO WERE GREG AND JAMIE BLAIR.
>> THEY'RE BRINGING THE VICTIMS
OUT TO THAT INTERSECTION FROM
THE ACTUAL SCENE.
>> Adrienne: WERE THERE MORE?
YES, BUT IT'S STILL EARLY FOR
DETAILS.
WHAT WEAPONS WERE USED?
EVEN NOW POLICE AREN'T SURE.
>> WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO FULLY
EXAMINE THE CRIME SCENES
BECAUSE, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE
HAD FIVE STRUCTURE FIRES, MOST
OF THOSE BEING RESIDENCES.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE
VICTIMS STILL WITHIN THE REMAINS
OF THOSE HOMES.
>> THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK
TO BE DONE IN REGARDS TO THE
VARIOUS FIREARMS THAT HAVE BEEN
USED.
>> Adrienne: WHEN POLICE
ARRIVED, THE GUNMAN WAS GONE,
BUT THERE WERE ACCOUNTS THAT
HE'D BEEN DRESSED AS AN RCMP
OFFICER, WAS DRIVING THIS CAR
WITH REPLICA MARKINGS.
BY 8:00 a.m. SUNDAY MORNING,
TERRIFYING CALLS FROM ANOTHER
COMMUNITY, WENTWORTH, 42
KILOMETRES TO THE NORTHEAST.
MORE GUNFIRE, MORE EXPLOSIONS.
TOM BAGLEY, A VOLUNTEER
FIREFIGHTER, HAD RUSHED TO HELP
AND WAS KILLED.
SEAN McLEOD, ALANNA JENKINS,
BOTH CORRECTIONS WORKERS, THEIR
HOME WAS SET ON FIRE AND THEY
BOTH DIED HERE.
ALL TOLD, POLICE SAY THAT THERE
WERE FIVE FIRES IN THESE
ASSAULTS.
WHY IS THE QUESTION THEY ARE A
LONG WAY FROM ANSWERING.
THERE ARE DETAILS OF WHAT
HAPPENED ON THE ROAD OVERNIGHT
AND INTO THE MORNING THAT ARE
STILL BEING PUT TOGETHER.
CARS STOPPED AND SET ALIGHT,
SOME
KILLED JUST ON THEIR WAY TO
WORK,
INCLUDING NURSE KRISTEN BEATON.
THIS GUNMAN MOVED A LOT.
BY 10:00 a.m., POLICE TWEETED
HE'D BEEN SPOTTED IN THE
HIDDEN HILLTOP CAMPGROUND IN
GLEN HALL.
THEN THE SCENE OF TWO MORE
HOMICIDES.
BY 11:00 a.m., HE HAD CHANGED
VEHICLES AND WAS NOW IN A SILVER
S.U.V.
WAS HE TAKING HIS MURDEROUS RAGE
TO HALIFAX?
11:40 a.m., AFTER ALL NIGHT ON
THE ROAD, EXHAUSTED AND
TRAUMATIZED POLICE CAUGHT UP
WITH HIM AT THIS GAS STATION IN
ENFIELD.
HIS RAMPAGE OVER, NOT HIS
HORROR.
FINDING AND NAMING THE DEAD IS
STILL NOT DONE.
AND MOURNING THEM, HOW CRUEL
THAT JUST WHEN EMBRACES ARE
NEEDED THE MOST THEY CANNOT BE
OFFERED.
LOVE THOUGH, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
HAS THAT FOR NOVA SCOTIA.
EARLIER THIS EVENING I SPOKE
WITH CHRISTINE BLAIR, SHE'S THE
MAYOR OF COLCHESTER COUNTY,
THAT'S WHERE PORTAPIQUE IS
LOCATED.
SHE TOOK A MOMENT FROM HER VERY
DIFFICULT AND VERY BUSY DAY TO
TALK WITH US FROM HER HOME IN
TRURO.
ALL RIGHT, MADAM MAYOR, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.
FIRSTLY, HOW ARE YOU?
HOW ARE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR
COMMUNITY MANAGING TONIGHT?
>> I BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY ARE STILL REELING
FROM THIS HORRENDOUS EVENT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T
COME TO TERMS WITH VERY EASILY.
AND THIS IS ONLY DAY TWO.
AND THE RCMP ARE STILL DOING A
LOT OF INVESTIGATIONS.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
UNKNOWN FACTOR IS HERE.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF
NAMES OF THE DECEASED THAT HAVE
BEEN RELEASED.
AND WE KNOW THAT SINCE THE FIRST
ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE THAT THE
NUMBER HAS CLIMBED.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILIES
THAT ARE SUFFERING, THERE ARE A
LOT OF FAMILIES THAT ARE IN
PAIN.
THEY'VE LOST THEIR LOVED ONES.
AND WE'RE DOING THE ABSOLUTE
BEST THAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THEM
AND TO BE THERE FOR THEM IN
THEIR NEED.
>> Adrienne: SO HARD.
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THERE'S
BEEN MUCH SLEEP REALLY FOR
ANYONE THERE.
AND YOU'RE IN AND OUT OF
MEETINGS.
AND I'M CURIOUS WHAT ARE THE
ANSWERS THAT YOU AND THE PEOPLE
AROUND YOU NEED TO HEAR RIGHT
NOW?
>> I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY
NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A
LOT OF LOVE AND SUPPORT OUT
THERE FOR THEM.
IT CERTAINLY IS A VERY DIFFICULT
TIME TO GIVE DEFINITIVE ANSWERS
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL
INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON.
THE ONE THING THAT IS DEFINITIVE
IN THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE SUFFERING IS THE FACT THAT
THEY HAVE LOST LOVED ONES IN
THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WE HAVE OFFERED CONDOLENCES
TO ALL.
THEY KNOW THAT THE MUNICIPALITY
AND THE COUNTY OF COLCHESTER IS
THERE TO SUPPORT THEM.
I THINK THAT THAT IS CRUCIAL TO
KNOW THAT THERE IS SUPPORT.
WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF
INFORMATION AVAILABLE WITH
REGARDS TO COUNSELLING SERVICES,
GRIEF COUNSELLING SERVICES AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
NECESSARY I SUSPECT FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
>> Adrienne: I WAS JUST GOING
TO SAY THAT I SUSPECT THAT YOUR
IMPULSE LISTENING TO YOU TALK AS
A LEADER, MUST BE
TO WANT TO WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND
PEOPLE NOW.
AND NOBODY CAN DO THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF HOW
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
MOURN IN THE DAYS TO COME?
>> IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.
NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT
SUPPORT OF FAMILY, FRIENDS,
NEIGHBOURS, PEOPLE WHO ARE
CONCERNED WHO LOVE YOU AND WHO
WANT TO BE THERE TO WRAP THEIR
ARMS AROUND YOU AND TO HELP YOU
THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME IS
PUTTING AN EXTRA LAYER OF HURT
ON THE WHOLE SITUATION.
>> Adrienne: MADAM MAYOR,
THERE ARE 37 MILLION CANADIAN
HEARTS
BREAKING FOR YOU TONIGHT AND
WE'RE ALL THINKING OF YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
NICE COMFORTING WORDS, I
APPRECIATE IT.
>> Andrew: IT IS AN
EXCEPTIONALLY HARD QUESTION --
HOW DO YOU PROPERLY GRIEVE WHEN
YOU'RE PHYSICALLY APART?
WELL, NEXT, SOME EXPERT ADVICE
ON HOW TO NAVIGATE INCREDIBLY
CHALLENGING TIMES.
FIRST THOUGH, MORE OF THE
STORIES OF THE LIVES LOST AS WE
CONTINUE.
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>> Andrew: HERE'S ONE WAY
PEOPLE ARE OFFERING CONDOLENCES
WHILE KEEPING A SAFE DISTANCE
FROM COVID-19.
THESE HEARTS FOR HEIDI ARE A
TRIBUTE TO CONSTABLE HEIDI
STEVENSON WHO DIED IN THE LINE
OF DUTY RESPONDING TO NOVA
SCOTIA'S MASS SHOOTER.
IT DRIVES HOME A SAD TRUTH ABOUT
MOURNING UNDER A LOCKDOWN.
>> COVID-19 IS NOT GOING TO
PAUSE BECAUSE OF OUR PAIN.
WE CANNOT LET OUR GUARD DOWN AND
CREATE EVEN MORE CHALLENGES BY
HAVING COVID-19 SPREAD FURTHER.
>> Andrew: SO, LISTEN, THE
EMOTIONAL TOLL OF THE PANDEMIC
WAS ALREADY HEAVY.
AND NOW IN THE WAKE OF THIS
RAMPAGE MANY WILL GRIEVE IN
ISOLATION.
YOU CAN'T EVEN REACH OUT AND HUG
SOMEONE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT NAVIGATING
THAT.
MICHAEL UNGAR IS A FAMILY
THERAPIST IN HALIFAX AND ALSO
THE CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR IN THE
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND WE HAVE
DR. JUVERIA ZAHEER, A
PSYCHIATRIST HERE IN TORONTO.
HELLO TO THE TWO OF YOU.
MICHAEL, I'LL START WITH YOU IF
I COULD.
YOU'RE FROM NOVA SCOTIA.
HOW DO YOU EVEN BEGIN TO MAKE
SENSE OF
THE SENSELESS?
>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY
HAS EVEN BEGUN TO DO THAT.
THE STRANGE THING ABOUT THIS IS
THAT WE AS MARITIMERS -- I LIKE
TO IN BETTER TIMES SAY THAT
WE'RE THE KIND OF FOLK THAT COME
BRING FOOD TO EACH OTHER WHEN
THERE'S A CRISIS.
AND THIS COMPOUNDING EFFECT OF
NOT JUST THE PANDEMIC, BUT NOW A
TRAGEDY LIKE THIS THAT CANADA
HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, IT REALLY
CHALLENGES US.
YOU COULD FEEL IT, EVERYONE IS
TALKING AND PEOPLE ARE JUST
REALLY CHALLENGING THEIR
IDENTITY OF WHO WE ARE HERE ON
THE EAST COAST.
>> Andrew: AND, JUVERIA, HOW
DO PEOPLE EVEN
GRIEVE WHEN YOU CAN'T REACH OUT
AND TOUCH SOMEONE?
>> I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
TRAGEDIES OF THE PANDEMIC THAT
MAYBE WE DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR,
THAT OUR TRADITIONS AND OUR WAYS
OF CONNECTING ARE SORT OF THROWN
INTO CHAOS.
I THINK IF WE CAN CONNECT WITH
THE EMOTION BEHIND THE GRIEF,
AND THE BRINGING OF THE
CASSEROLE IS BRINGING COMFORT TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING.
THE HUG WITH YOUR NEIGHBOUR IS
SHOWING PEOPLE HOW MUCH WE CARE.
TO FIND WAYS TO SHOW HOW WE
CARE, TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT IT, I
THINK
THAT'S WHERE WE COULD MAKE THE
BIGGEST DIFFERENCE.
>> Andrew: RIGHT, SO, MICHAEL,
MAYBE YOU CAN HELP -- I MEAN,
HELP ARM US.
BECAUSE A LOT OF
FOLKS OUT THERE WILL BE FEELING
BEATEN UP BY COVID-19.
I MEAN, JUST IN TERMS OF
FINANCES AND IN TERMS OF HEALTH,
IN TERMS OF FAMILY AND NOW THIS.
SO WHAT ARE THE TOOLS OR THE
TECHNIQUES THAT MIGHT BE
HELPFUL?
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT, I MEAN,
THERE'S UNPRECEDENTED VERY FEW
PEOPLE THAT EVER HAD TO CONFRONT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE YOU
HAVE THIS DOUBLE JEOPARDY OF
THESE TWO MAJOR RISKS.
BUT WE DO KNOW FROM OTHER
-- WHETHER OOLINGS PANDEMICS OR
WILDFIRES, THAT PEOPLE DO MUCH
BETTER WHEN THEY
HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAINTAIN
STRUCTURE.
WHEN THE MESSAGE TO OUR FAMILIES
AND TO OURSELVES IS THAT, YES,
WE'RE SAFE.
I MEAN, IT'S INTERESTING THAT
YOU RECLAIM PUBLIC SPACES,
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO, YOU HAVE
MEMORIALS AND YOU GATHER
TOGETHER.
AND SO WHAT I SEE PEOPLE DOING
AND I THINK SHOULD BE DOING IS
CREATING -- WHETHER IT'S ANON
LINE FORUM, WHICH
WHAT IS AN ONLINE FORUM, WHICH
COLCHESTER COUNTY IS GOING TO BE
DOING.
ANYTHING TO ESTABLISH OUR
ELECTIVE GOODWILL AND OUR
MEANING OUT OF THIS AND TO DRAW
A SENSE THAT WE ARE STILL WHO WE
ARE.
AND, INDEED, IF WE CAN GIVE
OURSELVES SOME STRUCTURE AND
SOME PEOPLE FEELING SAFE TO NOT
GO OUT AND TO SAY THAT WE TRUST
THEM DESPITE THE WAY THAT THESE
TRAGEDIES FALL.
>> Andrew: RIGHT, RIGHT.
JUVERIA, MAYBE I'LL GIVE YOU THE
LAST WORD.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT OR HOPE TO SEE FROM THE
COMMUNITY LEADERS IN PORTAPIQUE
OR MORE BROADLY IN NOVA SCOTIA
IN TERMS OF REACHING OUT AND
HELPING PEOPLE IN THESE TRYING
TIMES?
>> I THINK THAT WE NEED LEADERS
WHO WILL SHARE THEIR OWN
STRUGGLES AND THEIR OWN FEELINGS
OF DISTRESS.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT
WITH EACH OTHER.
BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE'RE SO
PHYSICALLY ISOLATED THAT SOCIAL
CONNECTION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING.
>> Andrew: MICHAEL UNGAR, AND
JUVERIA ZAHEER, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BOTH OF YOUR TIME.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR VIEWERS DO
AS WELL.
FOR FOLKS AT HOME IF YOU OR
SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW IN NOVA
SCOTIA NEEDS TO TALK TO SOMEONE,
THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS LINE IS
AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK.
THE NUMBER
TO CALL TOLL-FREE 1-888-429-
TOLL-FREE 1-888-429-8167.
>> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," YOU WILL HEAR FROM
NOVA SCOTIANS UNITED IN GRIEF
AND IN STRENGTH.
FIRST THOUGH, HOW ONE MAN CHOSE
TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES
AFFECTED IN HIS OWN WAY WITH A
MESSAGE IN THE SKY.
(*)
>> I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOBODY
AROUND TO SEE ME.
I JUST -- IT WAS SOMETHING THAT
I NEEDED TO DO FOR MYSELF.
(*)
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FLIGHT AND ON
MY RIGHT WERE MY PARTNER LARA.
SHE AND I WERE VERY QUIET.
WE FELT THE PAIN BELOW US, THE
PAIN OF THE PEOPLE AND
EVERYTHING THAT THEY WENT
THROUGH.
AND THE ONLY DISTRACTION WAS
CHANGING COURSE EVERY 10 SECONDS
TO MAKE THE HEART SHAPE THAT I
REALLY WANTED TO DO THAT.
AND WHEN I LANDED AT THE AIRPORT
THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SAID
TO ME --
>> THAT WAS A LOVELY FLIGHT
PATTERN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
RIGHT THERE AND THEN I REALISED
THAT I WASN'T ALONE ON THIS
FLIGHT.
I HAD TAKEN WITH ME THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
>> I'M JAYME POISSON AND
TOMORROW ON CBC'S DAILY NEWS
PODCAST "FRONTBURNER," A
DETAILED LOOK AT THE DEVASTATING
RAMPAGE IN
NOVA SCOTIA AND THE VICTIMS NOW
BEING MOURNED.
SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR
PODCASTS.
>> GOD LOVES HIM, COURAGE AND
STRENGTH TO THEIR FAMILIES AND
ALL THE BEST.
>> Adrienne: A LITTLE LOVE
FROM A NOVA SCOTIAN LIVING IN
ALBERTA.
CORRINE BUILT THI THIS MEMORIAL IN
HER FRONT YARD.
SHE'S ONE OF MANY CANADIANS IN
MOURNING TONIGHT.
FLAGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
FLYING AT HALF-MAST, AND THE
C.N. TOWER IS LIT UP BLUE AND
WHITE FOR NOVA SCOTIA, AND THEN
RED, BLUE AND GOLD FOR THE RCMP.
IN NOVA SCOTIA THOUGH THE GRIEF
IS RAW AND ONLY JUST BEGINNING.
HERE'S SOME OF THE VOICES WE
HEARD FROM ACROSS THAT PROVINCE
TODAY...
>> THE PORTAPIQUE AREA IS A
BEAUTIFUL AREA OF NOVA SCOTIA.
LOVELY PEOPLE THERE.
AND IT'S JUST AN ABSOLUTE
TRAGEDY AND SHOCK.
SO MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
>> I BROUGHT SOME FLOWERS HERE
FOR MY NIECE JAMIE BLAIR AND HER
HUSBAND GREG.
IT'S JUST SAD.
(*)
>> SMALL THANK YOUS MEAN A LOT
TO
A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RICH TO BE
KIND.
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>> WHEN STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS,
WE'VE GOT TO RALLY TOGETHER AS
PEOPLE AND LOVED ONES IN THE
COMMUNITY AND JUST SHOW EVERYONE
THAT, YOU KNOW, BAD THINGS
HAPPEN.
BUT THERE ARE STILL GOOD PEOPLE
THAT ARE HERE, RIGHT?
>> IT WAS VERY HARD.
>> ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S SOMEBODY
YOU KNOW.
>> IT'S YOUR FRIEND, YOU KNOW,
IT'S HARD.
(*)
>> Andrew: CLEARLY THE GRIEF
TONIGHT WEIGHS HEAVILY ACROSS
NOVA SCOTIA AND OUR COUNTRY.
BUT NOVA SCOTIANS ARE STILL
FINDING WAYS TO SUPPORT EACH
OTHER.
>> * TONIGHT I'LL SING FOR NOVA
SCOTIA *
* TONIGHT I'LL SING 
* SONGS OF LOVE 
>> Andrew: SOME OF THE 
(*)
[BELLS TOLLING]
>> Adrienne: CHURCH BELLS IN
BANFF, ALBERTA, TODAY RANG OUT
TO THE
TUNE OF "FAREWELL, NOVA SCOTIA."
IT'S ONE OF THE MANY TRIBUTES TO
THE LIVES LOST IN THIS SENSELESS
ACT, TRIBUTES FORCED TO TAKE
PLACE APART BECAUSE OF THE
GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
>> Andrew: AND TONIGHT ACROSS
NOVA SCOTIA A SIMPLE GESTURE --
A CANDLE ON A FRONT PORCH OR A
WINDOW TO HONOUR THE VICTIMS,
A MOMENT TO PAUSE IN
REMEMBRANCE.
SO THAT'S HOW WE WANTED TO END
OUR PROGRAMME.
>> Adrienne: HERE'S CANADIAN
MUSICIAN SCOTT NOLAN'S TRIBUTE
TO NOVA SCOTIA AND A LOOK AT HOW
A PROVINCE IS STILL STANDING
STRONG TOGETHER.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
APRIL 20th.
GOODNIGHT.
>> Andrew: GOODNIGHT.
(*)
* TONIGHT I'LL SING 
* FOR NOVA SCOTIA 
* TONIGHT I'LL SING 
* SONGS OF LOVE 
* A GENTLE TUNE 
* FOR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS 
* PEACE JUST CAN'T COME SOON
ENOUGH *
(*)
* A SOFT REFRAIN 
* TO BRING SOME COMFORT 
* TO EVERY SINGLE LIVING THING 
* TONIGHT I'LL SING FOR NOVA
SCOTIA *
* LET THE BELLS OF ST. JAMES
RING *
* TODAY I'LL GRIEVE FOR SONS AND
DAUGHTERS *
* WHO NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE 
* FOR HOW THE SKY CAN LOOK SO
DIFFERENT *
* EVERY TIME WE GO OUTSIDE 
(*)
* FROM PORTAPIQUE TO
SCHUBANACADIE *
* NO ONE HERE 
* WILL FORGET TODAY 
* THE NEIGHBOUR SAID 
* HE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT 
* GOD WHAT HAPPENED ANYWAY 
(*)
* I THOUGHT I HEARD 
* DISTANT SIRENS 
* I SEE FIRE DOWN THE ROAD 
* WE CAN STILL HEAR THE GUNSHOTS
