PORT HAWKESBURY: Following the triple murder-suicide that claimed the lives of retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond, his wife Shanna, his mother Brenda and his 10-year-old daughter Aaliyah on Jan. 3, 2017, Veterans Affairs conducted their own internal investigation.
GUYSBOROUGH: The presiding judge overseeing the
fatality inquiry into the triple murder-suicide carried out by an Afghanistan
war veteran made it clear retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond “faced a large gap in
treatment” and that Veterans Affairs allowed him to “fall...
GUYSBOROUGH: The New Brunswick doctor who signed off on
retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond’s firearms licence review described the 33-year-old
veteran on the medical assessment as “non-suicidal and stable,” along with
having “no concerns for firearms usage with appropriate licence.”
PORT HAWKESBURY: Judge Paul Scovil’s final report and recommendations from the Desmond Fatality Inquiry will be released to the public on Jan. 31.
The fatality inquiry, which saw testimony from 70 witnesses over 56...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Halifax-based Occupational Stress Injury (OSI) Clinic that retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond tried to access mental health services through now doesn’t require their patients to have a family doctor before receiving their services.