PORT HAWKESBURY: The Canadian Armed Forces arranged for retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond’s treatment to continue following his medical discharge in 2015.
However a psychologist says the “lack of structure” outside the military presented additional...
GUYSBOROUGH: The chief firearms officer who approved
Cpl. Lionel Desmond’s firearms possession and acquisition licence renewal
testified on February 20 she would have rejected the soldier’s application if
she had been more aware of his severe mental illness.
GUYSBOROUGH: What started out as a call to
a suicide in progress, responding officers dispatched to the Desmond residence
in Upper Big Tracadie, discovered the former Afghanistan war veteran had
fatally shot his mother, wife and daughter, before turning the...
GUYSBOROUGH: The lead investigator into the
deaths of Afghanistan war veteran and his family detailed the chain of events,
including the steps the former soldier took and the level of planning that led
to the triple murder-suicide, on Wednesday at...
GUYSBOROUGH: Already having heard from three doctors
who interacted with Afghanistan war veteran retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond in the
months prior to the triple murder-suicide at their Upper Big Tracadie home, on
February 11, the inquiry began hearing testimony from...