Final report into N.S. mass shooting to be released today

The independent commission tasked with examining the deadliest mass shooting in modern Canadian history is releasing its final report, almost three years after the April 2020 tragedy.

Today at noon AT, the Mass Casualty Commission is expected to deliver a roughly 3,000-page report in Truro, N.S., with its findings on the events of April 18 and 19, 2020, when 22 people were killed in 13 hours by a gunman posing as a Mountie.

CBC News will carry a live webcast of the event in this story.

The recommendations are expected to address the shooter’s access to firearms, his prior interactions with police and social services, emergency communications, intimate-partner