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Canada mass shooting inquiry urges police reform, gun regulations

'There were many warning signs of the perpetrator’s violence and missed opportunities to intervene in the years before' the April 2020 attack, the commission said [File: Tim Krochak/Reuters]

A public inquiry into the worst mass shooting in Canada’s history has found widespread failures in how the federal police force responded to the deadly 2020 attack, calling for reforms to policing, better public communication, and stricter gun regulations.

In a seven-volume report released on Thursday, the Mass Casualty Commission said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) missed red flags in the years leading up to the fatal rampage in the eastern province of Nova Scotia.

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