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The money that Wortman received came from the CIBC bank, but was routed through CIBC Intria, a subsidiary company that typically provides cash for ATM machines. That Wortman was able to have money delivered by CIBC Intria to Brinks for pickup was highly irregular and contravened all banking regulations, says a banking insider aware of the CIBC’s set up and protocols.
“The first rule of banking is that you count out the money in front of the customer,” the banking source said.
“It’s all done in person and is filmed. You can’t let $475,000 walk out the door just like that. That’s everyone’s year end bonus. The money is counted and signed for. If this was Wortman’s personal money, the bank would never send it through Intria and then have the customer pick it up in a pouch without counting it. There’s too much room for error. That just wouldn’t happen. What this all tells me is that they bent the rules for him because it likely wasn’t his personal money. There was something else going on there.”...
Ms. Bergerman and Mr. Leather, thank you for being here. Thank you, Ms. Tessier, for being here.
Ms. Bergerman, you mentioned a meeting that happened the evening before the April 28 press conference and a subsequent meeting with Commissioner Lucki. Did I hear correctly that there was a meeting the night before?
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A/Commr Lee Bergerman:
I'm not aware of a meeting.
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Ms. Raquel Dancho:
I must have misheard you.
I'm going to ask you a few question in response to Lia Scanlan and Darren Campbell's notes and letter.
Lia Scanlan also mentioned to the MCC in interview that the Prime Minister and Minister Blair were “weighing in on what we could and couldn't say”.
Was that your experience?
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A/Commr Lee Bergerman:
Only on this particular phone call that we had on the 28th, where there was a reference to the minister putting pressure on the commissioner.
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Ms. Raquel Dancho:
I think you're referencing what Lia Scanlan had also referenced, that the commissioner indicated that Minister Blair pressured her to release this information.
Was that what you heard from Commissioner Lucki as well?
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A/Commr Lee Bergerman:
I heard “minister”. I don't recall hearing “Minister Blair”.
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Ms. Raquel Dancho:
What did Commissioner Lucki say about the minister: that some minister had pressured her to release the information about the weapons used in the attack?
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A/Commr Lee Bergerman:
Part of the conversation was more that we didn't understand the big picture and that there was pressure from the minister to release the calibre, make and models of the weapons used in the mass casualty shooting.
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Ms. Raquel Dancho:
So you would agree with Darren Campbell's notes that Commissioner Lucki...the words he used were “promised” Minister Blair and the Prime Minister's Office that that information would be released.
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Ms. Raquel Dancho:
So you heard the commissioner say she “promised” the minister and the Prime Minister's Office?
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A/Commr Lee Bergerman:
Yes.
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A/Commr Lee Bergerman:
Yes.
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Ms. Raquel Dancho:
Did Commissioner Lucki directly tie that to the forthcoming firearm policy from the Liberal government?
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A/Commr Lee Bergerman:
Yes.
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Ms. Raquel Dancho:
She did.
She said the pressure was from the minister and the Prime Minister's Office, that she had promised them that information would be released, and the pressure was a result of its being tied to the forthcoming gun policy from the Liberal government.
Is that correct?
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A/Commr Lee Bergerman:
That's correct.
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Ms. Raquel Dancho:
Mr. Leather, can you answer the same questions as well?
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C/Supt Chris Leather:
Yes.
I've had an opportunity to review the notes that Superintendent Campbell also prepared. I have to say, with great detail, he provided a comprehensive and detailed overview, which essentially, to the letter, I would support. Certainly on the points that Ms. Bergerman spoke about, I would agree with the statements made concerning the minister, the Prime Minister's Office and the impending gun legislation.
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Ms. Raquel Dancho:
With regard to the statement in particular that we just went over—but just to confirm—Darren Campbell said that Commissioner Lucki said to you in the group that she promised Minister Blair and the Prime Minister's Office that the information about the weapons used in the attack would be released. That's what you're referring to.
Fatima MacIntosh in a time when numerous conspiracy have become facts why jump to this conclusion? Do you benefit from this issue being swept under the rug. I sure as hell do not nor do my children whom will grow up suffering from poorly managed systems. Be thankful someone is trying to get answers after all if the answers were honest we would have them
Chief Superintendent Chris Leather (Criminal Operations Officer, Nova Scotia, Royal Canadian Mounted Police):
Chris Leather
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Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and select members of Parliament on the SECU committee.
My name is Chief Superintendent Chris Leather. I am the criminal operations officer for the RCMP's H Division, Nova Scotia, as I was so assigned in April 2020. I've been a police officer for over 32 years and a commissioned officer since 2014. I'm honoured to be here in person today, along with my colleagues Ms. Bergerman and Ms. Tessier.
Before I offer my introductory remarks, I would like to take a minute to recognize the Portapique tragedy of April 18 and 19, 2020, one that so horrendously impacted the country, the province, its communities and of course the victims and their families in Nova Scotia. The impacts have been and continue to be felt by the public and our membership. The pain will be felt by all for many years to come. As Canada's worst ever mass murder, we are forever scarred by this senseless act of violence perpetrated by the lone gunman. In all of this, I am proud of our members' dedication, commitment and resilience then and now in the face of such horrendous events and criticism.
I'm returning to Nova Scotia tomorrow. I'm scheduled to testify for two days at the Mass Casualty Commission. Also, I recently provided a 10-hour recorded audio statement to MCC counsel pertaining to my roles and responsibilities during and after the Portapique tragedy. I will remain engaged to assist with policy change, law amendments, cultural change and whatever else is asked of me.
We look forward to receiving the final report from the Mass Casualty Commission in November this year and acting on the report's recommendations. We know that there are many areas we can improve on and gaps that we will address. I know that the “after action report” work will be crucial to bolstering public safety and confidence in the RCMP.
I want the committee to know that we recognized issues early on. Where we could, we already began addressing the gaps identified, working shoulder to shoulder with our provincial government counterparts, Nova Scotia municipal police chiefs, fellow criminal operations officers and commanding officers across Canada, and of course the communities we serve to improve and evolve as an organization.
The RCMP is the provincial police service in Nova Scotia. We serve at the behest of the Province of Nova Scotia, the public, and Public Safety Canada. We take this responsibility seriously. We look forward to serving Nova Scotians in this capacity for years to come.
My role as the criminal operations officer is as the de facto 2IC of the RCMP in Nova Scotia. All operational units and programs, except federal policing, roll up under me. This includes all general duty policing and specialized policing services for the RCMP, including but not limited to uniformed policing, specialized policing services, including our emergency response team and critical incident commanders, and operational communications managers and call-takers, all of whom played critical roles in our Portapique response.
I understand that the focus of this committee's work is to determine whether there was political interference with the RCMP as it related to the gun legislation passed by the federal government in May 2020. I was a participant in the April 28 teleconference hosted by Commissioner Lucki, which included Deputy Commissioner Brennan, Ms. Tessier, Mr. Dan Brien, Assistant Commissioner Bergerman, Chief Superintendent Campbell, Ms. Lia Scanlan and me. As I said in my MCC statement, I am available to answer questions concerning what I heard on the call and my related roles and responsibilities leading up to the call of April 28 and key after-discussions with my colleagues—namely, CO Lee Bergerman, Chief Superintendent Campbell, and the director of corporate communications, Lia Scanlan.
What I will say at this point is that the meeting was remarkable in its timing, only 10 days after the tragedy; the call contents, infused with emotion; and a reference to pending gun control legislation by the commissioner, just a few minutes after a key press conference given by Chief Superintendent Campbell, during which he effectively provided a comprehensive update on the criminal investigation known as H-Strong, including associated timelines.
What I will also say is that I was unaware of the key lead-up conversations that had occurred between Chief Superintendent Campbell, Ms. Scanlan, Ms. Tessier and Dan Brien of national corporate communications on the evening of April 27 and into the morning of April 28 surrounding the firearms used by the gunman specific to the talking points that were prepared for Chief Superintendent Campbell's April 28 televised news conference. I was truly taken aback by the discussion at the teleconference, and it would take several post-fact discussions for me to piece together and to better understand the context of the comments.
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The Chair:
Your time is up, sir. You have just 10 seconds, please.
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C/Supt Chris Leather:
I've completed this post-fact review and have a much clearer sense now of what occurred. I look forward to sharing with you what I heard and have learned since.
C/Supt Chris Leather: Chris Leather View this Video To the member, through the chair, I think it's important to provide some context in the lead up to the call of the 28th. It was around April 22 that I got a phone call from the commissioner directly requesting the gun “inventory”, for lack of a better term—the list of guns, makes, models and serial numbers. Really, that's when it began for me in terms of this issue, and it was a request that, obviously, I took seriously, coming directly from the commissioner. That would be out of the norm of communication to a criminal operations officer, but again, under the circumstances, and given the gravity of the situation, it didn't seem completely odd to me because that would be something that would make sense for the commissioner to share within her senior executive committee in Ottawa, the deputy commissioners and equivalents. It was on April 23 that CO Bergerman and I actually had a conversation with SiRT. SiRT is the serious investigative team that oversees police activity, akin to the SIU here in Ontario for matters where there is a death in police custody or at the hands of police. It was quite clear from our conversation with the SiRT director that we would be allowed to provide a gun inventory to the commissioner so long as it was used within the RCMP—and that was it. That was the agreement and the commitment that we made to the director of SiRT, which I passed along to Ms. Bergerman, which presumably went up to Ottawa. That's the background on the lead up, and then really for several days, until the 28th, and akin to what Ms. Bergerman said, there was no further discussion on the gun inventory or the speaking notes, or any sense of interest, from my perspective, in the inventory of guns being released publicly, internal to government or otherwise. I would echo Ms. Bergerman's comments about the surprise that it came up the way it did on the 28th for an issue that I thought had essentially been resolved through obtaining this inventory and passing it along to be used for internal discussion and understanding.
I’ll give the Chronicle Herald a thumbs up for facts unearthed by its reporters in the thousands of documents dumped online by the Commission, seemingly an effort to bury pertinent details. The CBC’s Elizabeth McMillan has, through freedom of information requests, also revealed new details. However, it stops there.
The mainstream Nova Scotia media need to wake up to the very real possibilities this is much more than just one man’s two day killing spree. Serious questions need to be asked and revealed about events leading up to that weekend, the April weekend itself and the days and weeks following the murders. Where is CTV’s Rick Grant when you need him?
Sadly, those days of investigative reporters breaking news stories are long gone. Halifax’s all-news talk station has no reporters. When was the last time CTV, CBC or Global broke a major story? CTV for example, has done a reasonable job reporting details from the testimony before the Mass Inquiry Commission, but in the days following the mass killings, the mainstream media continued to accept the narrative presented by the RCMP even as details were few, including no accurate account of the number of people killed. Radio, television and newspaper reports often included verbatim RCMP news releases. It was left to the alternative media to carry the ball.
Thanks to online sites like Little Grey Cells and quasi-news organizations like the Halifax Examiner, and especially Frank Magazine, we began getting details not provided by the RCMP. We were beginning to realize the Mounties were holding key facts from the public.
Frank’s release of the 911 calls from Wortman’s victims and video from his take-down at the Big Stop in Enfield were major scoops. And Frank’s Paul Palango has been ruthless is revealing more details about Wortman, his criminal record and his association with motorcycle gangs and police. He has been a thorn in the side of the RCMP to the point where the RCMP’s media co-ordinator referred to Palango as “an asshole.” He alone has kept this story fresh in the minds of those who follow alternative media.
Then there’s the Lisa Banfield story. Wortman’s long-time companion was indeed a victim of abuse, but the MCC’s decision not to allow cross examination by lawyers for his victims because she was a victim was more evidence for those screaming cover-up. Any effort to question her about her story the night the massacres began was denied.
Why? She is a key witness who could provide more details about what might have set Wortman off and her story about escaping handcuffs while locked in the gunman’s RCMP replica police cruiser and spending the night huddled inside a log in the woods is sketchy at best. And again it is only Frank and Paul Palango who are asking questions about her claims. The Examiner’s Tim Bousquet bought into the MCC’s version of events and recently told a critic to “fuck off.”
Palango told me quite emphatically this is a story about the failure of police, but he thinks the mainstream media has lost interest. Palango says he has no doubt a cover-up is underway. He got support for his claims from an unlikely source, retired CTV anchor Steve Murphy. In two commentaries Murphy agreed there is more to this story than we are being told and suggested the so called conspiracy theorists were on the right track. Murphy also said Lisa Banfield should have been cross-examined by family lawyers. Outside of his comments, it has been crickets from the mainstream media...
Fatima MacIntosh I have not heard anyone claiming that they planned it. People are claiming there are too many unanswered questions and too many RCMP "facts" that do not pass the smell test. And given the RCMP track record on previous bungled cases in just this province...ie Donald Marshall and Clayton Johnson to name just a couple, we have every reason to be suspicious of the bizarre activity of the RCMP. This smells of a major case of CYA.
Fatima MacIntosh yup like grown men letting children be killed while they stood outside with guns and shields. Officer safety? Where in the job description does it say,,,your job is to get home safe. Thank God firemen don't have the same attitude. Cops sure have changed.
Not to mention the history of RCMP being complicit in colonization and ripping Indigenous children from their homes. I know it's off topic, but the RCMP is an outdated and incompetent institution deeply rooted in systemic racism. I love that Paul Palango has uncovered things that others wouldn't dare.
Jeanette Roche, yes, fortunately Palango has uncovered things, and I think it’s safe to say he will uncover more. However, he supports the patriarchy, misogyny and sexism. I have a problem with that.
Barbara Amero if you have a problem with Paul being patriarchal, misogynistic or sexist, you should be utterly appalled by the RCMP more so. They represent ALL 3 traits you listed.
Jeanette Roche, didn’t say Palango is “being patriarchal, misogynistic or sexist.” I said he supports the patriarchy, misogyny and sexism. I’d say all of us are complicit in some way of supporting the patriarchy, misogyny and sexism. Racism as well. I responded to your comment about Palango, not RCMP. You could say one should be utterly appalled by the Canadian Military more so than RCMP. Or you should be utterly appalled by our inherently racist, sexist justice/legal system.
I wouldn’t call Frank or the Examiner “Quasi” anything - you’ve proved your mettle. We see far too many stories on the Heard/Depp court case or Smith/Rock-slap fiasco in the main stream media. Come on, who cares? Conspiracy theorists aside, I am thankful there are still investigative journalists doing the unpopular job of uncovering the truth.
Exactly. Very well written and said. Has mainstream media stopped digging or reporting because unless it seems to affect you directly our attention spans are only interested in quick soundbites nowadays? I would hate to think otherwise.
While it might appear to be a normal process going on at the inquiry (spinquiry, shurely!-ed.), it is anything but. The lawyers for the families have strict limitations about what they can pursue.
When it came to questioning Supt. Darren Campbell, two sources tell me that the lawyers were restricted from asking questions about charges that were laid against Lisa Banfield, which were subsequently dropped.
The lawyers were also prohibited by the MCC from asking Campbell about anything involving Banfield having spent the night in the woods around Portapique or her subsequent emergence at 6:30 am. No questions were allowed about her alleged abuse at the hands of Wortman.
They couldn’t ask questions about the role played by other RCMP officers, one of them being then Inspector Dustine Rodier, who was promoted to Superintendent recently. Rodier was in charge of the 911 Centre and other communications and was previously the commanding officer at the Hampton, N.B. detachment.
The family’s lawyers also could not broach the subject of investigations by the Serious Incident Response Team into the shoot-up of the Onslow Belmont firehall or the killing of Wortman at the Irving Big Stop on the morning of April 19th. Security video from that incident appears to refute the testimony of two RCMP officers before the MCC, but the Commission ruled that line of inquiry was out of bounds.
As one lawyer put it: “Unless we had an actual documentary evidence on which to base a question, we couldn’t ask. Otherwise, it was promoting ‘conspiracy theories.’ “...
On Campbell and Leather, and the Mexican standoff brewing in the background at the MCC
I really wanted to write about Lisa Banfield in the spring and summer of 2020. My preliminary research strongly suggested to me her story was riddled with weakness and inconsistency, but nobody in the mainstream media would tackle it. Hell, for months her name wasn’t even published anywhere outside the pages of Frank magazine.
Tim Bousquet’s position was that Banfield was a victim of domestic violence and that her story, via vague, second-hand and untested RCMP statements, was to be believed. No questions asked.
“You’re going to need something really big to convince me otherwise,” Bousquet said in one of our brief conversations.
Afterward, I did have one face-to-face meeting with him in Halifax. He actually sat in the back seat of our car because my wife Sharon was in the front. We met up because I wanted to tell him about sensitive leads I had which, if pursued, would show that the RCMP had the ability to manipulate its records and destroy evidence in its PROs reporting system.
Considering his involvement in the Assoun case, where that very issue was at the heart of Assoun’s exoneration, I thought Bousquet would be eager to pursue the story.
As I looked at him in the rearview mirror, I could sense his discomfort and lack of interest. So could Sharon who was sitting beside me.
“That was weird,” she said.
Bousquet got out of the car, walked away and disappeared me for good.
It was all so inexplicable. If this was the new journalism that I was experiencing, there was something terribly wrong with it. I couldn’t believe that a journalist like Bousquet who aspired to be a truthteller felt compelled to distill every word or nuance through a political filter first or even something more nefarious...
The reality is that trying to dig into this story was like maneuvering through a den of snakes. Hardly anyone will co-operate on the record be they family, friends, neighbours, politicians or police. Everyone is afraid of everyone else.
The decision was made to throw it into the public forum and perhaps spark some interest in the Petrie murder, for which the Province of Nova Scotia had put up a $150,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. It would also raise the issue of whether Wortman was a suspect in other unsolved murders.
Yeah, we were doing a public service.
Frank Magazine ran the story. It put the tape on its website and we all lit up a congratulatory, if not metaphorical cigar, and quietly enjoyed our scoop, such as it was....
You know o a fact that I do everything on the record It is you dudes who are being sneaky and some folks are beginning to figure out that I am not a FED EH?
***Editor's note: The audio clip that forms the basis of this story is a fraud. Purported by Rob Doucette to be a clip of police questioning his friend Gabriel Wortman in the murder of Kevin James Petrie, it was lifted from an old episode of CSI. Frank (obviously!-ed.) regrets the error.***
A 34-second snippet of audio tape shows that Gabriel Wortman was considered to be a person of interest in the still-unsolved murder of a Dartmouth man in 2004, according to a longtime friend of the mass killer’s.
Court records show that at the time of his murder Kevin James Petrie was a 50-year-old career criminal who had been charged more than a dozen times with drug trafficking, various thefts and assaults between 1993 and 2000. Police believe Petrie had been assaulted during an apparent home invasion at 269 Pleasant Street in Dartmouth. He died 11 days later after being found in medical distress at 7132 Spruce Street near the intersection of Joseph Howe Drive and Highway 102 in Halifax. An autopsy showed he had died from the effects of blunt force trauma to the head.
In March 2019, the fifteenth anniversary of Petrie’s murder, the Nova Scotia Department of Justice offered a $150,000 reward to help solve the murder.
Robert Doucette, who worked as Wortman’s carpenter and sidekick for almost 20 years says he was with Wortman at his denturist business at 193 Portland Street in Dartmouth when two plain clothes RCMP investigators walked through the door and introduced themselves...
Gabriel Wortman and the 2004 cold case murder of Kevin James Petrie
***Editor's note: Days after the publication of this story, it was discovered that information provided to us by Rob 'The Carpenter' Doucette for another story was fraudulent. An audio clip purported by Doucette to be footage of police questioning his friend Gabriel Wortman in the 2004 murder of Kevin James Petrie was actually lifted from an old episode of CSI. Frank (obviously!-ed.) regrets the error.***
Rob Doucette met his birth father when he was 15, who soon led him into the wider underbelly of the world, much of which Doucette refuses to discuss.
He even has policing in his blood.
He says his maternal grandfather was the notorious Verdun Mitchell, Halifax police chief in the ‘50s and ‘60s, who himself was a suspect in the still-unsolved 1955 murder of Halifax businessman Michael Leo Resk. Mitchell committed suicide in a washroom at Halifax police headquarters in 1968. Another relative was a police chief in Saskatchewan.
Doucette was working in 1999 or 2000 as a bouncer at the Ship Victory bar and restaurant in Dartmouth. He remembers the moment as if it were yesterday. It involved a member of the Rock Machine motorcycle club, the enemies of the Hells Angels in the Quebec biker war which was ongoing at the time.
“Somebody came in wearing a Rock Machine T-shirt,” Doucette recalled.
“I told him to take it off. He wouldn’t take it off so I took him outside and took it off him. Gabriel praised me when I came back into the bar.”...
When the future mass killer shunned his friend Carpenter Rob for shooting his friend the bear
Rob “the carpenter” Doucette said that Lisa Banfield didn’t like him hanging around. Gee, I wonder why. Cyndi Starratt didn’t like him hanging around either. She said he caused trouble for her for 3 years. She said she made complaints about him to RCMP a number of times, but RCMP didn’t do anything about it. She complained to Wortman about him, said Gabe you gotta do something about this guy; but Wortman did nothing. She said “the carpenter” was stealing property belonging to Portapique residents and stashing it on her property. She said she used to put the stolen property out by the street hoping that residents would recognize their property and grab it. She said she used to find his cigarette butts and empty beer cans in the woods on her property. She was concerned about him lurking in the woods and, as she said, probably jerking off, so she had the trees cut down. She said her problems with him stopped after he was arrested, as I recall, she said in Bass River.
***Editor's note: Days after the publication of this story, it was discovered that information provided to us by Rob 'The Carpenter' Doucette for another story was fraudulent. An audio clip purported by Doucette to be footage of police questioning his friend Gabriel Wortman in the 2004 murder of Kevin James Petrie was actually lifted from an old episode of CSI. Frank (obviously!-ed.) regrets the error.***
Rob 'The Carpenter' Doucette said he accompanied Gabriel Wortman on two smuggling runs from Houlton, Maine to Woodstock, N.B. between 2016 and 2017. Doucette didn’t cross the border either time. Although the Nova Scotia-born and raised Doucette said he lived in the United States in the past, he had once smuggled into Canada a case of six M-16 rifles stolen from the U.S. military which placed him in jeopardy with U.S. authorities.
Doucette said that in the first run he got out of Wortman’s vehicle on the Canadian side and had to wait “a day and a half to two days” for Wortman to return. He was vague about what he did killing time during that period.
“I was just there. I can hang out anywhere,” he said.
When they got back to Portapique, Wortman showed him the AR-15 assault rifle that he had smuggled. It was hidden in a false exhaust that Doucette said he had constructed under the truck.
“The truck looked like it had dual exhausts but one of the exhausts wasn’t an exhaust. It looked like it went into the engine and came out the back of the truck. The middle looked like it was under a skid plate but that was just an empty compartment.”
On the second run to the border, Doucette said that Wortman returned in about two hours with another AR-15 and a 50-calibre Barrett sniper rifle, a weapon that currently retails for about $5,000. But something strange happened.
“He drove right past me and went somewhere else for an hour and a half. He then came back and picked me up,” Doucette said.
Wortman never explained the purpose of the side trip and Doucette was not about to ask him.
“That tells me that he had more in there and sold it somewhere,” Doucette said.
“If he was a (police) agent they’d have to photograph it all,” I said, repeating what I had been told by police sources familiar with such situations.
“I would imagine that,” Doucette said, adding that he didn’t know whether Wortman was working with the RCMP, but considering what had happened it was not beyond the realm of possibility.
In her statements to the RCMP, Lisa Banfield said that Wortman hid smuggled goods on the bed of his truck, under the tonneau cover.
“That doesn’t make any sense,” Doucette said dismissively.
It is not known what happened to Wortman’s black Ford 150 Platinum.
A call from the Canadian Border Services Agency
About six weeks after Wortman had smuggled the Barrett sniper rifle into Canada, Doucette said he received a call out of the blue from a CBSA agent, whose name he didn’t recall.
Doucette said he had no idea how the CBSA knew his name, phone number or details about Wortman’s smuggling run.
“He asked me about the two guns (the Barrett and AR-15),” Doucette said. “I have no idea how they knew about them.”
The conversation didn’t go far, Doucette said, but it raises questions about what law enforcement knew about Wortman’s activities during that time period.
In the earliest days after the massacres, Nova Scotia RCMP commanding officers Chris Leather and Darren Campbell indicated that Wortman was never on their radar for his criminal activities – at least not in Nova Scotia.
However, it should be noted that in 2016 the RCMP’s J Division in New Brunswick initiated three major operations focused on the Hells Angels and its expansion into the Maritimes. Projects Trident, Thunder and Thunderstruck were joint forces operations involving, among others, the Fredericton and Halifax police departments as well as Border Security. The primary targets of the multi-agency investigation were Hells Angels Nomads Robin Moulton and Emery “Pit” Martin who were arrested and charged in 2017 and 2018 respectively, and imprisoned.
Moulton resided near Woodstock, NB and when arrested was found to be carrying a 9mm Beretta handgun, a model that Wortman was known to have smuggled into Canada around that time...
On Wortman's outlaw biker ties, where he stashed his secret phone, and Lisa's history of ammo buys
Did anybody ever wonder why Palango stopped working for the globe and mail? Did he stop or was fired because of stories poorly researched like this? Like the brinks story that was blatantly false and McLeans threw him to the side. People, Palango is a fraud.
The following is taken from a series of unsolicited messages from a retired Mountie to Paul Palango. The writer’s name has been withheld. We will refer to the writer as a he. We have edited the content to eliminate identifying comments. We are running this material because we believe that it addresses many of the known and otherwise unstated issues that bedevil the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. We welcome your comments:
"Did some junior and senior NCOs fail, display poor decision-making skills and so on, on April 18-19, 2020? Yes of course they did. That’s the problem with the RCMP promotion system. You can promote based on writing a great cover letter, have a well written competency resume and have a decent score on the promotional exam. It’s not about operational aptitude or related knowledge, skills and abilities at all (known as KSA’s in RCMP vernacular). So you could be a Sergeant from the media relations section for the past seven years and promoted to being a S/Sgt on General Duty (GD) Watch Commander in a busy B.C. Lower Mainland detachment based on your test score, competency resume examples and a well written cover letter, all reviewed and rated by a commissioned officer in most instances.
It’s irrelevant if you have zero recent experience in a busy detachment for General Duty members. It’s the same for promotions to smaller detachments like in Nova Scotia. A lot of great members who should be promoted don’t even try. They don’t want to move all the time. They don’t want to deal with politics at the detachment, district or divisional level. They don’t want to invest the time and effort in the process. It takes a lot of time and effort to participate in the process.
My point is that means only those who apply for a job will be in the running. So you only get a small pool of applicants who are often overwhelmed and under-perform when called upon in a crisis. That term, 'under-perform' is being diplomatic and excessively kind. It’s the euphemism often seen in the annual performance reviews of members who are unable, unwilling, some combination thereof and are simply not suitable for the job - whatever specific job that might be. It’s why weak general duty members get hidden on traffic or community policing, school liaison, etc. etc.
Promoting in the RCMP is very much a personal choice and responsibility to promote (sell) yourself. There’s no real leadership training such as in the Canadian Armed Forces. There are no mentoring programs, no legitimate framework to identify, encourage and motivate promotion of true leaders with people skills. It’s all about you deciding and pursuing it. What this means is that some of those making operational decisions in the first few hours of the tragedy were unqualified, unsuited, and somewhat incompetent. They were afraid to take bold action to rescue people and prevent further murders.
The old saying that 'forgiveness is easier to get than permission,' sums up much of the thought process. You touched upon it in your book. Members afraid of code of conduct investigations. It’s easier to use the FIDO (Fuck it, Drive On) principle. It’s safer to just do the bare minimum and nothing more. I believe many of the general duty first responders wanted to do more. But they were stopped by indifference, incompetence, ridiculous assumptions made by incompetent and unqualified junior and senior NCO’s at the outset of the murders..."
This letter, from then-RCMP strategic comms gal Lia Scanlan to Commissioner Brenda Lucki, shows Scanlan in her full, Kool-Aid drinkin' glory, beaming on April 28, 2020 about "the incredible work that had been done".
Someone leaked the letter to the Halifax Examiner, they posted a story, and the MCC rushed to enter it into evidence.
It will further advance the narrative of mean 'ol Brenda Lucki beatin' up on those poor, hard-done-by N.S. Mounties, when in reality the takeaway for eyeballs in Nova Scotia should be that Lia Scanlan isn't qualified to do strategic communications for your local laundromat, let alone a supposedly professional police force.
The letter depicts Lucki in full tear-a-strip-off-everyone mode, and well, on April 28, 2020, can you f'n blame her?
"Darren (Campbell) was exceptional, the best I've seen it done. He achieved exactly what we set out to accomplish," Scanlan writes.
"Following the press conference, members of the 'H' Division management team gathered to acknowledge the incredible work that had been done."
Potential political interference aside - it's a story, but it's not THE story - Brenda Lucki had ever right to channel Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction, no? ('Let's not start sucking each other's dick quite yet!'-ed.)
Let's also not forget that Scanlan rated that initial Bergerman/Leather press conference as "pretty good," all things considered.
You know, the one where they devoted as much attention to their comrade with minor injuries as they did to the "in excess of 10" civillian casualties, a number they vastly undersold for, what was it, TRANSLATION considerations. Hon, the majority of seventh-graders could translate 11-22 for you on a dime. Onze, deuze, treize, quatorze, etc, etc.
She also, in no particular order, called for "accountability" in the media, said that she could "write a book" on what a great job her team did, and believed a ticker-tape parade would be in order had McNeil, Trudeau and the dastardly media not bolloxed things up for their image.
Hopefully the national press, which is suddenly so engaged in this story, keeps all that in mind while Lia Scanlan is being lionized over the next day or two..
The first instinct of the RCMP is to protect the Buffalo – the organization, symbolized by its bovine mascot.
This overall conviction among RCMP leaders and their government enablers is that they all did a great job. They must have. Chris Leather was quietly promoted to a carpet cop job in Ottawa. Dustine Rodier was named a superintendent. Lia Scanlan is now chief strategic advisor to the commanding officer.
As for Superintendent Darren Campbell, in early May he and his partner, RCMP white shirt Erin Pepper sold their house in Bedford (2022 tax assessment: $691,000) for $1,099.000, precisely $229,100 over asking. He is headed to a top job helping run the RCMP shop in New Brunswick.
Ah, New Brunswick!
It appears that the RCMP in Nova Scotia were blindsided by what happened with Wortman. Sources continue to say that everything that happened is related to New Brunswick RCMP to anti-biker operations Project J-Thunder and J-Thunderstruck.
During that murderous weekend, the RCMP called for help from not only its counterparts in New Brunswick but also Fredericton police, who were involved in the projects.
For their part the RCMP in Nova Scotia held the fort as best they could. The white shirts didn’t give up the game about what was really going on. New Brunswick RCMP boss Assistant Commissioner Larry Tremblay wasn’t so lucky. He got unceremoniously axed last year without any real explanation about why the government wanted him out.
Campbell did what he has always done, even if it was highly unorthodox – he protected the Buffalo.
Superintendent-turned-Stenographer Darren Campbell, and what it all means
The videos raise obvious apparent inconsistencies in the official narrative. Much of what Hubley and MacLeod said happened, clearly didn’t happen and it certainly didn’t all happen within five or six seconds.
So how did the mainstream media handle this?
The television stations ran some of the video but didn’t bother to contrast the testimony of Hubley and MacLeod and the findings by Cacchione with what the tapes showed. They didn’t comment on the obvious anomalies in the videos.
The CTV report was so poor that the reporter even had the police vehicle already at the gas pumps when Wortman arrived.
The print media and most of the television stations relied on a single report by The Canadian Press to describe what happened, a story which also did not dare challenge the official narrative.
Wherever the truth might lie, one can remain fairly confident that it won’t be uncovered by an industrious, curious and skeptical mainstream media who have long since had those instincts bred from their collective bloodlines.
At the same time Canadian trust in journalists has continued to fade, the mainstream media can’t seem to grasp the problem.
It’s a multi-pronged issue involving politicization, corporatization and the imposition of such rigid formatting that there is little room for journalism done outside the established lines.
The reporters and editors who have covered the Nova Scotia massacres and what we've taken to calling the Spinquiry are slaves to documents and official sources. Those are their only potential sources of truth, and anything to the contrary is anathema, as it doesn’t fit into their codified world of journalistic standards and practices.
If something isn’t written down or spoken in a public forum, it doesn’t count.
Governments, businesses, the police and the craftiest among us know that and use it to their advantage to deflect our collective attention away from what matters most...
"one step ahead, you're a genius" Dad said. "two steps ahead, your're a crackpot." FRank is three steps ahead and is the product of the above described evolution, repeated throughout history.. lucky for us
In the Nova Scotia Spinquiry, as we have come to call it on the Nighttime Podcast with Jordan Bonaparte, there have been statements released showing that Wortman had an inordinate number of contacts with RCMP and other police officers.
For example, Constable Greg Wiley paid Wortman 16 visits between 2008 and 2017 but says he didn’t have a special relationship with him.
One of Wortman’s best friends was the longest serving police officer on the Halifax police force.
A currently serving police officer who has helped us in the past with our continuing investigation says he and some of his fellow officers are more and more convinced that Wortman had some kind of relationship with the RCMP.
“If Wortman had a handler, it likely won’t be the names you see coming up at the Commission,” the police officer said. “That will be well hidden. He’s probably not even in the area anymore. You know they’ve destroyed and manipulated evidence. That’s probably what they are eager to hide.”
The officers believe that that secret relationship, if it existed, likely had been exposed shortly before Wortman started killing people on April 18, 2020...
Nothing happened at Brink's, and why that's important
---------- Original message ---------- From: Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 08:17:14 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: YO Melanie Joly ans Pablo Rodriguez Methinks Steven Guilbeault, his buddy Catherine Tait and all your former nasty minions in CBC must take courses on playing dumb N'esy Pas? To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
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Michael Keefeor...maybe you're always early. LOL
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Robert BrackenBe a professional...
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Peaches & creamHello all!
Ryan@nikki lewis allo
cyndihey and ken
Mamacita 902Enjoying the extreme heat Jordan and Paul?
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Kelly MccleanNice shirt Paul!
Michael KeefeI love Paul's shirt!
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Robert Bracken" Pause, for station identification..."
Michael Keefehello Cyndi
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cyndi
Chris LeeNeed a log to crawl into its so hot
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cyndihey Chris!
Ken Triolhi @Cyndi
cyndi
Michael KeefeLOL@ Chris Lee
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RyanPaul is adjusting the antenna on his dial up
Grumpee Chatlol
Michael KeefeLOL @ Ryan
Mamacita 902LOL @ Ryan
JillHahaha@Ryan
SMAChi Folks!
Sandy MechefskeGood steamy evening !
Michael Keefehi SMAC
Grumpee Chatmust be on seaside err i mean rogers
Michael KeefeGod bless heat pumps
cyndi@ Chris very well thx, hope you are too!
NovaScotiaFreckles Jealous Michael I have been waiting for weeks to get mine installed lol
Kevin JohnstonHello fellow Nighttime travellers
Ash Lunnit's really hot, J & P are likely taking off their long pants lol, not like we'd see anything since they are sitting down lmao
Chris LeeYes cyndi I am thank you
Mamacita 902LOL @Ash
Anne Marie Evanswhere are jordan and paul
MHLate again
Kristen StronachJordan said Paul was running a bit late but they should be ready to go shortly
Michael KeefeNS Freckles...we bought a house with two heat pumps!!
Chris LeeThey are adjusting their watches
Karen GroganHello Nova Scotia
Julia RockJust like the MCC. Lol
Milkshaker69Here we are
Mr. Menjoying the Mini-Split......if you don't have one...GET ONE
Chris LeeExactly Julia lol
cyndi@ Julia hahahahah
NovaScotiaFreckles Ugh lucky lol… the installation time is weeks lol
Mirage MysteriesWhat time is this supposed to start?
CaperGalClocks don’t work in Nova Scotia, remember
Anne Marie Evans915
Lynn MI won a heat pump worth $5K from the Montreal Canadians
Ash LunnAdam was wearing his suit earlier but what you didn't see because he was sitting down was he was also wearing shorts lol
Milkshaker69Idk why everyone rags on them starting later… it’s okay lol
cyndihe was here but Paul showed up and Jordon left lol
Cheryl Clarkenice congrats @ Lynn
Kristen StronachThat’s awesome Lynn!
Mr. MAdam never wears pants....why would he
Grumpee Chatmy fav thing to do is sit under the heat pump. total life saver
Ryan@Milkshaker69 ban
Grumpee Chatgood in the winter too
Milkshaker69Wrench me
Friend ALia Scanlan and Leather Chris are bith troublesome
Michael Keefeabsolutely Grumpee Chat
Lynn MBest thing ever ! I gave it to my parents as I live in a building ( but I enjoy it everyday lol)
Patrick Penneyevening all from a heat stricken Ontario still 40 in back yard
Grumpee Chatnice.
Anne Marie Evansstill 30 here
Grumpee Chat40. jeezus murphy by
KarenCB65Still hot in CB too
Maureen KennedyHow does one get a wrench by their name?JW
Michael KeefeAsh Lunn...did you say Adam Rodgers was on earlier?
Patrick Penneysaw there golfing there 3rd qk of Sept can't wait get to cabot
Milkshaker69They must have arm tattoos Maureen
Ash Lunn@Michael Keefe yes, he had a show earlier with Adam this afternoon
Michael Keefecrap...I missed it
Kristen StronachYes milkshake must have arm tattoos to qualify
nikki lewisnew shirt PP
nikki lewiswelcome to NS
nikki lewissucks
Kristen StronachUgh that sucks Paul
Anne Marie Evansmy rent can only go up bye 2%
Michael Keefethat sucks PP
Cheryl Clarkeit's very sad
KarenCB65That’s a crazy increase
Peaches & creamGentrification
cyndithat does suck! it happens alot thou!
NovaScotiaFreckles
Chris LeeHe is wearing a Mexican Tequila jug
Kristen StronachSo lucky my rent isn’t going up holy moly
NS44houston we have a problem
Mr. Mthey found out Paul's book is a best Seller
Kim LomaxSame problem in Australia , interest rates go up, then the rents go ip !
NS44actually quite a few problems houston
cyndiprofit from the book should look after the raise in rent!!! lol
Sharon McCaskeyThat;s rotten Paul.
lifeonthemtnof course not !
Kristen StronachOh god
Ash Lunnwas Paul's home raided by OPP?
Kristen StronachWtf happened
Jmnl1199Wow
nikki lewissorry to hear, anything personal to anyone is terrible
KarenCB65Wth?
JillHoly crap!
Cheryl Clarkecatch 22
Julia RockBreak in?
NovaScotiaFreckles Then why bring it up lol
MHOh dear.
Michael Keefe
Kelly MccleanScary. Glad Paul and Sharon are ok!
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Cheryl Clarkeexactly @Freckles
KarenCB65Jordan you teased us for nothing but I hope all are ok
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Rob Claytonall the best Paul!!
nikki lewisthere are many good mounties boots on the ground lets not forget that
Michael KeefeGlad those Mounties were professional
NovaScotiaFreckles 100% nikki
Milkshaker69Boots on the ground
Nicholas Langilleyikes.... someone pressin Paul In response To his work on this. totally understand why he won't talk about it yet. but curious
CaperThat’s true @nikki lewis we can’t paint them all with the same brush
Ash LunnSaulnier's son was in the news the other day too
Robert BrackenAir B&B can pound sand...
Mirage MysteriesMorrison and Andrew Macdonald should have been on the stand!
Patrick PenneyLeon , other man who stayed in Portapique and Peter Griffin
Tracy WingF&8k up and move up
Michael Keefecrocodile tears
Michael Keefein my opinion
MHCrying for himself
K Tibbittsand we still don't know who or when or how the bond and tuck family's were killed.. nothing on those 5 and why..? it's almost over they don't know or aren't saying..
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NS44bulldozing crime scenes who authorized that?
Nicholas Langillethey all should have, but the only excuse they have is that it's trauma informed. these people likely only have info that destroys their narrative.
Darrell CurrieDid Paul step outside his house on the weekend with a safety vest on and Brown and Melanson were there. That's scary. I feel bad for him!
cyndi@ k tibbits I wanna know all too hugs
Chris LeeLol Darrell so true
Mamacita 902Right? @Darrell
Jodi Guimond@darrell Currie
cyndi*that too!!!
Cheryl Clarkefunny but yet not @Darrell
Scott McLeodcant see that ever happen
RyanLucki was asking Leather and Bergerman about the guns for her bosses in GoC and the minister 4 days after
nikki lewiscurious notes from leather and janis G
SMACtoo funny @Darrell Currie
Julia RockRodier said it was textbook and campbell cried and said they didn’t get the job done. Hmmm
NS44would promete conspiracy theories
NS44cant ask questions
nikki lewisF&F question to leather, massive silence before i dont recall,
Julia RockNikki’s Lewis 16 sec pause
Chris LeeVery shoddy and neglectful Police work period
Darrell CurrieArch Thompson visited OBFB with Leather in May 2020
Bushbaby _627Who made the decision that lawyer’s couldn’t ask questions?
nikki lewislike how many others have disappeared not been called by Mass sham
nikki lewisJ Robin, J gray,
nikki lewisthen many other witnesses
NovaScotiaFreckles He might have already had a vacation planned lol
Michael KeefeI understand that no questions on any subject not dealt with in the foundational documents
NS44hiding behind skirts
Ash Lunn@NS44 more like hiding up skirts
Michael Keefewill the hard questions be asked in the class action lawsuit?
NovaScotiaFreckles To me it seems like all the mcc is there to do is work on domestic violence
NS44
Patrick Penneylip service... few of them are believable
NovaScotiaFreckles That’s sad about her son
NS44why no charges south of the border
cyndihahaha @ ash
Peter BykerWhy couldn't any authority crack into Emily's cell phone? Bizzare.
Maureen KennedyI that right @darrell
nikki lewisany update on doing the silent patrolman test?
Patrick Penneyit's all wishing to do better. they have had ample time for decades to do better but they keep effing up
Cheryl Clarkeno slacks given here
Ash Lunnapologize for mistakes? how about STOP making those mistakes
nikki lewisim on the fence with campbell
Darcy DobsonWhat a very humble woman.
CaperGalLeather didn’t even acknowledge the families
Scott McLeod@nikki lewis i wasl looking at a silent patrolman the other day and i just cant see it happen
Michael Keefehello @ darcy dobson
Mamacita 902I agree @scott
nikki lewisi think Jordan and Ryan were going to try a test run @Scott McLeod
Nighttime Podcast@Tracy Wing , thank you for sending that!
NS44play on yer heart strings
nikki lewisthe mass sham make me more sick tbh in this entire process
nikki lewisor at least on a level
Rob Claytontwo years later... and rodier said it was all done perfectly
CaperGalAgree @nikki
Scott McLeod@nikki lewis i was in the back seat of a police car the other day and got a look.
Michael KeefeI agre Rob C
cyndi@ hahaha at Scott me too!!!! im smaller than lb and I know i wasnt getting thru, turo cops !!! and they have push bars too!!
AlbinoThe MCC investigators went home back in February. Nobody is investigating any of this.
nikki lewisburill went on. vacation/done from mcc it seems about 2 months ago
Rob Claytonps he failed and got a promotion
cyndiyayyy ryan
nikki lewishope all ok @Scott McLeod
Scott McLeodwas at a local collision center
Mr. Many update on Wortman's father....he was arrested again for shop lifting again at Costco moncton and assaulted the security guard
Ryanthey are watching the chat
nikki lewisthis was great find @Ryan
Peter BykerBrainwashing techniques.. they want to close the book on this tragedy, and their language always seems lean toward achieving a neat, foregone conclusion.
NovaScotiaFreckles Really Mr M how do you know that? Lol
where the wind blows
Maureen KennedyOh Ryan, of course they are
Mr. Mhe stole a large package or razor blades
Maureen KennedyGood for you Ryan.. so thorough when you read. Thank you
nikki lewisalso leather reached out to campbell the night of the 18 and leather had already talked to archie within 1/2 hr of boots on ground arriving in PP,
David AmosI bet Leather read my words today
Patrick Penneybill Blair is greasy
nikki lewiscredit for above to another person that found above in documents
cyndibfg made fun of him in a video and gave him a fat complex lol
NS44hes covering his own ass
Patrick Penneycan anyone legit from cibc confirm or deny anyone picking up 500k from a bank would go to a brinks
NS44chief Quimby
Janes BlondKeto lol
Ryan@nikki lewis thats pretty early on
Scott McLeodWhen they hang him can i pull the handle
NS44hes smart hes got an ace in the hole
cyndilol44
NS44deadman's switch
Rob Claytonwho he kept looking at through out
Anne Marie Evansshould have Apologized 2 years ago
Peter BykerToo big to fail?
nikki lewisyes @Ryan , when mcc records show that occ only ran a name check on wortman at 1030pm
NS44distraction
NS44bill blairs chief of staff!!!
nikki lewis@Albino i dont think brinks show he was a CI, not the protocol
Cheryl Clarkeagreed@NS44
Mr. MRyan's going to lose his Pepsi sponsorship
CaperDid they move him to Ottawa to keep him closer
Mr. M*Jordan
Anne Marie Evansevetobs
nikki lewiswhy is entire banfield clan protected
Anne Marie Evanseveryone is quiet
Ryan@Mr. M Toller
nikki lewisFF
nikki lewisUS
nikki lewisno charges
Chris LeeSickening this whole thing.
Ryan@Mr. M Toller lite or lime this weekend
Maureen Kennedy@Nikki and @Ryan, was brinks money to Wortman linked to New Brunswick?
Ash LunnFederal involvement? DUH of course lol
Patrick Penneyagree Chris... Zero respect for families & their passed loved ones e
Rob Claytonwhat does Paul think of fast and furious?
NS44federal involvement south of the border
nikki lewissupposedly the sign of slip was approved by someone in fredericton, i have no idea
Robert BrackenEric Holder...
NS44Gunwalker texas ranger
RyanBrenda Lucki was inquiring about the source of the weapons for the "GoC and minister" Aptil 23........
AlbinoLarry Tremblay in Fredricton
Ash Lunnpressure our Fed Gov with Gov officials from USA that investigate the Gunwalker case about smuggled guns from USA
NS44were wortmans firearms "allowed" to cross the border
nikki lewisyes tremblay and Fredericton and swift exit has many questions
Albinoemail MP Stephen Ellis
Ash Lunnwhere is the Barrett .50 caliber rifle?
GlowwatcherI want Pauls take on Leahter being asked about the 'Fast and Furious' note from the 20th
Mr. Min the F150
Woodsfanaticsomeone said it would take 13 yrs for another inquiry in bc
NS44ottawa knew about portipique right away sat night
Maureen KennedyOhh @Nikki Leanne Fitch was with Fredricton police?
Robert BrackenThe PC's in Nova Scotia don't want to know; they want to defer responsibility, period.
Ash Lunnfitch was police chief in Fredericton NB
nikki lewisyes @Maureen Kennedy few years back, MCC is conflict from the strat
WoodsfanaticFitch was fredericton constable then police chief
Maureen KennedyYes that’s right Ash Luann
nikki lewisstart, along with macdonald and stanton and LEAF
Maureen KennedyYes @Nikki.. what a sh@show the MCC has been!
Robert Bracken" Not set up to find fault, or lay blame". This reminds e of the Krever Inquiry.
Ash Lunnone guy filed a FOIA and was told it would take 185 years
NS44one person was quoted as 80 yrs for request to be processed.
Ash Lunnwas it 185 or 85?
nikki lewisthe feds arent that good lol, i did an atip request and got a CD for nothing relevant to what i actually requested
Glowwatcher@nikki What does 'LEAF' stand for??
Robert Bracken" Fast and Furious" - Eric Holder's failure...
NS44im not sure but it was outrageous
Ash LunnGunwalker case. Wide rreceiver + Fast and Furious
NS44gw bought his gun from booth at gun show
Glowwatcherboy Leather had the longest pause answering the FF question
Rob Claytonfast and furious was a disaster in texas
Robert BrackenYes, Rob.
nikki lewis@Glowwatcher legal education and action fund, many connections to lawyers at MCC, Stanton, and research people working for the MCC
Klaatu NectarineI wonder if a properly placed FOI request to the ATF or DEA in the US would be revealing. Always believed the key to this is gun running. Can anyone get the numbers off any of his guns?
M BNever forget that this is a Commission, NOT an Inquiry!
NS44his brinks trans didnt flag fintrac!!!!????
nikki lewiswomens rights DV blah blah
Mr. Mhe Inherited 1 mill from Tom Evans
Glowwatcherthanks Nikki
Albinopressing cocaine into dentures and bringing them from Jamaca...maybe..
Rob Claytonthey were selling them at gunshops and tried tracking them
nikki lewislots of missing guns @Ash Lunn
Albino$$$
NS44clayfield
RyanLisa grabbed like 60k from the walls of the clinic to throw in the pot with the 705k under the porch
Patrick Penneywhat did fintrac know?
Robert Bracken...and yet, they wouldn't allow certain questions, as they'd be too " conspiratorial.
NS44i know pot dealers that have been flagged for alot less
Becca AHe went to Truro branch to withdrawal the money
Maureen KennedyIs that right Ryan? Yeah money stored in walls.. I heard of cocaine stored in walls
NS44cognitive disonance
tarnished badgewhere is his Facebook history very important aspect of his life his social media activity not much mentioned
Glowwatcherthe finacial paper saud the proof was that he did not get money from RCMP is that they stated they did not give him any, lol
Ash LunnIf this is another Gunwalker case then Congress in the USA might just open an investigation into the ATF in USA again
nikki lewisyes and they could not figure out where it came from , lol, ok
NS44is she common law if they lived sepaerately and filed as single
NS44she had 2 yrs to get it straight
NS44she didnt want to feel anger
Patrick PenneyToronto star & sun suck!
nikki lewiswhy has J never been questioned or charged
nikki lewisin context of the ammunition
NS44what about gws finacial property dealings with banfield
NS44banfields family
Ash Lunndidn't witnesses see ATVs and bikes going up thru the NSPC lines towards Londonderry in the wee hours from Portapique?
2bskorShe slipped up and said someone said hey guys then she heard gun shots as well in her reenactment I recall
nikki lewismaybe it started earlier
NS44she was on a treasure hunt for the money the rcmp didnt find
Becca A“They” can also be used to describe what someone’s doing , “they threw the ball “.
Patrick Penneythe beginning in Portapique absolutely doesn't add up!!!
Scott McLeod@Nighttime Podcast i am working on that story as we speak
Ash Lunnsomeone came forward and said what ever happened in Portapique started earlier approx 8pm that night.
Maureen KennedyGood @Scott
Nighttime PodcastId love to know what you find @Scott McLeod
Scott McLeodi will let you know
NS44whispering to her
NS Gurlshe 'thinks' she's a good liar...
nikki lewisany info will only come out in the civil suit imo, if it actually goes the whole length and not settled
Ash Lunnmaureen banfield was feeding Lisa answers during her testimony
Darrell Currie@Scott McLeod certainly no RJ for LB
NS44the faces were great
Lynn MAlso whispering to each other
Kevin JohnstonWhy can't she remember anything GW was raging about just before? "I'm done" or "it's over". Most consequential argument of her life.
Becca AWould love to know more about the tip New York police received regarding a vehicle from the the massacre heading to ny
nikki lewiswhy was janice not charged for her part
Scott McLeod@Darrell Currie i will be meeting with someone the first week back
Peter BykerRestorative Justice techniques are wholly inappropriate in mitigating a Mass Casualty event.
NS44"nothingburger" charge
Darrell Currie@Scott McLeod great job! keep digging.
J9 Macshe acknowledged she knew he didn't have firearms licence and encouraged him not to get it so she could buy more perfume in US.
NS44transporting ammunition
NS44lesser charge
Kevin Johnston@J9 indeed
Scott McLeodThey should be charging her with aiding
Patrick Penneydef Scott
Mamacita 902100%@scott
J9 Mac@Scott, absolutely
Ash LunnLisa Banfield should be charged as accessory to multiple murders IMO
Becca AEveryone did get caught up in it , it worked
NS Gurlexactly Scott Macleod, she's as guilty as Gw imo...
NS44oh oh were all on a list
Chris LeeLooks like a disco from the 70s lol
Lynn MFancy frenchie find
nikki lewiseven as campbell said, no bullets, no deaths
AlbinoPeter Griffon put the frigging stickers on the car ffs. he's gone
Thomas GordonIt waa to Lisa's advantage to have charges pending - reason not to speak about it
Patrick PenneyGriffon in jail anyone know where he is?
Glowwatcherstay safe Paul
Ash LunnGriffon likely on vacation in Mexico with his cartel buddies
Lynn MAfter show tonight ?
nikki lewisdont think in jail @Patrick Penney , not been for ages
Becca AEveryone involved in his criminal activity got away Scott free
Patrick Penneytks Nikki
Klaatu Nectarineso they know the American's name in Maine that sold him the guns used in the murder. It is illegal to sell guns to a non American and the US brought no charges? FOIA requests
Anne Marie Evanshey jordan no sound
Patrick PenneyI can hear Jordan
JillMe too sound is good
cyndiI hear ya
Patrick Penneycan hear everything
Cheryl Clarkesounds good for me
Anne Marie EvansI dint know what happened but just rebooted
Scott McLeodI am always willing to be on the show
Albinono one even talked directly to Sean Conlon in the U.S. Think about that for a second
Ash Lunnno one. absolutely zero people charged in the USA for giving or selling wortman guns
Shauna PrattWhat a wonderful idea ! I lost my dear friend heather o Brian
Albinoa phone transcript is all
Patrick Penneythoughts with you Shauna
Kristen StronachSo sorry shauna, she sounded lovely
Albinohe admitted everything still no charges
CaperGalSo sorry @Shauna
Scott McLeodyou and paul have never forgotten about the people
Patrick Penneygood idea Jordan be good continue get perspective of families I enjoyed Scott's perspective
Chris LeeSorry Shauna to hear. That's the reason we are all here to help you and other families and friends to get answers. We need to keep pressuring them
Patrick Penneybring on Leon
Jmnl1199I think this would be wonderful respect for the victims
nikki lewiseveryone speaking out is what is needed, of course those who are comfortable
JayPoor guy
Anne Marie Evansanyway signing off, been a rough couple of weeks but my dad is coming home this week after having a stroke. Been lots of trips to the hospital, good night all
Chris LeeYes Nikki for sure
Ash LunnFYI we do NOT want the Stick lady by the blueberry field road on.......god forbid lmao
Kristen StronachGlad he is on the mend Anne Marie, night
Anne Marie Evansthanks kristen
Shauna PrattHeather was our von as well and every morning she would come do my grandmothers meds and nan would say here comes the drug pusher ! I miss them both xox
Cheryl Clarkegoodnight @Anne Marie glad to hear your dad's coming home
Kristen StronachYour grandmother sounds hilarious
Rob Claytonandrew Macdonald
David AmosLeon would be wise not to speak to anyone anymore
Kristen StronachSoooooooo is Paul safe? Should we be concerned? That was weird
Patrick Penneyagree Kristen
David AmosGood luck talking to Andy Baby
Shauna PrattShe was a gem Kristen
nikki lewisget some US people talk about FF and lack of chagres in US Lauren Villagran
Granny LindaThat didn’t sound good about Paul!
M.P.Michael MacDonald
Becca AWould love to hear from Maureen hope/doucette registrar for the denturist committee about the hit list she reported to 911
Maureen KennedyI missed some of this after show… @Nighttime did you interview Adam Rodgers this evening and I missed it?
where the wind blowswoe
Kristen StronachMaureen he did an afternoon recording but it should be up tomorrow I think he said
Becca ALol
nikki lewisits up now
Rob Claytonandrew Macdonald who was shot by gw and identified him
Maureen KennedyOhh thank you Kristen!,
Kristen StronachEven better Nikki :)
nikki lewisanyone know hos on call surgeons work in NS?
nikki lewishow
Maureen KennedyTy
Ash LunnClassified concert Adam was going to wasn't it?
nikki lewisie is it normal for a surgeons for gun shots to be based at new glasgow on a weekend? versus truro or hali/dartmouth?
NS44residents of portipique
Patrick PenneyBjorn for sure!!!!
Becca AThat was tonight
nikki lewisshe was arsy
cyndiBjorn told me he knew something was going down and he got the girls out around 9 o'clock before it started
nikki lewiswhat girls @cyndi ?
K Tibbittsdid you all know that adrian lively is out of jail as of the end of July.. living at his place now and enjoying life.. justice wasn't severed.. what a shame he didn't get more
CaperGalAgree 100% Jordan
Becca AWas it that early Cyndi ?
Cheryl Clarkeand Sharon @nighttime
Maureen KennedyAnd they are hurting trying to live in this hell
cyndihis wife and daughter
Kelly Mcclean@nikki lewis every hospital that performs surgery through the week, shoud have covering surgeons over the w/e.
Patrick Penneyinteresting Cyndi
nikki lewistks @cyndi
NS44other ppl have told me some ppl in portipique knew some thing was going down at 8pm.
cyndihe said he came back grab his gun and stood ground even refused to be arrested
Patrick Penneydid I read Bjorns family left after 11pm?
Ken Triolhow could anyone know as early as 8:00 that something was going down or is the timeline just that far off
cyndiif I go missing hunt for me
Ash Lunn@NS44 I heard that as well about the trouble started approx 8pm
Milkshaker69Ryan has a great Twitter feed
nikki lewis@Kelly Mcclean , good to know, any reason you may know why someone would go to NG versus truro or HRM for arm surgery
Milkshaker69@cherryhill202
nikki lewisyes DFWC good show
Milkshaker69@cherryhill2020
Ash Lunn@Ken Triol Lisa McCully friend spoke to her earlier vand Lisa M said there was a party going on earlier that night
Ken Triol@Cyndi we would turn over every Rock looking for you if you weren't anywhere to be found everyone on here has your back
Kristen StronachJordan is Paul ok? Sounded sketchy
Patrick Penneymajor mystery what went down between 8-10pm
Chris Leecyndi you are a survivor I can tell you aren't going anywhere
Kristen StronachGlad he’s ok
cyndiI'm thinking the supposed party got out of hand
Rob Claytonandrew Macdonald
Kelly Mcclean@nikki lewis my thoughts are, every center that performs surgery should have a covering surgeon for whatever might come through the doors, with physician staffing shortage they might be sent esewhere
cyndihey Jordan any time buddy
EVELYN D. RAMSAYWhat's happened with Rob the Carpenter? can't see him just fading away?
nikki lewisthankyou @Kelly Mcclean
Kelly Mcclean
Rob Claytonand had the scrap yard
Kristen StronachAlso would depend on severity I’d imagine. I know when I worked in GI I would send patients to the HI emerge because there was a GI doc on call there but not at ie cobequid etc
Ash LunnI think the orthopedic surgeon is at Aberdeen Hospital
Shauna PrattDavid Westlake
cyndihey evenly come sit in my back yard he leaves his mark every now again thats he been here
Jmnl1199I wonder if it has something to do with bikers maybe
Rob Claytonwhat was his dealings after
Kelly MccleanAberdeen also has a general surgeon. (or should 24/7)
cyndiawe thx ken and all!!
Kristen StronachAlways love hearing from Scott and Darrell!
Ryanhave a goodnight @cyndi
cyndithx you too ryan
Kristen StronachI’d like to try and get to one in person too
Kelly MccleanGo test drive a BENZ and get Bruce to help you out.
Rob Claytonnight everyone . hope Paul stays safe. he's a gem
Maureen KennedyI want to attend one of the MCC interviews
where the wind blowsok
Patrick Penneylive demonstration on how get our back of police car
Cheryl Clarkegoodnight all
where the wind blowsgn
cyndinight all, keep the faith hugs
nikki lewiswhile i would love to hear from people, many that were affected were v close and i would only want to hear from them if they wished, and i think many want to not get involved
Ash Lunnare we allowed to bring in rice and empty ball point pens when Lucki testifies? ...asking for a friend who like pea shooters lol
I’m HereGood night all!
Chris LeeGnight cyndi
Kristen StronachNight all stay safe
michelle morganAsh Lunn haha :)
Chris LeeGoodnight everyone.
nikki lewisin person is interesting for sure
nikki lewisi went to support
Scott McLeodgood night all
where the wind blowsgn Tuesday right on sweet
Kristen Stronacn
Shauna PrattGood night
Ryannight all
CaperGalGood night all
Ken Triolgood night everyone I can't wait to hear your findings
Shauna PrattGood night
Ryannight all
CaperGalGood night all
Ken Triolgood night everyone I can't wait to hear your findings @Scott
JillNight
Ash Lunnanyone attending the MCC when Lucki testifies please eat lots of brown beans the night before Tks
Jim StrebYou’re a good man, Jordan.
Jmnl1199I plan to go
Ken Triolgood night Jordan good show
David AmosNighty Night Scotty Baby and Kenny Boy
Grumpee Chatstay golden.
Jmnl1199Yes support we all want to know answers
Grumpee Chatstay golden
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Jmnl1199Yes support we all want to know answers
Jmnl1199Good night
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