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A homemade paper heart is silhouetted in the window of a farmhouse in rural Nova Scotia, Canada near the site of the deadliest mass killing in modern Canadian history in April. A gunman dressed as a police officer murdered 22 people on a shooting and arson rampage that lasted from the night of April 18 until the early hours of April 19, raising questions about why the RCMP failed to alert residents that the killer continued to be at large. Without the ability to gather for vigils or funerals due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a virtual memorial was organized with Canadians being asked to place memorials in their windows across the country.
Following the deadliest mass killing in modern Canadian history, a homemade paper heart is silhouetted in the window of a farmhouse located near the rural community where the rampage began in Nova Scotia, Canada. Without the ability to gather for vigils or funerals due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a virtual memorial was organized with Canadians across the country placing memorials to the victims in their windows.
On April 19, a gunman dressed as a police officer murdered 22 people on a shooting and arson rampage that lasted 13 hours, raising questions as to why the Royal Canadian Mounted Police failed to alert residents that the killer continued to be at large. Following months of demonstrations and lobbying by families of the victims, a public inquiry into police missteps during the massacre was called.