N.S. Mass Shooting Case: Media Outlets Challenge Redactions in Search Warrants

A woman pays her respects to victims of a mass shooting at a roadside memorial in Portapique, Nova Scotia, Canada, on April 23, 2020. The Canadian Press/via AP/Andrew Vaughan

TRURO, N.S.—A lawyer representing eight news media outlets is challenging the decisions of a Nova Scotia provincial court judge who authorized heavy redactions of RCMP search warrants used in the investigation of the mass shooting in April that claimed 22 lives.

Appearing in provincial court in Truro, N.S., David Coles submitted an application Monday for a judicial review of decisions Judge Laurel Halfpenny-MacQuarrie made last month, arguing she had overstepped her jurisdiction.