Once again, the country is tear-drenched by a single shooter

There is a special lexicon for abominable acts. Sadly, most of us know it by heart these days.

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen MacNeil, pictured on Dec. 9, 2016, at a first ministers' meeting in Ottawa. Mr. MacNeil has refused to judge what the RCMP did, in what the premier called an 'active environment.' There is wisdom in the suspension of judgment until the facts are in, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY Michael Harris

April 27, 2020

HALIFAX—Once again, the country is tear-drenched—22 murdered in rural Nova Scotia by a single shooter. There is a special lexicon for abominable acts. Sadly, most of us know it by heart these days. Surreal, senseless, horrifying, unthinkable, unspeakable, confounding, and cowardly. Those wor...

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