Nova Scotia residents ask: why didn’t authorities send emergency alert during shooting?

Residents say emergency alert during shooting spree could have saved lives as gunman drove around the province for over 12 hours

As Canada reels from mass shooting that killed at least 22 people, residents in Nova Scotia have asked why authorities failed to send an emergency alert as a gunman posing as a police officer drove around the province for more than 12 hours.

A week before Canada's worst-ever mass shooting, all residents of the province received a mobile phone alert asking them to remain at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many argue that a similar warning during the shooting spree could have saved lives.