The victims in one of Canada香蕉视频直播檚 worst mass killings include an RCMP officer, a teacher, two nurses, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their home.
Here is a look at some of the lives lost:
Dawn Madsen and Frank Gulenchyn
The couple lived in the Durham region in southern Ontario before moving to Nova Scotia, where they were among the victims of this weekend香蕉视频直播檚 violence, a municipal official said.
John Henry, regional chair and chief executive officer of the Regional Municipality of Durham, extended his condolences to the couple香蕉视频直播檚 family in a statement Monday.
Madsen worked at the Hillsdale Terraces long-term care home in Oshawa for decades before retiring in 2019, Henry said.
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Joey Webber
Webber had gone on a family errand toward the Shubenacadie, N.S., area, about 50 kilometres northwest of Halifax, when he was killed.
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Streatch said Webber worked in the woods, often using traditional methods, and is survived by young daughters.
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Tom Bagley
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His neighbours in Wentworth, N.S., say Bagley, a military veteran and retired firefighter, was killed Sunday morning as he walked toward a burning home on Hunter Road.
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Bagley served as a firefighter at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport from 1975 to 2006, a spokeswoman for the airport authority said in an email.
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Corrie Ellison
Ellison, 42, was remembered Monday as a thoughtful, kind friend who went out of his way to help others.
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Corrie Ellison lived in Truro, N.S., but was visiting his father in Portapique when he was killed. Richard Ellison declined to comment on how his son died.
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Corrie Ellison was on disability support because of an old injury. He had no children of his own but he loved kids, Fennell says.
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He had texted her about picking up a cigarette roller about a week ago, but the two never arranged a time with the ongoing pandemic. Fennell didn香蕉视频直播檛 know it would be the last time she talked to her friend.
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Jolene Oliver, Aaron Tuck and Emily Tuck
The family members were neighbours of the shooter. Oliver香蕉视频直播檚 sister, Tammy Oliver-McCurdie, said the three were found dead in their Portapique, N.S., home.
Oliver was turning 40 this year and her husband was 45. Their daughter, Emily, was 17.
They had moved to the community after Tuck香蕉视频直播檚 father died a few years ago.
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The sisters grew up in Calgary and remained close into adulthood. Oliver-McCurdie said Oliver was a people person who loved working as a waitress, which she did for most of her life.
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Emily was an intelligent girl who had plans to continue her education, but couldn香蕉视频直播檛 decide whether to pursue art or welding, her aunt said.
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Sean McLeod and Alanna Jenkins
The Wentworth, N.S., couple were correctional officers.
McLeod香蕉视频直播檚 daughter, Taylor McLeod, said Jenkins worked at the Nova Institution for Women in Truro and McLeod worked at the Springhill Institution for more than 20 years.
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Greg and Jamie Blair
The couple ran a firm that provides service, sales and installation of natural gas and propane units in the area where the shootings happened.
Relative Judy MacBurnie, said the pair had two small children who are being cared for by grandparents. Greg Blair also had two older sons from an earlier relationship.
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Heather O香蕉视频直播橞rien
The Victorian Order of Nurses said O香蕉视频直播橞rien was a licensed practical nurse and had worked with VON for nearly 17 years.
O香蕉视频直播橞rien香蕉视频直播檚 daughter, Darcy Dobson, posted on Facebook about her mother.
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Portapique resident Lucille Adams says she knew O香蕉视频直播橞rien.
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Gina Goulet
Goulet, a 54-year-old Shubenacadie, N.S., resident, beat cancer 香蕉视频直播� twice.
Her daughter, Amelia Butler, said Goulet was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2016. Goulet was warned that her prospects didn香蕉视频直播檛 look good, but she beat the odds.
Goulet was diagnosed with cancer a second time late last year, and had almost fully recovered when she died.
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Goulet was a denturist for 27 years. Butler couldn香蕉视频直播檛 say whether her mother encountered the shooter, who worked in the same field.
Butler said her mother was an avid angler and would often retreat to her cottage with her two dogs to go bass fishing.
Goulet was also a salsa dancer who would travel to Cuba whenever she got the chance.
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Kristen Beaton
The Victorian Order of Nurses confirmed that Beaton had worked for the organization for six years.
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Beaton香蕉视频直播檚 husband Nick Beaton posted on Facebook a plea to get Nova Scotia nurses the proper equipment to protect them from COVID-19 in his wife香蕉视频直播檚 honour.
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Lisa McCully
McCully was a teacher at the elementary school in the community of Debert, N.S.
Paul Wozney, president of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union, said McCully was known as a passionate teacher and 香蕉视频直播渁s a shining love香蕉视频直播� in the lives of her friends and family.
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Const. Heidi Stevenson
Stevenson had been with the RCMP for 23 years and was a mother of two.
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The Nova Scotia Teachers Union said Stevenson香蕉视频直播檚 husband, Dean Stevenson, teaches at Cole Harbour District High School.
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