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ON APRIL 18, 2020, Gabriel Wortman murdered thirteen of his neighbours in Portapique, Nova Scotia. He hid in a nearby field overnight and killed nine more people the following day, including a pregnant woman. He died later that morning, after RCMP officers fired on him at a gas station.
Lisa Banfield, Wortman’s common-law partner, endured years of violence from Wortman. She escaped with her life the night his shooting rampage began. Six months following the murders, Banfield went back to Portapique and walked officers through her last moments with Wortman.
Her account of that fraught...
January 19, 2026 - 06:30 | Lisa Banfield | Walrus
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January 19, 2026 - 04:30 | Robyn Doolittle | The Globe and Mail
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