Honour song for the dead: Mi’kma’ki mourns as death toll rises in shooting spree’s aftermath – APTN News
April 20, 2020
Cpl. De-Anne Sack woke up on Sunday and found herself in a nightmare.
The Mi’kmaw RCMP officer felt helpless and speechless upon learning “the tragic news” that a fellow officer was one of at least 19 people dead after a gunman’s rampage shook 16 different locations across northern and central parts of Nova Scotia.
“We’re in a time of crisis and we’re in this pandemic and then this happens. I don’t even have the words. I felt lost, I felt empty, I felt numb,” she said.
Sack, a member of Sipekne’katik First Nation, was “a sister and a colleague” of Cst. Heidi Stevenson, a 23-year RCMP veteran who was killed while responding to the shooting.
“She really embraced our communities, and as a female member she brought those attributes of kindness, compassion, caring and sincere interest in our communities,” Sack said of her colleague’s work in local Mi’kmaw communities.
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