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A simple, poignant church service in Truro on Sunday gave the families and so many others an opportunity to remember, reflect, and honour the lives of those who were killed one year ago.

Simple, poignant church service honours the memory of people killed in N.S. tragedy

A simple, poignant church service in Truro on Sunday gave the families and so many others an opportunity to remember, reflect, and honour the lives of those who were killed one year ago.

Touching tribute to lives lost in the tragedy

Ceremony provides a moment for families to finally grieve together

Sunday's poignant memorial service at First United Church in Truro was an emotional private service in touching tribute to the lives lost in the tragedy one year ago.

‘Nova Scotia Strong’ has become a powerful unifying message.

Unifying message: Residents reflect on the meaning of 'Nova Scotia Strong'

The Nova Scotia mass shooting brought the province together in grief and mourning and the phrase ‘Nova Scotia Strong’ became a powerful unifying message.

Visitors pay their repects at a memorial honouring the victims of the April 2020 murder rampage in rural Nova Scotia, in Victoria Park in Truro, N.S. on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The Broken Heart Sculpture was built by Wayne Smith whose stepson Corrie Ellison was killed in the tragedy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Timeline: What’s happened in the year since the Nova Scotia mass shooting tragedy

The moment the man responsible for Canada's worst mass killing was shot and killed at a gas station in Enfield, N.S. on April 19, 2020, his rampage of terror ended – but a year of grief and questions began. Visit CTVNewsAtlantic.ca for some of the key moments that have taken place since that day.

"Why I didn't get killed that night, it's hard to deal with when all my friends and neighbours did, and to wake up to the aftermath was just horrific," said Leon Joudrey, who hasn't been able to live in Portapique, N.S., since the tragedy.

'Why I didn't get killed?': Survivor of N.S. mass shooting struggles in 'year from hell'

Leon Joudrey was home on Saturday, April 18, 2020, the night a lone gunman went on a murderous rampage. He says it is difficult to deal with the fact that his friends and neighbours died.

Visitors to a roadside memorial pays their respects in Portapique, N.S. on Friday, April 24, 2020. (Courtesy: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan)

Community grieves together one year after Nova Scotia mass shooting

Friends and family are gathering for a special ceremony to reflect on a year of grief and to remember the loved ones lost in the Nova Scotia mass shooting last April.

Runner Jillian Arany ran the Nova Scotia Remembers Memorial Race on Sunday, while wearing cut out paper hearts bearing the names of the 22 victims of the Nova Scotia mass killings that began on April 18, 2020.

Runners take part in marathon commemorating victims of mass shooting

On the anniversary of the mass killings that began in Portapique, N.S. on April 18, 2020, runners paid tribute to the victims in the Nova Scotia Remembers Memorial Race.

The sculpture stands three-and-a-half metres tall and weighs 680 kilograms. The names of those lost in the tragedy, including that of an unborn child, are displayed on the piece.

'Extremely moving' sculpture honouring N.S. mass shooting victims unveiled in Truro

Wayne Smith has been creating sculptures for years, but his latest one is close to his heart. The Broken Heart Sculpture was unveiled over the weekend.


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