{"id":14205,"date":"2020-04-23T14:06:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T17:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=14205"},"modified":"2020-04-23T14:06:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T17:06:21","slug":"community-mourns-const-stevensons-death-in-mass-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=14205","title":{"rendered":"Community mourns Const. Stevenson&#8217;s death in mass killing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ENFIELD: <\/strong>A simple need to show respect in some form to fallen Enfield RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson led to an outpouring of support more than Andy Doughty could have imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Const. Stevenson was one of the 22 killed by a gunman during a rampage that stretched 100 kilometres from the rural community of Portapique to Wentworth to Enfield over a 12-hour span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While it may have been an idea that Doughty came up with, it was the community and that from the East Hants Facebook page that led to it becoming reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>As events unfolded through Saturday into Sunday (April 18-19) I like most was lost and devastated as details emerged,\u201d said Doughty in an interview with The Laker News. \u201cMy first thought was that I wanted to show my respects to Heidi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EWO9IKoXsAEIpBC-e1587661143200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14207\"\/><figcaption>Two well-wishers place roses against the Heidi sign at the Enfield RCMP detachment. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is when Doughty spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GingerBerryBotanicals\/\">GingerBerry Botanicals<\/a>, a local florist in Enfield. They agreed to make a wreath for Heidi at cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI felt I should reach out to the community group East Hants, which I started,\u201d he said. \u201cThis then grew into a fundraiser and outpouring of support from our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO: the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EastHants?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EastHants<\/a> community came together for a miniature drive in memory of Const. Heidi In <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EnfieldNS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EnfieldNS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Portapique?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Portapique<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RCMPNS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RCMPNS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aQOs1U8OHP\">pic.twitter.com\/aQOs1U8OHP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Laker News &#8211; Pat Healey \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@ReprtrPatHealey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReprtrPatHealey\/status\/1253052224021897217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The owner operator of hANDY Cabs said the support seen throughout East Hants and Nova Scotia has been overwhelming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s beyond what I could ever put into words,\u201d said Doughty. \u201cFrom welcoming injured officers\u2019 home to lighting candles to just the general outreach of everyone in this terrible situation, I feel is both heart warming and equally heart breaking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;47&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amount raised for the fundraiser continues to climb through gifted money; e-transfer and Go Fund Me. As of lunch time on April 22, more than $3,000 had been collected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been talking with the Municipality of East Hants with a plan to plant 22 trees and a plaque,\u201d said Doughty. \u201cThey now appear to be taking the lead on this, so I likely will be forwarding collected funds to them towards this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he needed to do it with or without support from the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat being said I feel we all needed it, a channel to mourn, grieve and remember,\u201d Doughty said. \u201cI have dealt with Heidi on several occasions as I own a local business and she was always the calming soul in any situation I&#8217;d dealt with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat is something I will always remember.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENFIELD: A simple need to show respect in some form to fallen Enfield RCMP Const. 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